MAGIS welcomed the last month of 2018 with a workshop for social workers in the service of online sexually exploited children. In partnership with World Hope International, an organization whose work in the country primarily encompasses child sponsorship programs and aid for human trafficking victims, we trained social workers on trauma-informed expressive arts practice. Unlike … Continue reading This year, give yourself the license to explore and create
Category: Healing
Seeing Social Work in the Philippines through a Psychosocial Lens: MAGIS at NASWEI book launch
We commemorated Human Rights Day this year with the National Association for Social Work Education, Inc. (Philippines), at their book launch of The Human Costs of the Philippine War on Drugs: a collection of case studies that poignantly capture the landscape in which social workers all over the country currently focus on. We were in the … Continue reading Seeing Social Work in the Philippines through a Psychosocial Lens: MAGIS at NASWEI book launch
A Morning with Asian Hospital and Medical Center: Fit for Good
Join us Saturday, November 18 as we share the therapeutic experience of dance and movement through a short talk and workshop with Dance Therapist Joey Atayde. Fit for Good is an initiative of the Asian Brain Institute for raising awareness about living well over the age of 50. The morning will cover a range of … Continue reading A Morning with Asian Hospital and Medical Center: Fit for Good
7 Groups and Projects Changing the Conversation on Mental Health in the Philippines
The last decade has changed the conversation about mental health in a significant way. Here are just a few of the amazing activities happening around the country this week, and local organizations working on helping the country address mental health. MHACTNow is the official campaign for the Philippines’ first ever Mental Health Act. The petition gathered … Continue reading 7 Groups and Projects Changing the Conversation on Mental Health in the Philippines
Thriving Creatively: the promise of art for healing
Last month, we launched our first run of THRiVE – a psychosocial training program in expressive arts-based approaches to healing and learning in the classroom. This program is an opportunity for us to create and hold the space for educators to rediscover and be themselves through the ageless method of and tools for expression: art and creativity. Training educators … Continue reading Thriving Creatively: the promise of art for healing
