Priyasha (left in inset photo) and Anagha (right) Chakravarti are twins who turned 17 in September. Both in Grade 11 at the International School Manila, they asked for no gifts for themselves. Instead, they asked for contributions to NVC’s LoveBag project from their friends (in larger photo), which provides backpacks filled with school supplies to...
Last year, we met an 11-year-old boy with high functioning autism, blessed with extraordinary talent in graphic arts and communications. He was appointed as one of NVC’s young ambassadors, and since then has done amazing things for us. In early July 2019, with friends in the international development community, Abram turned over Php 130,000 for...
Mikel Lovina’s family and friends comes through once again! The 22-km Mikel Lovina Jamborun held on February 3, 2019 commemorated the passing of Mikel Lovina, who was only 18 when he died in a car accident. Started as a family fun run in 2013, it’s become a yearly tradition and has now evolved into a...
Fire hit 215 family homes in the coastal barangay of Banago in Bacolod City on June 10, 2019. Within the day, NVC’s Food Shuttle, Mingoy, was at the site to serve Mingo champorado and pan de sal to all the affected residents. Among the families we met were the Dellosas. As Ruel pointed out his...
On May 25, 2019, 202 volunteers of all ages, shapes, and sizes trooped to Bacolod’s Ayala Malls Capitol Central to pack 3,000 LoveBags bound for five destinations to serve children from tribes of the indigenous peoples. Here are just a few of the groups and individuals who generously gave time and energy to share the...
Dakol Lagboy’n Salamat, Web In Travel. “Much love and thanks,” these children of the Ata Manobo tribe in Taguango, Kapalong, Davao del Norte are saying. The joy in their faces define the gratitude behind those words. In the school year that just passed, these kids would walk two kilometers each way and swim through a...
Thank you Cathee Daguia for the 297 pairs of Love Fits slippers that you gifted these children thanks to the Facebook birthday fundraiser you set up a few months ago. You were hoping to raise 250 Australian dollars, but your loved ones surpassed your goal and donated a total of AU$429! Cathee, you may be...
On Emma’s fifth birthday in Hong Kong, she had no gifts to open and 18 of the kids with whom she celebrated her birthday didn’t even attend. That’s because they’re located in faraway Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines. Emma’s parents requested support for NVC’s LoveBags 2019 project and LoveFits slippers instead of presents for Emma....
Husband and wife Bimsy and Tatic Mapa both celebrate their birthdays in February. This year, they decided to gift each other by gifting others. Their gifts are made up of 25 LoveBags for children of the indigenous people we serve, who sorely need the backpacks filled with a years’ worth of school supplies, living as...
While we were sleeping, a generous donation for Mingo Meals came in, immediately followed by another set of donations for LoveBags and LoveFits slippers. To celebrate Eilidh’s first birthday, her parents requested donations for these NVC projects instead of presents. We think that it’s not just a charming way to celebrate. It also gives little...
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