Reconnecting with Rolando
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Reconnecting with Rolando

We recently reconnected with Rolando Pamplona, a fisherman from Palo, Leyte who received the 1,000th Peter Project fishing boat.

Our San Carlos Farmers Grow Hope
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Our San Carlos Farmers Grow Hope

With the help of generous supporters, we are slowly helping a group of our small farmer partners in San Carlos, Negros Occidental achieve food security.

Hope Grows Anew in a Garden in Helvetia
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Hope Grows Anew in a Garden in Helvetia

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 Talisay Gardeners Grow Hope
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Our Talisay Gardeners Grow Hope

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...

New Kitchen Equipment for a Project Joseph Beneficiary
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New Kitchen Equipment for a Project Joseph Beneficiary

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....

NVC and SIFI Provide Livelihood Package to Hacienda Bakeries
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NVC and SIFI Provide Livelihood Package to Hacienda Bakeries

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....