DFALF Chairperson Mme. Maria Lourdes B. Locsin Leads Activities of DFALF
Left photo: (from left) DFALF First Vice President Mary Jennifer D. Dingal, DFALF Chairperson Mme. Maria Lourdes B. Locsin, DFALF Trustees Jennifer V. Sto Domingo and Maria Cecilia P. Wenceslao at the International Mini Bazaar and ASEAN Fest on 12 June 2022. Right photo: DFALF Trustees Loremie Bautista and Maria Cecilia P. Wenceslao at the DFA-SPU booth selling DFALF merchandise and cookbooks produced by the ALF. (DFA-OPCD photos by Vanessa Ubac)
PASAY CITY 30 June 2022 – Faithful to its mission to contribute to the welfare of DFA personnel and its members, the DFA Ladies Foundation, Inc. (DFALF) undertook three projects in 2022 under the leadership of its Chairperson, Mme. Maria Lourdes B. Locsin.
On 12 June 2022, the DFALF participated in the International Mini Bazaar and ASEAN Fest held at the Music Hall in SM Mall of Asia with the Chairperson, Mme. Locsin, as the event’s keynote speaker.
On 24 June 2022, Mme. Locsin and the DFALF Board of Trustees, together with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr., also donated a children’s slide to the DFA Day Care Center (DCC). Executive Director Mersole J. Mellejor and Director Alan Gabriola of the Human Resources Management Office also attended the ceremony.
The DFALF also distributed goodie bags to and received thank you messages from the children-enrollees of the DCC. A corner of the DFA Day Care library has been dedicated to books donated from Adarna House and the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt.
Under the leadership of Mme. Locsin, the DFALF, likewise, distributed vitamins to members of the DFA community. The DFALF scholarship committee is also evaluating several scholarship applications for CY 2022. As of 2021, DFALF has 55 active scholars. DFALF President Kristine Leilani Salle and the Board of Trustees took the opportunity to thank Mme. Locsin for her committed and dedicated service to the DFALF.
Established in 1996, DFALF is a non-profit organization of women in the DFA with a commitment to improving and enriching the lives of the members of the Philippine Foreign Service and DFA community through various initiatives and advocacies. Its mission is to develop unity, promote camaraderie and generate esprit de corps among its members and to contribute to their physical, intellectual, and social well-being. Membership for CY 2022 is ongoing, for inquiries, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It is also a co-founder of the DFA-DCC, which was established in June 2010.
DFA-SPU serves as the secretariat of the three foundations chaired by the Spouse of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs: the ASEAN Ladies Foundation, Inc. (ALF), the International Bazaar Foundation, Inc, (IBF), and the DFALF. END
From left to right, standing: Executive Director Mersole Mellejor, DFALF Vice President Mary Jennifer Dingal, DFALF President Kristine Leilani Salle, Mme. Locsin and Secretary Locsin, Dir. Alan Gabriola, DFALF Trustees Jennifer Sto. Domingo, Cherill Tubojan-Uzaraga and Maria Cecilia P. Wenceslao at the turnover of a children’s slide from DFALF to the DFA Day Care Center. (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Barizo)
Photos, from left: Mme. Locsin and Secretary Locsin receive thank you messages from the children and also distributed goodie bags. (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Barizo)
Photos, from left: Mme. Locsin views a dedicated section of the library for books donated by Adarna House and Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt / Mme. Locsin joined by IBF, DFALF, and HRMO officials show the expanded book collection of the DFA Day Care Center library. (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Barizo)
Foreign Affairs Secretary Locsin and Mme. Locsin are joined by the DFALF Board, HRMO officials, teachers, parents, and children enrolled at the DFA Day Care Center. (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Barizo)
Seated: Mme. Locsin and DFALF President, Kristine Leilani Salle with the Board of Trustees. Standing from L-R: First Vice President Mary Jennifer Dingal, Trustees, Assistant Corporate Secretary Maria Cecilia P. Wenceslao, Auditor Cherill Tubojan-Uzaraga, Corporate Secretary April Casquejo, Treasurer Joena Flores and Assistant Treasurer Jennifer Sto. Domingo. Board members not in the photo are Second Vice President Girlie Dinso and Assistant Auditor Loremie Bautista. (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Barizo)
DFALF Board of Trustees for CY 2022 present tokens of appreciation to its Chairperson, Mme. Maria Lourdes B. Locsin on 24 June 2022. (DFA-OPCD photo by Camille Barizo)