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Guahan Global Foundation won 2025 Non-Profit Organisation Awards
The Non-Profit Organisation Awards, presented by British media outlet Acquisition International, announced its 2025 winner on July 15. We, Guam-based Guahan Global Foundation, were awarded the “Best Cross-Cultural & Eco-Wellness Advocacy 2025 – Western Pacific.”
Guahan Global Foundation, founded by Mrs. Fe Valencia-Ovalles, is a non-profit organization registered in Guam. Mr. Pingyuan “Edward” Lu is currently leading the foundation as its president to promote peace, health and sustainability for Guam and the region through cultural, educational, social, and economic activities.
Lu says the foundation has earned international attention during COVID-19 pandemic from contributing many op-ed articles, which were proudly published by Europe’s Euronews, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, Taiwan’s Taipei Times, and Indonesia’s Jakarta Post, as well as many media in Guam and the region. The monthly column “Priority: Well-being” in the Guam Daily Post Lu has been writing since September 2022 is also strong supporting evidence that helped Guahan Global Foundation win the award.
Regarding the “cross-cultural and eco-wellness advocacy” the foundation got recognized, Lu praises Guam for the island’s cultural diversity so that the foundation could promote the cross-cultural harmony that Guamanians has been enjoying to people living in the different parts of the world.
Lu also explains that promoting interventions that support active transportation, for example, walking or cycling rather than driving, and healthier food choices, such as eating plant-based rather than meat-based diets, could yield health and sustainability "co-benefits." This is the “eco-wellness” trend Guahan Global Foundation strives to introduce to our island community.
According to the congratulations message that Guahan Global Foundation received, the award “honors impactful, purpose-driven work.” To determine the winners, the “judging panel and research team take into consideration the commitment, expertise, and innovation demonstrated by nominees.” The results “shine a spotlight on those who give without asking, build without seeing fame, and serve without pause.”
