It wasn’t quite like the kind of birthday parties that Matty would ordinarily have in his home in the USA, or the kind he would attend when he would come to visit relatives in the Philippines. That’s because Matty celebrated his 6th birthday with 50 kinder kids of lesser means in a public school in...
Almost three years ago, NVC played a supporting role in a project funded by the Asian Development Bank and spearheaded by AGAPP Foundation. NVC implemented a 200-day feeding program using Mingo Meals in 45 preschools around Negros Island and Bicol. It was part of a much larger project designed to enhance access to quality early childhood education...
On August 12, 2014, 3,852 children gained a headstart towards a better future today. In 45 schools in Negros island and Bicol, these kinder children simultaneously started a supplemental feeding program using Mingo Meals, an instant mix of rice, mongo and moringa (malunggay). The feeding program is managed by AGAPP Foundation and funded by the Asian Development Bank through...
The Asian Development Bank-AGAPP initiative to provide Mingo Meals to over 3,000 kinder-level kids in Negros island and Bicol kicked off today with an orientation dry run in one school. AGAPP and ADB representatives from Manila, and a ground partner from Bicol, joined NVC volunteers from Bacolod and Hinigaran for this event. See later post: Over 3,000 children enrolled...
Original article at: http://www.philstar.com/good-news/2014/03/17/1301587/negros-schools-get-17-new-buildings-kindergartens BACOLOD CITY , Philippines – Pinky Aquino-Abelleda, President Aquino’s sister, led the turnorver of 17 two-classroom kindergarten buildings to various schools in Negros island. The classrooms were turned over by the Aklat, Gabay, Aruga tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa (AGGAP) Foundation Inc., chaired by Abellada, and the Negrense Volunteers for...
Original article at: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/local-news/2014/03/14/agapp-foundation-turns-over-17-classrooms-333056 THE Agapp (Aklat, Gabay, Aruga tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa) Foundation Inc. and NVC (Negrense Volunteers for Change) Foundation Inc. turned over 17 classrooms to schools in Negros Occidental and Oriental on Wednesday. The turnover was headed by President Aquino’s sister and Agapp chair Pinky Aquino Abellada. The 17...
We’ve received donations for six more classrooms in a span of just two days! Thank you, Security Bank, for the classrooms in Puntamesa and Rizal Elementary Schools, and JVR Foundation and Emcor for the ones in Ilog Elementary School. And thank you, AGAPP Foundation, for our ongoing partnership!
Turnover of classrooms in Estafania Elementary School, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. In partnership with Aklat, Gabay at Aruga tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa (AGAPP) Foundation Invalid Displayed Gallery
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