Curma

22/04/2026

We’re bringing you back-to-back events at the CURMA Center 🌎🐢

Limited slots still available — don’t miss out!

✨ Earth Day Special – April 25
Celebrate Earth Day with purpose. Join our Turtles and You workshop and dive into the incredible world of sea turtles — why they matter and how your everyday choices can help protect them.
We’ll then head to the shore for a coastal clean-up, turning inspiration into real action.
Snacks and freebies included 💙

🔗 Sign up: https://forms.gle/n6pZmVZ1y3Ke8HuQ9
📍 CURMA Center
🗓 April 25
⏰ 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Workshop fee: ₱550

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🌊 Ocean Explorers – Kids Edition (Labour Day Special) – May 2
Make this Labour Day an adventure for the kids!
Bring your little explorers for a fun, hands-on workshop filled with games, art, and interactive learning about sea turtles and ocean conservation.
We’ll also head to the beach for a clean-up — a chance to explore, get sandy, and make a real difference 🌊🐢
Snacks and fun freebies waiting too 🎸

🔗 Sign up: https://forms.gle/M7yibg6dPMbhYf7T6
📍 CURMA Center
🗓 May 2
⏰ 4:00 – 6:00 PM
💰 Workshop fee: ₱550

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Come learn. Come help. Come be part of the change ❤️

21/04/2026

Celebrating Earth Day with purpose 🌎🐢

A big thank you to DENR for inviting CURMA to be part of the Earth Day event here at SM La Union and for providing us a space to share our work. You’ve been our partners since the very beginning of this journey to protect sea turtles, coastlines, and the communities that care for them, and we’re grateful to continue this journey together.

Earth Day is a special reminder that we all share one planet, and every action we take matters.

Thank you to DENR Region 1 Executive Director Atty. Ronnel C. Sopsop, CESO IV, for leading the way.

We’re happy to have our Youth Ambassador Karlo Salazar take part in the opening program, sharing about CURMA and our collective efforts.

Happening until April 23, drop by SM La Union, swing past the CURMA booth, and dive into the movement to protect what matters most 🌊💚

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) EMB-Ilocos Region SM City La Union

19/04/2026

Huge thanks to IBC TV 13 for featuring CURMA on their Good Stories series 🙏🐢

If you’ve ever wondered what really goes on behind our work, this episode gives you a glimpse - from our ridge to reef efforts to the people who make it all happen. Hear real stories from our volunteers, patrollers, and students, all coming together to protect sea turtles, care for our coastline, and uplift the local community.

It’s heartfelt, inspiring, and close to home.

Give it a watch and see what this journey is all about ❤️🌎🐢

Watch the full episode here:
🎬 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CtuPNT7rF/?mibextid=wwXIfr

18/04/2026

Ocean Explorers - Kids Edition 🌊🐢

Make this Labour Day an adventure 🌎🐢

This May 2, bring the kids to the CURMA Center for our Turtles and You Workshop - a fun, hands-on experience made just for them!

Expect games, art, and interactive activities where kids can learn about sea turtles, the ocean, and how they can help protect them 💙

We’ll also head to the beach for a coastal clean-up - a chance to explore, get a little sandy, and make a real difference 🌊

Snacks and fun freebies waiting too 🎸

Bring your little explorers and let them experience something meaningful and fun!

Sing up link: https://forms.gle/VbdcbxR7jLFCQYTA6

📍 CURMA Center
🗓 May 2
⏰ 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Workshop fee P550

18/04/2026

Watch this! ❤️🌎🐢

18/04/2026

Watch this at 9:30am this morning! 😊❤️🐢

Ating abangan ang kwento ng isang komunidad na buong pusong nagbabantay sa ating dalampasigan at kagubatan kasama ang mga wildlife na naninirahan dito. Malalaman natin mula sa kanila kung papaano ang malasakit ay nagiging sandigan sa pagprotekta sa kalikasan.

