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Atty. Loida Nicolas-Lewis, founder and president of The Lewis College (TLC) and Dir. Shinichiro Suetsugu, founder and director of Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin (KKG) in Shizuoka City, Japan signed a historic Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in a gesture of solidarity and friendship on December 19, 2011 in Rockwell Center, Makati. This event was witnessed by Dr. Rose Anonat - TLC Officer-in-Charge, Mutya Acebron - TLC Coordinator, Mr. and Mrs. Hideyo and Marietta Sato - TLC Nihonggo Instructors, and Ms. Sonomi Takatsuka - KKG Instructor.
This MOA between TLC and KKG will further strengthen the commitment to help students to learn Japanese language here and in Japan, and at the same time for foreign students to learn effective conversational English in TLC's English Program for Asians. Opportunity for TLC graduates to study and work in Shizuoka will also be opened. After the signing Mrs. Lewis commented, "May this be the start of a beautiful partnership between Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin and The Lewis College."
Filipino-American businesswoman and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis was awarded the Trailblazer of Democracy Award by The Eleanor’s Legacy organization at their fall luncheon last October 24 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
Eleanor’s Legacy honored Mrs. Lewis for her continued contributions to the empowerment of women in the political and public arena The organization, which focuses on empowering political candidates who follow in the footsteps of former US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, supports Democratic women who are aspiring for local and state offices in the State of New York. Eleanor’s Legacy connects candidates with political volunteers and experts, and teaches them about running campaigns...
Also among the honored guests was New York Senator Charles E. Schumer, who also spoke highly of Mrs. Lewis while addressing the large conference of guests.
“Loida Lewis is one of America ‘s leading Filipina women,” Schumer said. “Fifteen years ago, when there was a desperate shortage of nurses in this country, and the talent of Filipina women to come here and be nurses was being blocked by the same kind of non-thinking approach to immigration that too many exhibit in Washington today. Loida led the charge to change. There are now thousands of Filipina nurses in America, and particularly in New York,” he added....
As a philanthropist, Mrs. Lewis has contributed a considerable amount to a number of causes, such as The Lewis College in her hometown of Sorsogon Province, Philippines that gives scholarships to Filipino children from pre-K to University...
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - In a gesture of partnership and solidarity, the Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin (kotoba.ac.jp) owned and headed by Mr. Shinichiro Suetsugu, invited OIC Dr. Rose Anonat, Mr. Hideyo Sato and Mrs. Marietta Sato, Director and Assistant Director of TLC-English Program for Asia, and Ms. Mutya Acebron, Nursing Assistant Coordinator to its 20th Anniversary in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan last October 8, 2011. The memorable event was held at the Shizuoka People's Center where students, teachers, parents and other school heads from Cambodia, Korea, Indonesia, China, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, India and Philippines came to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin (KKG).
The Lewis College first came in contact with Administrative Director Shinichiro Suetsugu last November 2010, upon invitation of Mr. Hideyo Sato to visit TLC as a guest student of the English Program for Asians. After enjoying the experience, he has since then encouraged their interested students to learn conversational English at the TLC-EPA and he looks forward to having stronger linkages with the school in the coming years. Since The Lewis College now offers Nihonggo Classes as part of its curriculum, students from TLC are also welcome to study higher levels of Nihonggo at Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin in Japan. This will result in higher probability of employment abroad especially in Japanese companies not only in the Philippines, but around the world.
Mr. Hideyo Sato, Mao Ikeya, Mrs. Marietta Sato, OIC Dr. Rose Anonat and Ms. Mutya Acebron at the Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin Reception Party.
Mr. Shinichiro Suetsugu with a special guest and the students of KKG.
Sorsogon City, Philippines – Niles and Meleneus Perlas, a Filipino couple residing in New York, USA recently donated $5,000 for The Lewis College (TLC) in their desire to support the needy but deserving students in Sorsogon. Half of this amount was donated by KDP Foundation, a foundation set up by Mr. and Mrs. Perlas named after their daughter Kristine Perlas.
This scholarship from KDP Foundation is for students who are poor but have exemplary performance in studies and passed the screening of the TLC Executive Committee. The other half will be for an evergreen loan fund, the Niles and Meleneus Loan Fund which will be made available to qualified TLC graduates who lack funds for processing their papers but are already scheduled to work abroad.
CRNA Niles Perlas is the Chairman of Filipino American Medical Inc. (FAMI), a non-profit corporation founded in 1999 by Mr. and Mrs. Perlas and friends in New York city. FAMI brings American and Filipino-American physicians and other medical professionals to the Philippines to serve the poor. She also worked as an Anesthetist for the Hospital for Special Surgery for 20 years and retired this April. Her husband, Meleneus Perlas, is Vice President of a Real Estate Investment Company and project manager in Jeffries Morris. Together with her husband, Mrs. Perlas has donated in numerous projects in her province of Nueva Ecija and other missions to help the poor in the Philippines. Their family’s charitable work is clearly seen in their medical missions at www.ifami.org. As Mrs. Perlas mentioned, “It is our pleasure to serve the needy.”
CRNA Niles Perlas receiving an award at Malacanang Palace.
In the spirit of philanthropy embodied by Reginald and Loida Nicolas-Lewis, another Lewis family member recently granted a $5,000-dollar Evergreen Loan Fund for The Lewis College teachers with the purpose of later on, accumulating interest which will provide scholarships to deserving college students.
Mr. Gavin Sword, husband of our founder’s daughter Ms. Leslie Lewis-Sword, decided to set-up the “Delana and Rod Sword Loan Fund” in honor of his parents from Nanaimo, British Columbia.
National daily Manila Bulletin featured The Lewis College on the front of their Schools, Colleges and Universities Bulletin section (E1), To see the online version of this article, 
