Projects

The Knights of Rizal – Firenze Chapter (KOR-Firenze) is launching the “Ilustrado Initiative”, a brand-new initiative aiming to improve the social mobility of the Filipino community of Tuscany through a series of awareness events and focused mentoring and coaching events and activities. Among the main goals of the initiative include: Encouragement to pursue higher education Increased financial literacy Greater awareness…

The Knights of Rizal – Firenze Chapter supports and promotes the work of Prof. Vasco Caini who translated Rizal’s known complete works. To ensure that Vasco Caini’s works remain available for posterity, the Knights of Rizal – Firenze Chapter | Research Programme has uploaded his works to an online open access repository to ensure that the works remain available to…

In partnership with the Studio Legale Boni, the Knights of Rizal – Firenze Chapter has launched the Legal Assistance Programme to provide free legal consultancy to the Filipino community in Tuscany. Under the project, Filipinos within the Tuscany Region may request an appointment and free consultancy session on matters of Italian civil, family and labour law. Consultancy is provided by…

The Firenze Chapter of the Knights of Rizal, as part of its Research Programme, aims to build interest for the historical original winning Rizal monument designs by Carlo Nicoli for Luneta as a way to uncover the historic ties between the Tuscan-Italian and Filipino peoples. The project is in collaboration with his descendants at the currently existing Laboratori Carlo Nicoli….

The Knights of Rizal – Firenze Chapter has mobilised 35 of its Volunteer Corps with the support of FEA Empoli to take part in the Puliamo Empoli Cleaning Drive organised under the patronage of the city government of Empoli, province of Florence. Over 50 large sacks of garbage were collected from Empoli’s main parks and plazas. ‘Clean Empoli’ closed in…

The COVID pandemic returned in its second wave and to respond to the financial difficulty experiences by some members and their family, the chapter organised COVID-19 Financial Support to Members in Difficulty. Members to be supported were identified and received a total of Php15,000 and several sacks of rice.

In the beginning of 2021, the Order of the Knights of Rizal – Firenze Chapter supported a researcher of the University of Nottingham. Firenze Chapter Pursuivant Sir Rob Carrillo, KOR was invited to take part in an interview as part of the Cultures of Occupation in the Twentieth Century Asia (COTCA) about the Knights of Rizal and the Rizal monument….

Following the end of the first wave, there was a slight return to normalcy during summer. During this time, the chapter to part in the Fortezza da Basso Cleaning Drive in collaboration with the Honourary Consulate General of the Philippines, Florence. This was particularly special for the chapter as the Fortezza da Basso is the allotted location by the Florence…

The year 2020 was marked by the COVID pandemic. In response to this, the chapter, led by Chapter Commander Sir Dennis Reyes, KCR provided COVID-19 Community Outreach and Support to families in financial difficulty in collaboration with local organisations within Tuscany. The chapter was able to provide support to more than 100 households in difficulty due to the pandemic in…