RATIONALE & HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Sometime in the early part of 2008, the incumbent President and Chairman of the Board of PRELLI Foundation, Inc., Dr. LANIZA D. JUAN, in the company of the incumbent Corporate Secretary, PERCIDA C. QUIAMBAO, decided to venture in the mining of manganese ore in Sitio Bot-Ol, Brgy. Bueno, Capas, Tarlac. In the course of their preparation and submission of the voluminous requirements called for, they had a chance to meet with the then Chief of the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) of Region III in the person of Director SALONG M. SUNGGOD for his signature on certain documents.
During their lengthy conversation, the NCIP Director commended the civic action and livelihood assistance projects then being conducted in said barangay by Dr. LANIZA D. JUAN and her close associates, namely: RAQUEL V. REYES, PERCIDA C. QUIAMBAO, Atty. ELISEO M. CRUZ and Col. VIRGILIO YALUNG. The group’s humanitarian ventures were still then solely intended for the members of the Aeta tribes and other indigenous people in the hinterlands of Brgy. Bueno, particularly those who will be employed as workers in the proposed mining venture. The financing of said civic projects were from the meager resources and personal contributions of the above-mentioned individuals and their immediate families.
In addition to Director SUNGGOD’s earlier statements, he mentioned his observation on the lamentable plight of a big number of Aetas within the region or his area of jurisdiction who are not being benefitted by the grants and donations coming from various charitable institutions from other countries. According to him, the money intended for the Aetas are being diverted to the pockets of the influential, the names of whom he did not specify.
Perhaps feeling the sincere humanitarian efforts of Dr. LANIZA D. JUAN and her company, on that same meeting the NCIP Director prodded the former to organize a Foundation which was thereafter seriously taken into consideration. The Director’s sincere expression of confidence led him to issue on January 15, 2009 a favorable endorsement to Hon. ESPERANZA CABRAL, the then Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), vouching the group’s meritorious activities and humanitarian services.
The following day, January 16, 2009, perhaps in conformity with Director SUNGGOD’s letter, the DSWD Director IV Ma. AICIA S. BONOAN of the Standards Bureau made written representations with the then Director of the Securities and Echange Commission (SEC) favorably endorsing Dr. LANIZA JUAN’s proposed organization for registration with said Agency. Hence, few days later and after tedious preparation and submission of various documents required by the government offices concerned, PRELLI Foundation, Inc. was born! It was registered with the SEC Central Office in Manila on January 22, 2009 under Registration No. CN 200900790 and TIN No. 007-212-080.
On the same year, the Foundation was issued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Registration No. FO-III-R-00010-2009 and was renewed on November 28, 2019 under DSWD-FOIII-R-00028-2019. A Certificate of License to Operate was likewise granted on the same day under DSWD-FOIII-RL-99994-2019 for satisfactorily complying with the licensing requirements to operate as a Social Work Agency implementing community-based services in accordance with Section 23 of Republic Act No. 4373.
With the foregoing facts, and along with other non-government organizations, PRELLI Foundation, Inc. gives the impression that it was born to help respond to the pressing economic difficulties peculiar to the times. Since its establishment in 2009, and despite its inadequate resources, PRELLI had made plans and conducted programs for sustained civic action activities by extending basic assistance to the underprivileged individuals, especially the indigenous families in its pilot area in Brgy. Bueno that hinder them from attaining their full human potential.
To soothe the curiosity of some individuals as to how the Foundation got its name, in reality the word PRELLI was derived from the first letters of the nickname of Dr. LANIZA JUAN and her above-mentioned close associates, except Col. YALUNG whose last syllable of his nickname was used, as follows: P for PERCY; R for RAQUEL; E for ELI; L for LANI; and LI for BILLI. These people exerted collective efforts in organizing the Foundation, they having common aspiration to help the less-fortunate and the underprivileged sector of the society.
