As of September 19, 2019, 2,380 children in nine different locations in the Philippines are taking Mingo Meals daily. Add 542 in three other locations who are about to start, and that totals nearly 3,000 children enrolled for a protocol of daily feeding for six months. And we hope to reach even more as support...
October 4 is Teachers’ Day and they’re supposed to be stars for the day. But when 2,000 teachers celebrate by giving instead of receiving, then you know your child is in good hands. Thank you, teachers of the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) for your contribution to NVC’s 10 Million Mingo...
When her husband Gody asked Debbie Weniger what she wanted for her birthday, all she asked was for 40 malnourished children from impoverished families back home in the Philippines to be enrolled in the Mingo Meals nutrition program. This would mean these kids getting a good chance at crossing the line from malnourished to normal...
Happy birthday, Joven! His mother isn’t sure whether Joven turns five or six today, but after having given birth 14 times (with eight children surviving) and living on a husband’s daily income of Php 180, we can’t blame her if she can no longer keep track. We first met Joven in Davao Occidental when he...
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...
Balsam Brands, a US-based e-commerce company with operations in the Philippines, is hosting a screening of: The Lion King on July 17, 2019 (4:00 pm) at Ayala Malls the 30th, Pasig City Buy your tickets here Watch for a Cause Each ticket is Php 550.00, and 100% of ticket sales will be donated to NVC’s...
Sometime last year, we read the story of a boy who died of malnutrition in a village called Glab in the far reaches of Zamboanga del Sur in Mindanao. We set out to search for the area, difficult and challenging though it was, because we knew that if there was news of one malnourished child,...
It took eight years and over 8 million Mingo Meals before the father of Mingo finally visited the production plant that he inspired. Engineer Rowen Gelonga (pictured on the right), Regional Director of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST), pushed NVC all those years ago to look into the plight of infants and...
Mingoy, NVC’s food shuttle, was designed to go anywhere it’s needed in Negros and neighboring islands. Two days after a fire that affected 17 households in Purok Kahirup,Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Mingoy was on the scene to distribute Mingo Meals to children and arroz caldo with pan de sal to adults taking shelter in an...
Mingoy, NVC’s food shuttle, went on its first Mingo mission on February 19, 2019–two days after its inauguration. Its maiden voyage was sponsored by the loved ones of NVC member Nelia Jacinto, who was celebrating her 84th birthday. In Nelia’s honor, Mingoy drove up to Km 84 and reached Brgy. Biniquil, Kabankalan, where we distributed...
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