Each day, the Filipino Steemit community continues to grow, and support in any way comes in from every direction. If there is one thing Filipinos are always proud of, it is our concept of communal spirit - the bayanihan spirit. From the Filipino word "bayan," which translates into nation, the bayanihan spirit showcases just how much we seek to make the impossible possible by virtue of unity.

Thus introducing The Bayanihan Curation Project.

The Project: What is it about?

The Bayanihan Project aims to :

(1) find and support Filipino Steemians, as well as
(2) promote content creation in Filipino and other local languages.

It is composed of a curation team of enthusiastic, young Steemians who are eager to learn new things and help their fellow countrymen. This group of individuals includes @deveerei, @dreamiely, @erangvee, @immarojas, @jassennessaj, @juvyjabian, and @themanualbot.

Along with us are respected Steemit mentors and curators, @donkeypong, @jrcornel, @hanshotfirst, @acidyo and @surpassinggoogle, who have all been very supportive from the very beginning.

The Project: How will it work?

The abovementioned curators will find deserving posts by Filipino authors, as described by the following guidelines:

1. Authors. The project will focus on content from Filipino and Philippine-based content-creators, who showcased support on Filipino community growth here at Steemit.
2. Original content. Inclusive but not limited to arts, poetry, music, write-ups (fiction, non-fiction, blogs, reviews, simplified technical/scientific reports, and so on), and more -- as long as your work is by you alone. Some notes to remember:
   • The curators have ways of finding plagiarized works.
   • Should images that are not yours be used, don’t forget to cite your source.
   • Take the time to read @surpassinggoogle's post that implores Filipino Steemians to create great researched content on any niche topic.
3. Language. Filipino authors may post in either English or Filipino (Tagalog, Bisaya, Bikolano, and the like; highly encouraged). Use the tags
   • #philippines for posts written in English, and
   • #pilipinas for posts written in Filipino.
4. Frequency. Any single author’s works may be upvoted only once in 24 hours to ensure that the reward is shared to a wider audience.
5. Content Age. Any quality content 24 hours away from payout is still eligible for curation.

The Project: How can you give back support?

We will be direct in this section. It will be the same support needed by other growing communities.

1. Upvote, resteem, and follow. We will be more strict in choosing and curating Filipino posts. If you ever find a curated post (or any post by a Filipino author) to be very well written and thus deserves an upvote, then upvote it. If it needs more attraction from other users, then do resteems. And lastly, if you like the author because of the genuineness and truthfulness of his/her works, then follow this author.
2. Support the team and its curators. It will be such a huge responsibility to handle this growing community and we cannot do this without the support from our fellow Filipino Steemians and veteran Steemians. A support for a curator means a support for the whole community.
3. Support our curating account @bayanihan. @bayanihan is the curation account made for resteeming and upvoting deserving Filipino posts. You can support this account by delegating SP to this curation account; just contact any one of our sponsors, @donkeypong, @jrcornel, @hanshotfirst, @acidyo, or @surpassinggoogle on steemit.chat.

Message from the Team

We believe that Steemit is for all, especially for countries that continue to progress. The Philippines is one of them. The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands, thus a difficulty in putting up a solid foundation for a Filipino community.

We are aware that there are many Filipino communities in the platform; we can say that we are really divided by boundaries on many aspects. One thing that motivates us to push this initiative of unifying all quality Filipino posts and communities is the following thought,

“We think of the same goal: to lift up Filipino spirits by helping them engrave good recognition on this blockchain-based social media.”

Also, we’ll never deny the fact that poverty is inevitable in our country, and thus, Steemit helps us lessen this burden that we always see and feel within ourselves and others. We are calling the attention of other small Philippine communities here on this platform -- please support what we are building. Always remember that at the end of the day, we are all Filipinos and we aim the same thing: to help our countrymen.

"Maraming Salamat!" | "Daghang Salamat!" | "Thank you so much!”

Bayanihan: The Steemit Philippines Curation Project