To make the organization’s mission and vision relevant and applicable, the Founders gave PRELLI a more significant meaning such as: “Programs for the Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Less-fortunate Lives and Institutions” which is geared towards a balanced development plan that will ensure the interest and welfare of its beneficiaries. Along with their immediate families, friends and members, the PRELLI Founders adopted as their guiding principle a verse in the Bible, particularly Proverbs 19:17 LB, which says “When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord, and He pays wonderful interest on your loan!”
From its modest number of more than a hundred members in 2009, the membership of PRELLI Foundation, Inc. has increased to more than 36,000 as of its sixteenth anniversary on January 22, 2025; and as of the middle part of October of the same year PFI membership has reached almost 200,000!
To God be the Glory!
-THE PFI FOUNDERS
MISSION
PRELLI aims to help alleviate the socio-economic conditions of the less-fortunate thru agro-industrial programs; to be an instrument in empowering and preserving the culture of its beneficiaries; to push for a genuine moral recovery program; to promote education thru the introduction of relevant and effective literacy programs; to campaign for the protection of the environment; and to continuously uphold human dignity by helping provide the basic need for food, clothing and shelter
VISION
PRELLI envisions economically empowered, socially uplifted, culturally and morally upright individuals and communities collectively committed to become effective catalysts for progress not only in Tarlac Province but also for the entire country.
The GREEN portion of the logo symbolizes abundance and prosperity to be brought about by the massive implementation of the various projects and programs of the Foundation especially on the field of agro-industry and related endeavors;
AWARDING OF THE COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
These pictures were taken when the PRELLI Foundation President and the Corporate Secretary received from Atty. EUGENIO A. INSIGNE, the then Chairman of the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) and from Commissioner ROLANDO RIVERA the Foundation’s Certificate of Compliance signed by the seven NCIP Commissioners where PRELLI was then one of the two provinces in Central Luzon that was able to comply with the requirements called for. Unfortunately, despite the compliance, the mining business proposal of PRELLI did not materialize because of the restrictions issued then by the national government.
SIGNING OF CONTRACT
LEGALITIES
PRELLI Foundation's Proposed Main Office
PRESENT CONCERNS OF PRELLI
SOME OF PRELLI’s PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES
Balik Iskwela
A “BALIK-ESKWELA” project was held on May 31, 2009, at Sitio Katipunan, Capas, Tarlac, where some of our adopted Aeta families migrated. Assorted school supplies such as notebooks, pencils, bags, writing pads, rain gears and slippers were distributed to about 80 school children. Slightly-used clothing and foodstuffs were also distributed to more than 200 adults.
LINGAP SA KATUTUBO
On January 16, 2010, a “LINGAP SA KATUTUBO” Project was held in Sitio Ye Yang where carts of assorted relief items and over-the-counter supplies and medicines, used clothing, as well as packed lunch and snacks were distributed to more than 200 individuals
YEAR END GIFT GIVING
A “YEAR-END GIFT GIVING” was held at the spacious ground near a Resort in Brgy. Bueno on December 29, 2010, where big boxes of toys, gifts and presents, including assorted foodstuff were distributed to a large number of adults and children;
FEEDING ACTIVITY
A “FEEDING ACTIVITY” for children of the Estabillo Clan was held in Sta. Juliana, Capas, Tarlac on August 12, 2013, where almost a hundred individuals and children lined up to avail of the packed meals prepared by some Foundation members
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
On January 15, 2014, a “COMMUNITY ORGANIZING ACTIVITY” was held in Sitio Bunga, Brgy. Bueno, Capas, Tarlac for the establishment of a community in said place which is embodied in the first two-year action plan of the Foundation;
MEETING WITH KATUTUBO OFFICERS
OUR SCHOLARS
Graduating Students of Interworld Colleges taking up Batchelor of Science In Hospitality Management (BSBM) now on their On-The-Job Training at La Maja Rica Hotel, to gain hands-on experience in the hospitality industry.
