When there’s love, the heart doesn’t skip a beat. In January 2020, Euric Guerrero, a stranger to us, set up a Facebook Fundraiser as a memorial to his recently deceased father, Eugenio Guerrero. Euric and his siblings, who all reside abroad, decided to set the fundraiser’s goal at $2,020 (approximately Php102,533), the year of their...
When the students of Lamblight Catholic School in Bacolod City set up shop to sell peanuts, puto, pastries, and soap, they didn’t do it just for fun. They were in a race against malnutrition. On February 5, 2020, their efforts bore fruit! 53 children from one of Bacolod City’s poorest barangays began day 1 of...
Congratulations, Province of Iloilo! Our hearts leap with joy to see the drastic drop in the rate of child undernutrition in your province–from 38% in 2000 to 3% in 2019! You are true nutrition champions! We celebrate with you because since 2014, 2,045,670 Mingo Meals have crossed the waters from the NVC production plant in...
What a wonderful Mingo party it was! Holding hands together with us were the combined forces of Office of the Mayor, the Municipal Nutrition Office, Municipal Social Welfare Office, Association of Barangay Captains, and the Sapang Kawayan Elementary School in Matictic, Municipality of Norzagaray, Bulacan. A full retinue of barangay nutrition scholars added marshmallows to...
Our little van took a quite a long trip down south today as Santa’s sleigh. This was a mission that couldnt wait. We just had to make sure that the stroller for Rene Boy, a severely underweight three-year-old born without legs, could get to him before Christmas. We met Rene Boy last week when we...
It was Luc’s 3rd Birthday and his family decided to celebrate it differently this year–with those who who’d be cheered up more just to be “a part of a party.” With some planning by Luc’s Lola Telly, his parents threw a happy one at the Holy Infant Nursery, where kids were treated to yummy party...
In a mountain village called Lono Lono, 75 families live with no access to electricity. Situated in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, the community is 90 kilometers away from the main town. A 2.5-hour motorcycle ride that runs through three rivers is needed to reach this mountain community. Here, people work on the land to harvest...
Mikel Lovina is family to the NVC family. A brother and son who died too young, his family honors his memory on his birthday every year with a fun run, encouraging each other to clock kilometers that they then translate into donations for NVC’s projects. Now, Mikel lives through people who own boats, sewing machines,...
Our goal of 10,000,000 Mingo Meals by January 2020 has been ACHIEVED! Our dream a reality because: People ordered meals, cups of coffee, and even bought products to benefit the campaign Businesses partnered with us to drive awareness to the cause and gave up profit for Mingo Meals Individuals, young and old, cared enough to...
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