Free Legal Aid Project | Projects and Services | First Gentleman Foundation, Inc.

Bagong Puso Galing sa Puso

Instead of celebrating his 62nd Birthday, the First Gentleman will sponsor 14 open-heart surgeries in PGH by end June 2008.
Bagong Doktor Para sa Bayan

Medical Scholarship for poor but deserving medical students in their 4th year from UP or PLM.
Bagong Espesyalista Para sa Bayan

Specialization course for barrio doctors.
Doctors to the Barrios (DOH Project)

Support to DOH Barrio Doctors.
Bagong Mata sa May Katarata

Nationwide free cataract operation (includes pre/post check-up and medications) to patients, majority of whom were elderly.
Bagong Ngiti sa Dating Ngebu

Started in October 2004, to date has already provided free dentures to about 10,000 beneficiaries nationwide.
Bagong Bato, Bagong Buhay

Initially in cooperation with National Kidney and Transplant Institute from 2001 - 2004. In February 2005, in cooperation with Philippine General Hospital, provides free kidney transplant to poor patients.

Free Legal Aid Project

(Handog: Pang Sabadong Abogado)

The First Gentleman, together with his classmates at the Ateneo Law Class '72, personally attends to poor clients of his legal aid clinic project in Malacanang.

A lawyer himself the First Gentleman thought of this notable project to be of service to the Filipinos in his own little way. During the legal clinic’s operation, the number of clients every Saturday ranged from 39 to 60. It served a total of 3, 607 clients before it closed in December 2004 temporarily.

One of the First Gentleman’s untold but memorable stories as a lawyer (often designated by the judge as the counsel de officio for accused persons who have no lawyers to represent them), was paid two eggplants by the accused in a burglary case.