About
Since we started in 2010, our goal has been to support homeschoolers and equip leaders to shape and grow the national homeschooling movement. We’re run by a diverse core group of volunteers and are affiliated with HSLDA (the Homeschool Legal Defense of America), the largest homeschooling organization in the world. We’re also partnered with the Philippines’s Department of Education.
Mission
To equip homeschool leaders who will shape the Philippine homeschooling landscape.
Vision
To see homeschooling recognised as an available and respected form of education, shaping leaders and movers who build our nation.
A Little History
2010
HAPI is born
May
HAPI mounts "Homeschool United" Family Day
October
HAPI mounts 3rd Philippine Homeschool Conference
2011
January-April
HAPI mounts roadshows
May
HAPI mounts Music and Arts Festival
October
HAPI mounts Bible Festival
2012
May
HAPI mounts 4th Philippine Homeschool Conference with Mommy Mundo
2015
October
HAPI mounts Philippine Homeschool Conference with Manila Workshops
2016
HAPI mounts Philippine Homeschool Conference 2016 with EFL
2017
HAPI mounts Philippine Homeschool Conference 2017 with EFL
March
HAPI helps launch the "National Homeschool Day" as enacted by Sen. Kiko Pangilinan
2018-2019
HAPI endorses PHC by EFL and GHC by HG
2019
August
HAPI helps craft revised homeschooling framework with DepEd
Services
Help
- Leadership equipping (i.e. trainings, materials, etc.)
- Discounts/perks across establishments, facilities, etc. obtained by HAPI
- Assistance in starting-up a group*
Awareness-Building
- Listing on HAPI website and social media
- Inclusion & Benefits in the annual Philippine Home Education Conference
- Inclusion & Benefits in the National Homeschoolers Day celebration
- Acknowledgement in the HAPI CSR advocacies
Officers
Our core group is a diverse team of volunteers committed to making the nation a better place through homeschooling.
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Laksmi Maluya
President
Laksmi Maluya is the current president of HAPI. She is an educator, and is herself a product of homeschooling from elementary to high school.
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Beday Fortuna
Vice President
- HR and Administration Head, Catholic Filipino Academy
- Directress, CFA Math-Inic
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Audreylie Villegas
Treasurer
- HAPI Treasurer
- Educator
- School Principal, Peniel Integrated Christian Academy of Rizal
- Home Education Advocate
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Donna Simpao
Corp. Sec.
Donna is the current HAPI Corporate Secretary. She has been a homeschool mom for 16 years, and is the founder of Homeschoolers of the Philippines.
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Edric Mendoza
Founder
- Founder of Homeschool Association of the Philippine Islands
- Homeschool dad of six for 14 years
- Founder of Parentschooling