TESDA TRAININGS
In October 2019, a Computer Servicing System–NCII training was conducted by TESDA, thru the joint sponsorship of PRELLI Foundation and the Interworld College of Science & Technology Inc.-Tarlac
On October 14, 2019, 44 members of PRELLI Foundation graduated as TRAINORS FOR CROPS in the training conducted by TESDA, thru the Tarlac School of Arts and Trades (TSAT).
Other Trainings and Seminars on Modern Farming Technology were also conducted by PRELLI Foundation, Inc, in coordination with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), especially on the formation of cooperatives which will benefit the farmers on the privileges being granted by the government, such as the activity taken at Brgy. Sta. Lucia, Capas Tarlac ;
APPLICATION OF MODERN FARMING TECHNOLOGY was introduced to some farmers in Brgy. Sta. Lucia, Capas, Tarlac which lessen planting expenses but increases yield from 30 to 100%. Taking part in the planting demonstration are no less than Dr. LANIZA D. JUAN, the President and Chairman of the Board of PRELLI Foundation, and Congresswoman CECILIA CUSTUDIO.
Seminar-Workshop of all active Foundations within the province
Under the direction of the DSWD Provincial Office, on July 15 & 16, 2010, PRELLI sponsored a Seminar-Workshop of all active Foundations within the province tagged as Area-Based Standards Network (ABSNET) held at the Peniel House of Prayer in Brgy. O’Donnell, Capas, Tarlac. Both the PRELLI President and the Corporate Secretary were then elected as officers of the province-wide DSWD organization.
PRELLI Foundation Year-End Socializing
On December 20, 2019, PRELLI Foundation held a Year-End Socializing at the compound of Interworld Colleges in Brgy. Tibag, Tarlac City. It was a jolly gathering attended and participated by almost all active members and officers of the organization where more than a hundred gifts and prizes were raffled.
LINGAP SA KAPWA
On December 27, 2022, a “Lingap sa Kapwa” project was held in Brgy. Bueno, Capas, Tarlac . Over 750 residents benefited from the gifts donated by some Foundation officers and members such as the following: 321 goody bags, 420 goodies for children, 150 various prizes for the parlor games, 420 toys, 100 blankets for senior cetizens, 337 pairs of slippers, 53 stuff toys, 110 school bags, 750 packed lunch, 1,173 pcs. of slightly-used clothes, several boxes of medicine, 1 sphygmomanometer, and 3 nebulizers.
SEMINAR-WORKSHOP
A Seminar-Workshop was held at the Peniel House of Prayer in Brgy. O’Donnell, Capas, Tarlac on February 7-8, 2021, with the theme “Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century”. It was a successful activity attended by almost a hundred executive officers of the Foundation.
DISTRIBUTION OF FACEMASK
In line with the observance of health protocols, PRELLI Foundation, through some of its officers, distributed FACE MASKS and FACE SHIELDS in public places and offices to deter the fast spread of the deadly virus called COVID-19.
MALUNGAY PLANTING SEMINAR
On July 29, 2022, PRELLI Foundation conducted an Orientation Seminar on Livelihood, one of the topics of which was “Malunggay Planting Project”
PLANTING ORIENTATION
On August 6, 2022, PRELLI Foundation conducted another Orientation Seminar on Livelihood. Still, one of the topics was the “Malunggay Planting Project”.
BALIK ESKWELA
On August 23, 2022 a "BALIK ESKWELA" Project was held at PILIEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL & PISAPUNGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Brgy. Sta. Juliana, Capas, Tarlac, in coordination with the HADFAFI-Health and Development Foundation,
DONORS' FORUM
May 23, 2024
PRELLI Foundation, Inc. and ABSNET-Tarlac Chapter jointly sponsored the Donors’ Forum held at the Diwa ng Tarlac which was well-attended by non-government organizations in the province.
PRELLI Foundation’s relentless efforts in extending help to the less-privileged and the needy is inspired by a verse in the Bible which states that “When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord – and He pays wonderful interest on your loan!”
- Proverbs 19:17 LB -
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