Who says that Mingo Meals are only for kids? Certainly not this six footer. Six years ago, when he still had two human legs, Erik Lacson walked with us several kilometers along shoreline stretches in Leyte and Samar, to document our turnover of Peter Project boats to people who lost their boats to Typhoon Haiyan. After that,...
12,000 Mingo Meals for hungry children in communities we serve, and 30 artisans given livelihood at our Artisans of Hope workshop…all because: Some of you came over to the NVC booth and picked out something to bring home. Some of you spent long hours as volunteer tinderas. Some of you sent or personally brought over...
When Dan O’Bannon decided to visit the Philippines after 18 years of absence, he wanted to do more than just revisit familiar places and reconnect with familiar faces. He decided to look for a way to bring something more meaningful and so he opened a “Go Fund Me” page and shared his story and ours...
What can the mostly 80-somethings do to help? Color-sorting Nespresso capsules for our Artisans of Hope workshop was what this group did today. You’re never too young or too old to help! Thank you so much!
Cuteness came in batches as groups of students from Lamblight Catholic School visited the NVC Production Plant last week to learn how Mingo is made and why good nutrition is important to growing children, especially underprivileged ones. We thank Lamblight Catholic School for making their students a part of our Mingo journey, and most especially...
If our Nespresso capsules could talk, our stash would be most multilingual. We’ve gotten deliveries from supporters of our Nespresso artisan crafts all the way from Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the USA, and now, Sweden. Susan Batungbacal Fries, first lady of His Excellency Harald Fries, ambassador of Sweden to the Philippines, took it...
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...
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...
We love it when we get messages from people showing us how they wear earrings made from empty Nespresso capsules collected by our volunteers from many parts of the world and deftly crafted by our artists and artisans. Aside from providing livelihood, the earrings and our other artisan-made products feed malnourished Filipino children with Mingo...
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