Health outcomes emerge from the conditions in which people live, work, and thrive. True wellbeing requires economic opportunity, infrastructure, education, and social support systems working together.
We support small enterprises and community groups as catalysts for lasting change. By creating enabling environments where local businesses succeed, we generate employment, strengthen food security, and build economic resilience that reduces health vulnerabilities.
Our initiatives span infrastructure improvements, access to essential services, educational programs, and social support networks. This holistic approach addresses social determinants of health, the economic, environmental, and social factors that shape health outcomes more powerfully than clinical care alone.
We build capacity, not dependency. By empowering individuals and strengthening collective action, we help communities chart their own pathways toward sustainable development, improved health, and shared prosperity.
CFI brought together government agencies and local leaders for a critical consultation on marine resource management on October 16, 2025, at Darayonan Lodge, Coron, Palawan. The meeting, facilitated by Mr. Mark Anthony Jabines, CFI Senior Project Officer, and Ms....
In a town where opportunity can feel as distant as the mainland, Maria Cecilia “Matche” M. Sanchez built her own path forward, one business at a time.
Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI) once again brought together its six organized local Peoples Organizations (POs): Canimang Association for Fisherfolk and Farmers (CAFF); Coring Eco-Warriors Association (CoWA); Baldat Fishermen and Farmers Association (BaFFA); Halsey...
𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 On 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 19, 2024, the Culion Foundation, Inc. (CFI) facilitated the Peoples Organization Capacity Building Workshop, aimed at empowering local organizations to drive community-led...
Gladys Myles Borbo lives in Culion, Palawan. She is an online seller of clothes and beauty products. She manages her business all by herself. She came to us for assistance for her online selling business and to add a new business which is a small food restaurant. We...
Femelita Pabia lives in Coron, Palawan with a sari-sari store business. She came to us asking for additional funds for her business because she wanted to expand her sari-sari store and put up a canteen when she saw an opportunity and a good location in front of the...
Imee Aseoche lives in Culion, Palawan. She started a small business of vegetables. She approached us and asked for assistance for additional funding for her business. We granted her request. Now she does not only sell vegetables, she also has pork, beef and seafood, a...
Ma. Socorro Alcantara lives in Culion, Palawan. She has an appliance and plasticware business. She approached us to ask for assistance because she wanted to expand her business. We granted her request. She started with only one store with two employees but now her...
Babylyn Magos lives in Coron, Palawan and owns many businesses like grocery stores, piggery, rice fields, and poultry business before the pandemic. But when the pandemic happened in 2020 everything changed. She lost all of her assets and declared bankruptcy in 2021....
Johney Narcena lives in Coron, Palawan. He is a public transport personnel (tricycle driver) before and has a small sari-sari store. His wife is a stroke survivor and is helping him in managing the sari-sari store. He came to us for assistance and wanted to improve...