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Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet) "Say YES before knowing how."

The Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet) is a non-profit organization that connects and fosters changemakers through service leadership for a strong and sustainable Southeast Asia.

SEALNet Project Cycle 2027: Call for Abstracts 📣Your community. Your idea. Your chance to lead! 🌏Have an idea that could...
10/01/2026

SEALNet Project Cycle 2027: Call for Abstracts 📣

Your community. Your idea. Your chance to lead! 🌏
Have an idea that could make a difference in Southeast Asia?
Let’s turn it into action!

👀 Who are we looking for?
🌟 Young people (18-35 years old) ready to team up as project co-leaders
🌟 At least one co-leader with experience in a SEALNet project or Youth Leadership Summit
🌟 At least one co-leader from the project country who speaks the local language fluently
🌟 A project idea that brings service and leadership together to support a Southeast Asian community
🌟 A commitment to the 2027 project cycle and the January 2027 Leadership Retreat

Submit your project abstract today and take the first step toward turning your idea into community action!
📩Abstract Submission Link: https://forms.gle/PyAMvTN53CxT7zLi8
⏳ Abstract Submission Period: October 1–20, 2026 (11:59PM, GMT+7)
👉 Application Guide: https://bit.ly/47tWg1S

Start with saying “YES” before knowing “HOW”! ✨

We are delighted to welcome Dan Clever Gigantone as SEALNet’s new Executive Director. Dan brings extensive experience in...
09/15/2026

We are delighted to welcome Dan Clever Gigantone as SEALNet’s new Executive Director. Dan brings extensive experience in development finance, public affairs, youth leadership, community engagement, and the arts.

Dan’s SEALNet journey began in 2007 as a mentee of the pioneer SEALNet Project Philippines, Gubat Batok Bitok (War Against Worms). Working with SEALNet mentors and pupils of Alaska Mambaling Elementary School, he learned early on that young people can make meaningful contributions to their communities—regardless of their age, title, or resources.

He currently serves as Senior Assistant Vice President at Philippine National Bank. Before joining PNB, he spent a decade with the Development Bank of the Philippines, where he worked with businesses, local governments, farmers, cooperatives, and development projects. He also served as Curator of the Global Shapers Cebu Hub and is a Creative Board Member of 2TinCans Philippines.

Dan graduated cm laude with a BS in Management from the University of the Philippines Cebu. He also holds a Master in Public Affairs from UP Cebu and a Master in Development Management from the Development Academy of the Philippines.

As Executive Director, Dan looks forward to listening to and learning from SEALNet’s Board, alumni, project leaders, volunteers, partners, and young people. Nearly two decades after beginning his journey as a SEALNet mentee, he returns to help strengthen the organization, reconnect generations of leaders, and expand opportunities for young people across Southeast Asia to experience service leadership.

Please join us in warmly welcoming Dan as he helps steward SEALNet’s next chapter.

SEALNet Youth Leadership Summit was recently held at Luang Prabang, Laos. 🇱🇦
09/15/2026

SEALNet Youth Leadership Summit was recently held at Luang Prabang, Laos. 🇱🇦

04/09/2026

Introducing Risenroots 🌞🌱
SEALNet Project Thailand 2026🌍

In the heart of Chiang Rai, home to over 30 ethnic communities rich in culture and wisdom, a new journey begins.✨

🌞🌱Risenroots is a youth-led initiative empowering indigenous and ethnic youth to reconnect with their identity, build financial literacy, and create sustainable futures through entrepreneurship.

We work with youth aged 17–21 from communities: Karen, Akha, Lahu, Hmong, Yao, and Lisu 🤎

But we are not building this alone.
We are part of the Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet), welcoming change makers, mentors, and young leaders from across the region to learn, share, and grow together.🧶

Through workshops, mentorship, and hands-on learning, we are nurturing:
🌱 Leading Self
🌱 Leading Change
🌱 Leading Community

Camp details
📍 Chiang Rai, Thailand
📅 July 2026

04/08/2026

YLS is back!

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04/08/2026

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✨ SEALNet is Hiring: Executive Director (Part-Time) ✨SEALNet is looking for a part-time Executive Director (ED) to help ...
02/09/2026

✨ SEALNet is Hiring: Executive Director (Part-Time) ✨

SEALNet is looking for a part-time Executive Director (ED) to help lead our next chapter: strengthening systems, supporting teams, and stewarding a regional network of youth leaders across Southeast Asia.

This role is for someone who enjoys connecting people, holding the big picture, and making things run smoothly, while staying grounded in purpose and impact.

