Union Church of Manila celebrated its 101st year this October by turning over its 101st Peter Project boat to a beneficiary in Ajuy, Iloilo, who lost his boat to Typhoon Haiyan last year. Union Church has been NVC’s staunched partner in restoring the livelihood of fishermen who have been affected by Typhoon Yolanda. Just last August,...
On October 7, 2014, NVC turned over fiberglass technology and production equipment to boost livelihood opportunities in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The technology turnover also came with an initial purchase order for 100 fiberglass Peter Project fishing boats, donated by various institutions and individuals to help fishermen who lost their boats to Typhoon Yolanda last year. This...
On September 26, 2014, British American Tobacco (Phils) General Manager James Lafferty and NVC Foundation President Millie Kilayko signed a grant agreement of Php9 million for rehabilitation and repair in the provinces of Leyte, Samar and Biliran–three areas hard hit by Typhoon Yolanda. Under this agreement, NVC will administer various livelihood and infrastructure projects in Naval, Biliran; Hernani,...
We’ve been turning over boats, but this time, it was a turnover of a different kind. We took a major step towards our efforts at providing livelihood opportunities in the Yolanda stricken areas when we turned over NVC’s fiberglass production operations in Leyte for the townsfolk of the Municipality of Javier to operate....
As of July 15, 2014, The Peter Project has received donations for 3,973 boats and turned over 3,031 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.
A report from Guiuan Disaster Relief Coordination, Eastern Samar: A total of 52 new Peter Project fiberglass boats were distributed to fishermen in Sulangan in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Aside from the fishing boats, GDRC also provided fishing kits which contains fishing nets, ropes, lamps and slippers from KEEN shoe company. These fishermen lost their boats when super typhoon...
As of June 11, 2014, The Peter Project has received donations for 3,876 boats and turned over 2,954 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.
On June 24, 2014, fiberglass boat production technology transfer began for 30 Sagay trainees. The training was done at NVC’s Bacolod City fiberglass boat plant. Their day started with an orientation by Garth Noel Tolentino, NVC’s volunteer project manager for fiberglass boat production, to be followed by a weeklong hands-on program. This is part...
On June 19, 2014, in the remote island-barangay Lat-asan in Capiz, Panay, we turned over our 2,500th boat, one of the 36 donated by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). JDC is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. The beneficiary was fisherman Noli Alabanis, who was so poor that he could only afford...
As of June 11, 2014, we have received donations for 3,662 boats and turned over 2,420 to fishermen affected by Typhoon Yolanda. Click on the image to view a larger version.
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