The latest and biggest project Kaisa has undertaken, in fact, the most significant and longest–lasting bridge erected by the organization, is the establishment of the Kaisa Heritage Center. It houses:

• Bahay Tsinoy, a museum of the Chinese in Philippine life
• Kaisa Research and Data Bank Center
• Photo Archive and Rare Book Section
• Chinben See Memorial Library

This project is unique not just in the Philippines but all over the world.

The list of books published by Kaisa has grown steadily longer over the years. The flavor has gone from historical (The Chinese in Philippine Life 1850–1898), literary (Voices⁄Mga Tinig), analytical (The Chinese in the Philippines —Problems and Perspectives), reference material (Diksyunaryong Pilipino-Tsino, a Filipino-Chinese dictionary), to sometimes even controversial (Myths about the Ethnic Chinese "Economic Miracle"), but whether the books drew praise or criticism, Kaisa members found satisfaction in knowing that the books were read.

Of all Kaisa's legacies in its 12 years of existence, perhaps the one its members are most proud of is the now widespread use of the term "Tsinoy." Coined in August 1992 for a show to celebrate Kaisa's fifth anniversary, Tsinoy is the shortened word for Tsinong-Pinoy or Chinese Filipino. Though this person´s features and language may be Tsino (Filipino word for Chinese), he is Pinoy (colloquial word for Filipino) in heart and in mind.

Kaisa convened the first-ever Tsinoy national convention at the Development Academy of the Philippines in Tagaytay City on August 20-21, 1994. With the theme "The Tsinoys: Responding to Change and Challenge," the convention tackled the most pressing issues facing the Chinese Filipinos, from identity, the deteriorating peace and order situation, to the state of the national economy. The convention produced a Commitment to Action and led to the formation of the NGO's first chapter member, Negros Kaisa on February 18, 1996.

Negros Kaisa co-sponsored the 2nd Tsinoy National Convention in September 1996 held at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City. Entitled "The Tsinoys: New Roles and New Responsibilities," the conference drew nearly a hundred Tsinoys from all over the Philippines.

On April 3-5, 1998, Kaisa held the first Tsinoy Youth Campference at St. La Sallete Grounds in Silang, Cavite. Twenty Chinese-Filipino college students were invited to discuss the theme "Sandaang Taon: Ang Tsinoy may K Maging Pinoy (100 Years: The Tsinoy has what it takes to be Pinoy)!"

Kaisa convened the the 3rd National Convention with the theme "Nation Building: Kaisa Tayo!" on Feb. 20-21, 2004 at the Awat Keng Auditorium, KHC. Close to 270 delegates from all over the country attended. The convention ended with the signing of the pact of solidarity to form the Tsinoys for Nation Building Coordinating Council.

There have been numerous conferences on the Chinese in the Philippines co-hosted by Kaisa and other universities, and held in Manila and other parts of the country. Most of the proceedings of these conferences were co-published through efforts of Kaisa.

On more than one occasion, Kaisa found itself in a position to speak out on behalf of the Chinese-Filipino community. It pro-actively links up with government offices, academic, religious, and other influential institutions, as well as other NGOs to make its voice heard. Time and again, Kaisa's stand on ethnic Chinese and national concerns have been sought by policymakers and the media.

At the height of the kidnapping problem in the Philippines, which victimized mostly the Tsinoys and traumatized the entire Tsinoy community from 1992 to 1998, Kaisa´s was the lone voice heard through the airwaves in national and international media. Kaisa members stood up and criticized the government for its lack of political will to solve the kidnapping problem. Most of the spokespersons believed that it was not just their right to call attention to the kidnapping menace but it is their duty too as citizens of the country. Kaisa spearheaded the formation of two most active NGOs in the anti-crime front in 1993, the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order and the Citizens Action Against Crime. The first–ever public rallies organized by Tsinoys were those against kidnaping and rampant criminality. To this date, Teresita Ang See, founding president of Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, is an appointed commissioner of the Presidential Anti–Organized Crime Commission.

Such anti–crime efforts were given extensive media mileage locally and internationally. Most major magazines like Time, Newsweek, Fareastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, Wall Street Journal, as well as top international TV networks like BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, have interviewed Ang See and covered the topic extensively.

Kaisa´s social development activities aim to enhance social consciousness and responsibility among its members by reaching out towards the members of Philippine society which need assistance. The activities’ titles begin with the word "alay" meaning gift or offering.

• Alay Medisina.
  Since 1987 Kaisa volunteers have been going to the Philippine General Hospital every Tuesday to give medicines urgently needed by the indigent patients. Millions have been spent on the project and thousands of patients were given assistance through generous donors from the Chinese–Filipino community. In addition, through Kaisa´s main PGH donor LKS, a small pharmacy at the emergency room was built to help serve patients during non–working days.

• Alay Puso.
  From 1988 to 1999, Kaisa volunteers visit all three Manila centers of the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa every first Sunday of the month to donate basic food items like rice, milk, sugar, eggs, cooking oil, used clothing, and others. The centers house the aged and dying, malnourished infants, and sick children. Every Christmas, Kaisa shares its blessings through gift-packs given to needy families.
  Alay Puso later gave way to Kaisa's new social development programs. For almost two years, Kaisa sponsored "feeding of children" program which was held every first Saturday of the month in Barangay 655, Intramuros.
• Alay Dunong.
  Alay Dunong (Gift of Learning) is a fairly new addition to the roster of socio–development activities. It aims to assist the rural communities, which request for volunteers to become more economically competitive, thus, better equipped to cope with the rapid industrialization and globalization of the marketplace.
  Volunteers for the program are sent to rural areas to share their technical know-how in areas like agronomy, dairy production and food preservation, reforestation, and also other expertise in marketing and entrepreneurship. Filipino youth, especially the Chinese Filipinos, are given the opportunity to teach, as well as learn, from their foster families, host organizations, and communities. Kaisa provides the linkages, placement assistance, moral support, and subsidies.

• Relief assistance during calamities like typhoons and floods, victims of earthquake–affected areas in Baguio, Dagupan, and La Union, and victims of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, and Zambales.
• Development works and projects like school buildings for the Mangyans in Mindoro and Aetas in Bataan.
• Skills and Entrepreneurship Training project which offered skills training in high-speed sewing, catering, baking, beauty culture, ceramics making, upholstery, refrigeration and air–conditioning repair, and others to students, adults, and out–of–school youth.
• Gawad Kalinga

Kaisa joined the Gawad Kalinga (GK) 777 project as a GK partner in October 2003. The numbers stand for building 700,000 houses in 7,000 communities in sevden years. It is a massive response to grinding poverty that faces a vast majority of our countrymen today.

GK envisions empowered communities whose residents are not just recipients but are givers as well. The work is not about dole–out charity, but stewardship. It is about uplifting the dignity of the poor by building their capacity to respond to the opportunities and enabling them to reach their highest potential.

The task of nation–building is indeed massive, but the challenge is not insurmountable if all Filipinos learn to work together. Not one group or agency can do it alone. Government is not hopeless, but it is helpless without the support of civil society. Each Filipino must take part in realizing the dream of the Filipino nation rebuilt.