Ella Aglipay Delio, a Filipino based in New Orleans, chose to celebrate her recent birthday while under COVID-19 lockdown entertaining family and friends with a virtual jazz show. Guests gathered at an online meeting featuring New Orleans jazz artist Wendell Brunious. A portion of their gifts of support were allocated to NVC’s COVID-19 crisis response...
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...
1,200 kg of vegetables, 100 kg of dried fish, 600 kg of rice and 3,000 servings of Mingo Meals were on today’s birthday buffet table. There’s a bit of difference though, because the celebrants weren’t present and they probably don’t even know each other or that they would be celebrating jointly. But both chose to...
As if what she’s doing in the frontlines isn’t enough, Dr. Maritel Riego Ledesma, Chief of Hospital at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, has even opted to give up her coming birthday gifts and have them support our causes at NVC. We discovered this as we received notice from Facebook that Doc Maritel kicked...
When many others jump for joy on your birthday, you know you are truly blessed. But imagine strangers from burdened backgrounds giving you their biggest smiles and genuinely celebrating your day through singing and dancing? Now, that’s a gift from above. In Mitos’ own words… So now I’m considered middle-aged, but that doesn’t mean I...
When Carla and Maridel said they wanted to celebrate their birthdays on board Mingoy, NVC’s food shuttle, their friends, including those living in Manila and Cebu, vowed to make it happen. And so one morning, the group traveled to Brgy. Ayungon, La Carlota in Negros Occidental to serve food, man the Good Food Grocer rolling...
When Nelia Jacinto passed away late last year, the family requested that sympathizers make a donation to charity in lieu of flowers. NVC, which Tita Nelia (as everyone lovingly called her) actively and ardently supported, was among the list the family suggested. Because of that choice, Tita Nelia now continues to live through NVC’s Peter...
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...
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,...
Two lovebirds from Sydney. One wedding in Spain. Ten happy schoolchildren in the Philippines. When Australia-based Den and Xavi got married in beautiful Barcelona, 10 poor schoolchildren in Calatrava, Negros Occidental were each given LoveBags filled with a year’s worth of school supplies and a pair of flipflops. This was the way the couple chose...
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