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Babaylan Austria is a group of Filipino women based in Austria. It was formed in 1996 and its objective is to promote Filipino women’s empowerment and ensure the members full participation in the development processes through sharing of experiences, information and resources.

Recently, the group held a charity bowling tournament to benefit its scholarship projects in the southern Philippines. This was participated in by fellow Filipinos who not only love the game of bowling, but because they want to support the group’s worthy cause.

Randy Ilagan, one of those who joined said, “I participated here since I want to make a difference in the lives of the children right in our country, the Philippines. I know the situation of a lot of Filipinos there. Most parents can’t do anything because they can’t afford it.”

“I am really a bowling fan. I have been participating in all Pinoy Bowling tournaments here and when I learned that there is a charity bowling for the benefit of our less privileged kababayans in the Philippines, I immediately decided to join. I want to help in my own little way,” said Chito Constante.

Filipinos who participated in the Babaylan Austria’s Strike 9 Charity bowling tournament were just glad that such initiative was staged to support poor but outstanding Filipino children in the Philippines.

Willy Budoy, advertising agent of a Philippine Door-to-Door Business Firm in Vienna, and sponsor of the tournament said, “We are pleased to be able to sponsor such a great event. The Babaylan Austria is a worthwhile organization and we are proud to help support them in their educational projects in the Philippines.”

Babaylan Austria president Lani Zigler expressed her gratitude for the warm reception to the group by Filipinos. “Bowl for the benefit of our less-fortunate brothers and sisters in the Philippines, most especially in the Cebu area has raised not only a certain amount to finance our scholarship programs but also helped increase the awareness of people here in Austria about the situation of the majority of our countrymen in the Philippines who could not afford to send their children to school,” Zigler said.