05 August 2016

ABOUT1FMCOMMUNITY INC.S:

First Filipino English Channel Swim

We are from the First Filipino Movement (1FMCOMMUNITY), a non-stock,
non-profit association founded and led by Georgian Honorary Consul Thelmo
Cunanan Jr. The objective of our organization is to promote and sponsor historic
achievements by Filipinos all over the world. We have already carried out major
projects in Europe and Africa.

We are pleased to announce that 1FMCOMMUNITY, INC. is embarking on its
most ambitious project to date--the First Filipino English Channel Swim that
will take place in August this year. This is the first crossing by a Filipino swimmer
of the sea passage that separates the United Kingdom and France. The
challenge is considered the Mount Everest of open water swims and will be a
test of physical and mental strength, courage, sheer human will and heart.

The First Filipino English Channel Swim Team (FFECST), will be captained
by Filipino aquaman (Pinoy Aquaman) Atty. Ingemar Macarine of Bohol,
Philippines. He is one of the most powerful and accomplished open water
swimmers in the country. He will attempt to swim the channela distance of 35
kilometers in the icy waters of the North Atlanticclad in nothing more than
ordinary swimming trunks, swim cap, and goggles, as per official English
Channel swim rules. We expect the swim to be completed in approximately 13 -
15 hours, given weather conditions and currents. Macarine has already been
training for this challenge, with plenty of regular open water swims all over the
country and multiple sessions in the cold water pool of the Philippine Military
Academy in Baguio City.

1FMCOMMUNITY, INC. Manila Office Address: Mezzanine Level, La Victoria Building,
1080 P. Campa Street, Samaploc, Manila. Hotline No.: (+63 2) 733-9560

This swim will be to celebrate international friendship and to raise awareness of
climate change and global warmingcore advocacies of the First Filipino
International Movement. The August event will also include maritime protection
art exhibits in the United Kingdom and Ireland, in cooperation with partner-NGOs
Ocean Security International (OSI) and Earthsavers UNESCO Artists for Peace.

The actual swim is arranged between 09 to 15 AUGUST 2016, depending on the
weather conditions. For this historic event, the First Filipino International
Movement (1FMCOMMUNITY, INC., our registered official name) partnered with
San Miguel Corporation and its subsidiary San Miguel Brewery Inc., the makers
of Red Horse Beer which holds the companys extreme sports equity. Over the
years, Red Horse Beer has championed extreme sports activities such as the
Urban Extreme Sports Challenge featuring mixed martial arts, BMX stunts,
skateboarding, among others. Other sponsors include Turkish Airlines, which has
generously provided transportation for the team, Marriott Hotel Manila, Aqua
Sphere, Zoot, Chancellor 9000, Maldita Man, etc.

The First Filipino International Movement was founded by Cunanan in 2014, with
the objective of supporting and organizing historic achievements and landmark
accomplishments by Filipinos all over the world. The organizations kick-off event
happened in South Africa in February 2014, when two of its swimmers, braving
the threat of great white sharks and the cold waters of the South Atlantic,
became the first Filipinos to cross the Robben Island channel to Cape Town. The
swim, a distance of 8 kilometers and accomplished in under three hours, was
done in honor of the late Nelson Mandela and to thank South Africans for their
help in Leyte in the aftermath of the devastating Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).

Since then, the First Filipino International Movement has carried out other
projects, particularly in the area of heritage and culture, the most recent of which
was a three-city European art roadshow (November and December 2015) to
promote climate change awareness.


For more information on our event, please click this link below:

2016 1FMCOMMUNITY INC. VIDEO:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BycEa12wa_I8VVZ2U2VGMjN1QVU/view


PHILIPPINE STAR: http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/02/21/1555262/first-
filipino-movement-hold-historic-english-channel-swim-august
1FMCOMMUNITY, INC. Manila Office Address: Mezzanine Level, La Victoria Building,
1080 P. Campa Street, Samaploc, Manila. Hotline No.: (+63 2) 733-9560

BUSINESS MIRROR: http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/historic-conquest-of-

english-channel/
CONCEPT CENTRAL:
http://conceptnewscentral.com/index.php/2016/02/17/pinoy-swim-team-to-cross-
english-channel/
SPIN.PH : http://www.spin.ph/fitness-health/active-lifestyle/lawyer-triathlete-to-
attempt-1st-filipino-english-channel-crossing-this-august

In 2014, our team was also successful in organizing the FIRST FILIPINO
ROBBEN ISLAND SWIM dubbed as RAINBOW OF HOPE: A Celebration of
Philippines-South African Friendship in commemoration of life of the late Nelson
Mandela, to thank South Africans for their outpouring of support for Filipinos after
Typhoon Yolanda, in cooperation with the Cape Long Distance Swimming
Association (CLDSA) and sponsored by Qatar Airways.

GMA NEWS ONLINE:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/347964/news/pinoyabroad/2-pinoys-
become-first-asians-to-complete-robben-island-channel-crossing
INQUIRER: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/97743/swim-of-hope-2-pinoys-eye-
robben-island-feat
PHILIPPINE STAR:
http://www.philstar.com:8080/sports/2014/01/26/1283187/two-pinoys-join-open-
water-swim-mandela-country


Information given by:

MELISSA GRACE MEL DIZON-DULALIA
Secretary General
1FMCOMMUNITY Inc.
+63 917-3791738 / meldulalia@yahoo.com

1FMCOMMUNITY, INC. Manila Office Address: Mezzanine Level, La Victoria Building,

1080 P. Campa Street, Samaploc, Manila. Hotline No.: (+63 2) 733-9560