We’ve been sharing stories about friends across the Philippines who have been fundraising for NVC’s Mingo for Marawi drive. In another part of the world, an ortho-physical therapist has been spending her off hours patiently stirring her homemade ube halaya on top of a stove, with the Mingo for Marawi drive in mind as well. Bing Sancho Junio...
Dianna Jean Callejo Cruz is an NVC volunteer and champion Mingo advocate who so lovingly and valiantly brings Mingo where and when it is most difficult to do so. For two weekends now, she has spent what would have been quality time with her daughter in the midst of those who fled the war in Marawi. Here is...
As soon as NVC embarked on the Mingo for Marawi drive, there was one lady who set herself on a relentless begging mission to harness funds, big and small for the Marawi children we need to feed with Mingo Meals. And how well Pia Camus did her job! She started by bringing cans to a meeting in...
For NVC, Dianna Jean Callejo Cruz is the commander-in-chief of the Mingo Army that would go to children in the heart of disasters. She brought Mingo to Bohol after the earthquake and to Leyte after Typhoon Yolanda. Now, she leads the Mingo Army to the shelters for Marawi evacuees. This is Part 1 of the Mingo for...
Students from Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan) have been going door to door to distribute Mingo Meals that have been donated by NVC donors. With too few and under-resourced evacuation centers able to take care of the displaced, majority of them have actually been staying with relatives and friends in nearby cities and municipalities. In Cagayan de Oro, relief...
On June 9, 2017, a retired teacher who wishes to remain anonymous deposited Php 135,180.60 to send 23,307 Mingo Meals to Marawi evacuees in Mindanao. Only three days earlier, she began a Facebook fundraising campaign to raise awareness about the increasing number of refugees, many of them children, in evacuation centers housing those who had...
Two young donors who brought their savings to the NVC Foundation office and made a contribution to the Mingo Meals drive for the typhoon-stricken residents of Aurora Province, and they made it to the news! Thank you, Jerry Marshal and Ella Jane Candido of University of St La Salle for setting an example of civic spirit to other...
For the second year in a row, Google partnered with NVC Foundation for its Google Reach program, which lets Google staff from their offices all over the world to share their time and talent with NGOs in developing countries. From June 24 to July 7, 2015, coming all the way from the United States, Ireland, Switzerland, and Canada, Cece Choi,...
There are truly 1,001 ways to volunteer! 15-year-old Chris baked Mingo corn muffins for three straight, hot summer days so they could be given away as samples at Asia’s Ethnic Food & Ingredients Show (IFEX) held on May 21-24 at SMX, Mall of Asia. NVC proudly showcased its Mingo products at the Province of Negros...
What better way to celebrate your 29th wedding anniversary than to share the love in your hearts with those who need it most? On their special day, Tony and Rosemarie Villareal coordinated the trip of 29 Filipino-Canadian doctors who turned over 60 boats in Leyte this week. Happy anniversary, Tony and Rosemarie!
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