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Day 3 // Girlie Garcia-Lorenzo // Manila, Philippines

A series of days we are featuring on The Museum of Days is of Ashoka Fellows in the Philippines.

Maria Fatima "Girlie" Garcia-Lorenzo is the co-founder and Executive Director of Kythe, an organization that works to improve the quality of life of hospitalised children with cancer and other chronic illnesses. Girlie is also the very first Ashoka Fellow in the Philippines.

This is Girlie's day.



Kythe will be celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2017. To learn more about the activities they have lined up, please email info@kythe.org. If you are interested in volunteering, donating, or buying a ticket for the premier screening of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, please email them as well.

To read more about Girlie and her work for children with cancer and chronic illness, visit her profile at the Ashoka website. You can also visit the Kythe website to learn more about their work.