And now it’s officially theirs! The children of the Tala-andig Tribe in Katiguman Village nestled in the mountains of Bukidnon, no longer need to share makeshift shelters for their play and learn Day Care Center. They have a building turned over to their community today. Thank you Web In Travel for this precious gift to...
130 children in the remote mountain community of Sitio Mapawa, Bukidnon, will start schoolyear 2018 armed with all the supplies they need for school thanks to funds raised by Web In Travel at their 2017 conference in Singapore. The LoveBags were funded through Web in Travel’s annual charity art auction as well as individual donations from...
For some children in remote parts of the Philippines, supplies as simple as a pencil or a piece of paper can’t be taken for granted. It’s common for poor schoolchildren to break a pencil into two or three pieces to be shared with others, and to use this until there’s nothing left to write with....
A total of 154 children from the indigenous Tala-andig tribe in Mindanao are off to a brighter, healthier start this 2018, having been enrolled in NVC’s 6-month feeding program. The participants, aged 6 months to 12 years, will be given daily Mingo Meals, NVC’s proven food supplement consisting of rice, moringa (malunggay), and mung beans (monggo)....
As of June 20, 2017, all 1,423 donated LoveBags for School Kids have been delivered to children living in the mountains of Bukidnon, Mindanao and Himamaylan, Negros Island who have very limited access to school supplies. NVC identified 852 recipients from the indigenous Tala-andig tribe in Bukidnon, Mindanao, and 571 recipients from the Maghat, Bukidnon, and Ituman tribes located...
NVC is looking for volunteers in the Bacolod City area on May 13 to help us pack 1,000 Love Bags for schoolchildren who need them! What are Love Bags? For some children in remote parts of the Philippines, supplies as simple as a pencil or a piece of paper can’t be taken for granted. They...
NVC began its newest project, Love Bags for School Kids, on February 14, 2017 in response to learning that many students in remote mountain schools in the Philippines lack school supplies and school bags. Since the launch just over 2 months ago, donations have poured in, allowing us to complete our target of providing a...
Give a Mingo Christmas card and nourish a child. This year’s Mingo cards feature drawings made by children from Bukidnon, Mindanao. In the remote mountain village where they live, Christmas is sometimes not celebrated simply because there is no food on the table. Each card you purchase will provide them with daily Mingo Meals—a tasty, nutritious supplement that fills tiny stomachs...
This article by NVC President Millie Kilayko was published in Rappler.com on July 10, 2016 See original article at: http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/hunger/139149-bukidnon-malnutrition-mingo-meal A November 29, 2015 article in Rappler triggered our non-profit foundation’s journey to the mountains half a year later. It was a story written by Fritzie Rodriguez, on the children of Bukidnon who survived on...
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