Gary is our happy pill. Gary is a Peter Project fisherman from Punta Taytay, Negros Occidental. After he received his motorized fishing boat two years ago, it has been constant change around him. Just a few months after his boat was turned over, Gary began to add a half concrete extension to his rather dilapidated...
These blue and white fishing boats may not look like the familiar yellow boats of NVC, but they are Peter Project boats nonetheless. A donor who wishes to remain anonymous donated 11 boats to fishermen’s helpers in the coastal community of Punta Taytay, Bacolod City. The boats are all named after the different titles attributed...
Jolly, a 50-year-old fisherman, in Toboso, Negros Occidental, fished daily on a tiny boat that could only go on shallow waters. On good days, the few pieces he caught would feed his family of six and be sold for their other needs. On bad days, he climbed the coconut tree beside his house and picked...
What a difference a boat makes! From the birth of their first to third sons, Gary and Rhodora lived in a shack that you see under the tree on the right hand side of the photo. In early 2018, the couple received a motorized fishing boat through NVC’s Peter Project. What Gary now earns from his...
NVC, which makes our own fiberglass Peter Project boats, was tapped by the Banca ng Buhay project to produce 38 fiberglass bancas to bring Filipino students in remote locations to school daily. The 38 boats ferry for free around 300 public school students in six barangays of Catbalogan City, Samar, to and from Antonio G. Tuazon National High...
On November 10, 2015, Ayala Foundation turned over 60 sets of fishing nets to fisherman beneficiaries in Cadiz, Negros Occidental. The fishermen were identified in partnership with NVC’s Peter Project, and given motorized fishing boats shortly after they lost their own to Typhoon Yolanda. NVC’s partnership with Ayala Foundation goes a long way. They have...
The Peter Project 2 for fisherfolk hit by typhoon Yolanda is finally at the finish line! When the supertyphoon destroyed thousands boats that spelled the livelihood of Filipino fishermen, we aimed for 100 boats to donate. We now end with over 4,000 boats from more than 700 personal and institutional donors all over the world....
UP Travel Society Los Baños presents NAUTILUS 2015, the ultimate pool party in Luzon this April 8, 2015 at Trace College Los Baños! This event is a benefit party for the Peter Project. Help us donate more motorboats for the fishermen who lost their jobs during typhoon Haiyan by partying with us! See you there!...
It may not be immediately clear, but this is a photo of a fishing boat destroyed by the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in 2014, Ruby (international name: Hagupit). This super typhoon hit the Philippines in early December and forced the evacuation of millions of Filipinos. It made landfall in the Visayas, hitting many of the areas that...
As of November 17, 2014, The Peter Project has received donations for 4,453 boats and turned over 4,055 to fishermen whose fishing boats were destroyed by Typhoon Yolanda. Click on the image to view a larger version. To know where the boats were delivered in each province, see our interactive map.
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