Role highlights
🌏 Remote (strong preference for Southeast Asia)
⏱ ~10 hours/week, flexible
💼 Annual stipend up to USD 2,000 (paid quarterly, milestone-based)

What you’ll do
- Coordinate a small operations team (comms, finance/admin, tech/docs)
- Keep organizational systems, documentation, and platforms running smoothly
- Align priorities across communications, finance, and operations
- Represent SEALNet to partners, donors, and the alumni community
- Support YLS and project teams at a strategic level
- Report to and work closely with the SEALNet Board of Directors

We’re looking for someone who
- Has experience leading or coordinating teams (volunteer or part-time is fine)
- Is organized, communicative, and comfortable with follow-through
- Can oversee operations and basic financial processes
- Cares about youth leadership, service, and Southeast Asia

Why SEALNet
- Help lead a respected regional youth leadership network
- Shape SEALNet’s growth and long-term sustainability
- Flexible, remote, mission-driven work with real impact

🔗 Detailed JD: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DSTnGwWblhbtxDp5Im2_mnHDkgtYf8ba/view?usp=sharing]
📝 Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mDzbiNUb2CC7fdRAyLWGXySBm_pdgOLLbDryrF45UKI/

📩 Interested or know someone who might be a great fit?
Please share and help us reach the right leader.

🌏 Announcing SEALNet Summer Projects 2026 🌏From our very first service project in Vietnam in 2005, SEALNet has carried o...
02/04/2026

🌏 Announcing SEALNet Summer Projects 2026 🌏

From our very first service project in Vietnam in 2005, SEALNet has carried one belief forward: leadership is built through service, rooted in community, and sustained across generations. This summer, we’re proud to continue that tradition as SEALNet returns to Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia, working alongside local communities and a new generation of Project Leaders committed to service leadership.

✨ Project Cambodia 2026 – Whispers of the Hearts
Led by Helen Sam & Channita Ching
Creating inclusive spaces where children with disabilities are heard, supported, and connected.

✨ Project Thailand 2026 – Empowering Futures
Led by Vivian Pattalo & Marisa Yapangku
Equipping ethnic youth in Chiang Rai with financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and community-rooted leadership.

✨ Project Philippines 2026 – Project Petal
Led by Brelyn Mae Belmores & Reian Tamayo
Centering healing, mental well-being, and peacebuilding among youth affected by conflict and displacement.

From 2005 to 2026, the SEALNet journey continues, across borders, across generations, and always grounded in service leadership. 💛

Stay tuned as we share more from each project and the leaders behind them.

💙 Thank You, Justine 💙As Justine steps down from her role as a SEALNet Board Member, we want to express our deep gratitu...
02/04/2026

💙 Thank You, Justine 💙

As Justine steps down from her role as a SEALNet Board Member, we want to express our deep gratitude for her leadership, care, and steady support of the SEALNet community.

In her words:
“As my time on the SEALNet Board winds down, I am filled with much gratitude. My journey started in 2018 while I was living and working in Viet Nam. That summer, I joined the Indonesia Project and instantly appreciated the sense of belonging, commitment to learning, and overall feeling of joy that the summer projects and the SEALNet community had.

Now, 7 years later, I am so humbled to have been part of the journey thus far. Joining the board in early 2020, I hadn't known the life-changing global shift COVID-19 would bring. In those tumultuous times the SEALNet community held firm to our core beliefs of servant leadership, community, and change making. Much gratitude to my fellow Board members who continue to stay involved, Jack, as the first Executive Director, and all of the alumni who pour their hearts and support in to ensuring SEALNet remains agile and thrives.”

Thank you, Justine, for all that you’ve given to SEALNet and for the impact you’ve made across our network. You’ll always be part of the SEALNet story. 🌏✨

✨ Welcome Yuth to SEALNet ✨We’re excited to welcome Yuth to the SEALNet Board of Directors."My name is Vongrathayuth Hin...
01/31/2026

✨ Welcome Yuth to SEALNet ✨

We’re excited to welcome Yuth to the SEALNet Board of Directors.

"My name is Vongrathayuth Hingphith, or Yuth for short. I was born and raised in Cambodia, and I am currently a leadership studies instructor at the University of Minnesota. My background has been within the realms of teaching and learning, while exploring how social justice and socialization plays a role in leadership identity development.

SEALNet Project Vietnam 2014 was my first exposure to the concepts of servant leadership and an introduction to showing up as my authentic self. This inspired me to lead my own SEALNet Project Vietnam 2015, then continue my journey as an organizer for SEALNet Leadership Retreat (2016, 2017, 2018), and SEALNet Youth Leadership Summit (2016, 2017). It was also a wonderful experience to professionally mentor multiple SEALNet Summer Projects (PC16-SR, PM17-TG, PP18, PV19) and the Youth Leadership Summit (YLS20-SOM, YLS24).

At this point, I believe SEALNet is a magnet that continually draws me back. One of the main reasons for this is the development of a leadership mindset and identity, which is uniquely different for each and every SEALNutters member. This continuous evolution surprises and inspires me at the same time. We may never fully understand why we keep returning to SEALNet, but it is undoubtedly one of the most rewarding experiences. My goal is to preserve the history of learning and development within organizations while exploring and co-creating new ways to meet the evolving needs for growth moving forward!

Fun fact, my SEALNet nickname at this point is Panda! Hahahaha, I believe it's because I give warm hugs after good SEALNet activities!"

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