The Mikel Lovina Jamborun 2026

January 27, 2026

How to Race to Raise Funds for Mingo Meals

  1. Sign up on the Race Ya website: https://register.raceya.fit/event/mikel-lovina-jamborun-2026 or scan the QR code.
  2. Follow the prompts and pay the registration fee.
  3. Once validated, you’ll receive a confirmation notice with a downloadable, shareable e-bib. Share your e-bib online to let others know about the Jamborun.
  4. On the days of the race (January 24 and 25), run or walk as much as you can. You can do this anytime and anywhere. Children should be accompanied by an adult. Be sure to track your kilometers using a pedometer, fitness app or GPS watch.
  5. Log your kilometers into the system. You can download Strava and sync it with your Race Ya account for automatic uploads OR you may upload your kilometers manually by taking a photo of the distance you covered and upload it to your Race Ya account.
  6.   Stay tuned for more announcements as finishers will get the chance to win exciting prizes from our sponsors.

Scan the link to register:

About the Jamborun

The Mikel Lovina Jamborun is an annual fundraising event in memory of Mikel Lovina. Loved ones remember Mikel as a beloved sportsman and dear son, brother, cousin, and friend. Sadly, Mikel passed away in a car-accident 29 years ago at the age of 18. In honor of his memory, Mikel’s family and friends started the Jamborun fourteen years ago. For the past several years, they have been donating the proceeds to NVC Foundation. Thanks to the Jamborun, children received LoveBags, backpacks full of essential school supplies, and nutritious Mingo Meals over the years. Click here to read about the Jamborun 2025 and its beneficiaries. This year, the Jamborun organizers have chosen to once again donate Mingo Meals to undernourished Filipino children.

Just by signing up, participants will already sponsor meals for hungry kids. This is because the registration fee goes directly to the Jamborun fund for Mingo. What’s more, for every kilometer run or walked by each participant, the organizers pledge one Mingo Meal. Family and friends of Mikel will run 29 kilometers to commemorate his passing 29 years ago, but other participants are free to run or walk as many kilometers as they wish.

Where did the term “Jamborun” come from? Mikel and his relatives used to call their activities together jamborees. So, when Mikel’s relatives organized a fun run in his honor, it made sense to call it the Jamborun.

Move for Mingo

The organizers came up with another way to raise Mingo Meals through this year’s Jamborun. Irene Caram-Gonzaga led a fun and lively Zumba class at Citadines Bacolod on January 24. The class took place right where Buglas, a huge custom-designed mosaic made by NVC’s Artisans of Hope, can be viewed. Registration fees of participants and steps taken during this class will be converted to Mingo Meals.

The Jamborun at Ayala Car Free Sunday

Meanwhile, in Manila, runners could pledge their kilometers run on January 25 to the Jamborun. Volunteers encouraged joggers and runners to sign up so that their kilometers for the day could be counted and converted to Mingo Meals. Some people purchased Jamborun merchandise as a way to support the run as well. Participants received freebies from Jamborun sponsors.

Can’t Race but Want to Raise?

For those who wish to raise funds for Mingo Meals but can’t race, you may donate to the Jamborun 2026. Click here to donate.