Bayanihan Community Center

Description

The Filipino-American Development Foundation (FADF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 by a group of Filipinos who have worked with the San Francisco Filipino community. Mario A Borja, M.D. was the leading founder with the vision to provide a community space for newly arrived Filipino immigrants who came to America seeking better career and employment opportunities. Dr.

The Mabuhay Health Center is a free student-run community health clinic that aims to reduce health disparities existing within the South of Market district of San Francisco. Under the supervision of UCSF faculty, students participate in services in partnership with the Bayanihan Community Center. By providing free, ongoing monthly services including health screenings, medication therapy management, and health education seminars, Mabuhay Health Center hopes to promote a healthier lifestyle among SOMA residents.

In 1993, Dr. Borja took over the management of the Delta Hotel and began providing low cost housing to the growing population of Filipino WWII veterans that were granted U.S. citizenship upon their arrival to America after the passage of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1990. In March 1997, Dr. Borja registered FADF Corporation with the IRS as a nonprofit and began plans to establish the community center on the ground floor of the Delta Hotel. However, in August 1997, a big fire damaged the entire building. Dr.

Our vision is to provide the necessary support to strengthen and empower Filipino Americans to nable them to develop resources and assets that can benefit the local and broader community. We believe that the Filipino cultural value of bayanihan, which means mutual assistance and mutual caring, can be the catalyst for engaging the Filipino American community to self-development and broader participation.

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