Our Talisay Gardeners of Hope enjoyed a successful first harvest. Meanwhile, the sun shines down on another Garden of Hope! 16 kinds of vegetables are in different stages of growth in this garden on the fringes of Helvetia Subdivision, Bacolod City. A generous benefactor allowed us to use the land. On this patch of earth,...
Our First Garden of Hope As early as 2019, NVC was helping small farming communities work towards food security. We called these farmers our Farmers of Hope. We provided them with new farm tools, seeds and simple training. This helped them improve their internal food supply. Much of their food was grown right in the...
Mingo has worked its magic on these kids! We received a large load of “before and after” photos and a report that most of the 1,500 children on Mingo Meals at the Jesuit Mission Station in Caloocan are much improved. Fr Willy Saman S.J., our energetic ground partner, now classifies them healthy!
In 2020, NVC supported hospitals and healthcare workers by providing PPEs. As part of Phase 2 of our fight against the Covid-19 Crisis, we have been feeding hospital frontliners whenever possible. We support partner hospitals in Bacolod and Manila. On August 16 of this year, Philippine General Hospital (PGH) closed its doors to non-Covid-19 patients....
27-year old Shiela Mae Baconggon’s dream finally came true! She had a very simple dream of having her own cooking tools and equipment to sell a wide variety of snack items such as siomai, cheese sticks, fishballs and kikiam. Shiela works hard selling camote cue and banana cue using old tools borrowed from her mother....
In partnership with the Sugar Industry Foundation, Inc. (SIFI), NVC distributed 360 boxes of cake mix to 7 hacienda bakeries from July 13 to 16, 2021. These bakeries are owned by agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBO) in Negros Occidental. The donated cake mixes gave the hacienda bakeries an additional source of income during the pandemic....
In the pursuit of our dream of a Philippines free from hunger and poverty, we always strive to grow. In July, NVC Foundation started serving its 52nd province. And we will soon be feeding children in our 53rd. Children from Davao de Oro (formerly Compostela Valley) will be having their first taste of MingoMeals. The...
During our visits to Sitio Banualay, we met Jake, a teenager fending for himself. We hoped to find a sponsor who could help Jake out.
A donor contacted us soon after we announced that the LoveBags project was up and running again. This donor’s birthday is July 17th. However, the donor wanted LoveBags as a gift for someone else. The donor’s relative–Chit Cacho–was also born on July 17th. Chit may have passed away but his family commemorated his life with...
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