Tunghayan ang Project CURMA o Coastal Underwater Resource Management Actions at ang makabuluhang kwento ng mag-amang Toby Tamayo at Carlos Tamayo, tampok sa susunod na episode ng Good Stories kasama si Bob Ferrer.

Abangan bukas, Sabado, 9:30 AM, dito lang sa IBC TV 13.

17/04/2026

Showing tomorrow! 😊❤️🌎🐢

15/04/2026

Celebrate Earth Day with purpose 🌎

This April 25, be part of something bigger than yourself at the CURMA Center. Join our Turtles and You workshop - an immersive experience where you’ll discover the incredible world of sea turtles, why they matter, and how your everyday choices can help protect them.

And then, we take it a step further.

We head to the shore for a coastal clean-up - turning inspiration into action and making a real difference, together.

Every sign-up supports our ongoing work to protect sea turtles, preserve our coastlines, and empower the local communities behind these conservation efforts. Plus, we’ve got some snacks and freebies waiting for you too.

Come learn. Come help. Come be part of the change. ❤️🌎🐢

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4mBkzBY

📍 CURMA Center
🗓 April 25
⏰ 4:00 – 6:00 PM

14/04/2026

64 pawikan now swim free - another hopeful step for our seas made possible through our partnership with the Bauang LGU, led by Mayor Ma. Clarissa “Manang Bong” T. Lee. Grateful for your leadership in turtle conservation, and thank you to everyone who participated in this special moment. 🙏❤️🐢

12/04/2026

Some people don’t just love the ocean - they quietly dedicate their lives to protecting it and inspiring others to do the same.💙

Edgar Espero was one of those people.

Born in Bacnotan, La Union, Edgar’s journey came full circle - finding his way back home and spending his later years along the shores of San Juan. A proud US Army veteran, his path took him across the world, including time in Hawaii, where he worked with organizations like Surfrider Foundation, Sustainable Coastlines, and Na K**a Kai Keiki Aloha - always guided by a deep care for the ocean and the communities around it.💚

At CURMA, we felt that same heart. Edgar would always show up - whether it was for beach cleanups or turtle releases - not just to take part, but to support, document, and share the story so more people could connect and care. He had a quiet way of lifting the work and the people behind it.

He was the kind of person who didn’t need recognition. He just kept going - creating, helping, bringing people together, always finding another way to make a difference.

Though Edgar has passed on, what he stood for continues to move through the people and communities he touched.

May we carry that forward - the simple but powerful act of showing up, caring deeply, and doing what we can.

Thank you, Edgar. 🙏❤️

09/04/2026

Happy Birthday, Jessie Cabagbag!🎉

From once being a poacher and part of the very threats sea turtles face, to now leading their protection, your journey shows just how much a person can change when they find purpose.

Now as President of the fisherfolk association in Baroro Bacnotan, and easily one of the hardest working people we know, you lead by example every single day.

You’ve helped save thousands of turtle eggs, and what really stands out is how you’ve brought your whole family into this effort, protecting not just the turtles, but the coastline you all call home.💙

Because of you, more turtles have a chance, and more people are starting to care.

Grateful to be on this journey with you. 🙏❤️🐢

Bacnotan, La Union

04/04/2026

We get this question every day… “When is the next release?” 🐢

The honest answer is: we don’t know!

Nature decides. Not us.

Sea turtles emerge on their own time, and when they do, every minute matters. They enter a critical frenzy phase where their only instinct is to move quickly toward the ocean, past the most dangerous stretch of their lives - the beach and shallow waters.

Because of this, we can’t hold them, delay them, or schedule releases ahead of time. Our role is simply to be ready, to witness, and to give them the best possible chance at survival.💙

That’s why announcements are made about an hour before each release.

If you want to experience it, follow along and stay alert - it happens in nature’s time, not ours.

Most hatchlings emerge from late afternoon into the night, when the world is quieter and the odds are slightly in their favor.

And when it happens… it’s always worth the wait! ❤️🐢