Original article at: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/80893/ngo-gives-55-fiberglass-boats-to-tacloban-fishermen TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-five fiberglass fishing boats were turned over by the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) to fishermen of Barangays 88, 89, and 90 of this city over the weekend. Millie Kilayko, president of NVC, explained that the project dubbed as Peter Project 2 used to be intended only...
Original article at: Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/578676/boats-given-to-leyte-iloilo-fishers-who-survived-yolanda TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — It looks like good fishing is ahead for 230 fishermen in the typhoon-hit areas of Leyte and Iloilo, who received fiberglass bancas from the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC). “In our language, the symbol of love is no longer a heart—it is a boat,”...
Original article at: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/572069/yolanda-donors-go-for-fiberglass-boats#ixzz2seNlZDOa When a volunteer group had raised enough funds to construct 1,600 boats for fishermen who lost their means of livelihood after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” swept northern Negros last November, a realization struck its leaders: To build wooden boats would mean cutting down an equal number of trees, which could cause devastating floods....
Original article at: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/68117/1000-mosaic-crucifixes-for-a-cause She is a mosaic artist with a cause. Millie Kilayko has painstakingly put together tiny tile pieces of different shapes and hues to make 1,000 crucifixes, which are six to 14 inches in size. And she is doing this for the love of children. The crosses are being...
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