SUPPORT GRASSROOTS PARAGLIDING

AN AIR SPORTS ADVOCACY FOR THE TRIBAL YOUTH

together, let’s touch the sky!

United Grassroots and Tribes Paragliding Association (UGAT-PAC) is a corps of paragliding pilots from different cultural tribes in the Philippines.
We are a team of Indigenous Peoples and homegrown local pilots who dream to become professional air sports pilots that can make a mark in the international flying arena.

OUR MISSION

To unite, train and develop pilots from the indigenous people’s groups and local communities who cannot afford to fulfill their dreams of flying.

To make paragliding accessible, affordable and aspirational to homegrown paragliding pilots. Thus, improving their quality of life and benefitting the local communities around them.

OUR VISION

To create a community where pilots of different tribes and ethnicities could have access to quality air sports education through the help of our society.

OUR STEPS

Develop the eco-tourism, agri-tourism and wellness tourism industries of our towns through paragliding.
Boost the economic status of the communities surrounding our fly sites, by opening doors for tourism-related products and services through paragliding.
Produce superior professional pilots, both for leisure and commercial flights, through proper and standardized trainings.
Become a training pool for future Filipino world-class air sports athletes.

OUR NEEDS:

We are in need of funds to continue our training as paragliding pilot athletes and/or commercial tandem pilots. The plan is to join a series of training events wherein we will be properly trained by licensed instructors and coaches.

PARAGLIDING EQUIPMENTS – wing, harness, reserve parachute and easy-packs (bag)
SAFETY GEARS – helmets, shoes, protective gears and radios
FUNDS FOR TRAINING EDUCATION – instructor fee, education fee, fly site fees and fuel
FUNDS FOR LICENSING
FUNDS FOR JOINING COMPETITIONS

We long for quality education and sports training with no shortcuts and compromises on safety.

PILOT-SCHOLARS

ZURIEL	BALANGAO TRIBE (BAYOMBONG) 14 YRS OLD (MALE) LEVEL 1 PILOT
SERI	KALANGUYA TRIBE (AMBAGUIO) 18 YRS OLD (FEMALE) LEVEL 2 PILOT
ALY	KALANGUYA TRIBE (AMBAGUIO) 19 YRS OLD (FEMALE) LEVEL 2 PILOT
NESTOR	KALANGUYA TRIBE (AMBAGUIO) 22 YRS OLD (MALE) LEVEL 1 PILOT
KELVIN	BALANGAO-IFUGAO TRIBE (AMBAGUIO) 24 YRS OLD (MALE) TANDEM PILOT
ALLEN	CAVITE-BALANGAO 25 YRS OLD (MALE) LEVEL 1 PILOT
VIOLET	BALANGAO TRIBE (BAYOMBONG-AMBAGUIO) 37 YRS OLD (FEMALE) LEVEL 1 PILOT
FRANCIS	PAMPANGA-AMBAGUIO 39 YRS OLD (MALE) LEVEL 1 PILOT