WHO WE ARE
History
Our story starts way back 25 years ago.
Kanlungan Filipino Consortium, or simply Kanlungan, was founded in
1996 by a group of Filipino migrants to serve as an umbrella-
organisation that would unify and coordinate the activities of other
Filipino migrant organisations in the United Kingdom (UK). On 31st
August 1999, Kanlungan was officially registered as a charity at the
Charity Commission for England and Wales to provide support to the
wider and more diverse community of migrants. Kanlungan currently
has 12 member-organisations around the UK working closely together
for the welfare and interests of Filipino and East and Southeast Asian
(ESEA) migrant communities in Britain. Its members of the Board of
Trustees are composed of representatives of these organisations who
are responsible for governance and administration of Kanlungan.
Kanlungan is established to:
- Advance education and training of Filipinos and Southeast and East Asian migrants in enhancing their welfare and improving their social conditions;
- Promote economic welfare and help alleviate hardship and distress amongst Filipinos and other migrant communities;
- Raise awareness of Filipinos on socio-economic, political and cultural conditions within the Philippines which engender forced migration, in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world, especially in those areas of public life that directly affect them;
- Build solidarity with migrant organisations of other nationalities and peoples who have similar aims and objectives.
