Donate-2-Create: Sablayanihan started as a small library project for a local primary school in Sablayan. Before the popularity of internet and social media where majority of children  are getting information from ,  books were a luxury to own, and libraries were the main source of academic  and other reading materials in Sablayan. Majority of public schools did not have a library and the municipality’s only library was permanently closed. Books were expensive that families who owned them, put them in closed cabinets, not readily available for children to read.

In 2005, A local young woman saw the need to promote the access to books  for disadvantaged schoolchildren whose families could not afford to buy them. She started a program to promote the love of reading and foster literacy among the most disadvantaged children in the municipality. She asked for book donations from friends, family members and other non-profit organizations ; collected them and eventually re-established the former library of a local primary school. With the support of school principal and teachers , the library project became a succes and was officially named : “Donate-2-Create Program”.

However, after years of operation and changes in school administration, Donate-2-Create could not continue its operations. Books, materials and all the contents of the library were given to the school and books were distributed to teachers and children. This setback turned the purpose of the project to a new direction.

In August 2018,  two successive tropical cyclones hit the province of Occidental Mindoro which left severe damaged on infrastructures, several fatalities, and left many people homeless.  Together with youth volunteers , Donate-2-Create provided immediate assistance to children and their families to replace their lost school supplies, clothing and sanitary kits. After the calamity, the “bayanihan” spirit amongst volunteers was formed.

 Since then, Donate-2-Create worked together with youth volunteers and the term ‘Sablayanihan’ was created.  Sablayanihan is a fusion of two words , (1) Sablayan – name of the municipality where the project operates , and (2) ‘bayanihan‘ – a Tagalog word for  ‘spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation for a purpose.

 Thereafter , the name of the initiative was named Donate-2-Create : SABLAYANIHAN. In 2019, the group was registered as a non-stock / not-for-profit organization with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bureau of  Internal Revenue (BIR) under the name SABLAYANIHAN INC. 

We are also a member of Local Government of Sablayan – Civil Society Organization and a member of National Youth Commission – YORP or Youth Organizations Registration Programs.

Securities and Exchange Commission  – Registration No : CN 201902533

Tax Identification No:  010-272-794-000