A Boat for Tatay Dolfo
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A Boat for Tatay Dolfo

The family behind Bob's, a popular restaurant in Bacolod, sponsored a Peter Project fishing boat for a man who truly deserved it.

Bake It Forward!
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Bake It Forward!

We’re glad we get to help make the world a better place, one baker at a time! Paying It Forward NVC was recently featured in a newspaper article about paying it forward—responding to a person’s kindness to oneself by showing kindness to another person who then does something nice for someone else, setting off a...

Sail on, Nelia Jacinto
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Sail on, Nelia Jacinto

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...

A giving circle that never ends
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A giving circle that never ends

A Nepalese doctor pays forward the generosity of Filipino fisherfolk who raised money for those affected by the earthquake in his home country. Dr. Rupesh Man Scherchan was a resident orthopedic surgeon at the Makati Medical Center and is now a fellow of Dr. Ramon Gustilo at the Gustilo Clinic and Ambulatory Surgery Center in...

August 8, 2019November 4, 2019by
Reunion with Remy and Ruby Salmorin, Peter Project recipients
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Reunion with Remy and Ruby Salmorin, Peter Project recipients

We happened to spot those familiar Peter Project boats on the shores of Carles, Iloilo. These were some of the 150 boats sponsored by Ayala Foundation, Inc., which we turned over to fishermen as replacements to what they lost to Typhoon Yolanda eight years ago. We had a quick reunion with Remy and Ruby Salmorin....

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019by
Noelito’s catch of the day
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Noelito’s catch of the day

We chanced upon Noelito, a Peter Project fisherman and it was a happy reunion because he had just caught a mix of fish that would bring him at least Php 1,590 for the day. Each time we meet one like him, we always remember to whisper a prayer for blessings and graces upon the 4,947...

Jovan’s Easter catch
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Jovan’s Easter catch

NVC’s Peter Project, aimed at helping fisherfolk, was named after St. Peter the Apostle, himself a fisherman. A popular Easter story is about Peter, who decides to fish after Jesus’ death and is joined by the other disciples. They come up with nothing until the resurrected Jesus appears, and the resulting catch is so great...

Rodolfo’s new day
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Rodolfo’s new day

We’ve done it 4,943 times already, and the story is often the same: a simple dream of simply being able to fish. But knowing that just one Peter Project boat can make a dream come true still continues to warm our hearts. Rodolfo dreamed of a boat and found a secondhand one to purchase on...

Antonski lives on
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Antonski lives on

Anton Kilayko passed away in October 2019. Too early, because he was just over 40. But not too early to first make his mark in the hospitality industry and earn a large group of friends and admirers. And not before he could facilitate the donation of a Peter Project boat, along with feeding kids with...