Sometime last year, we read the story of a boy who died of malnutrition in a village called Glab in the far reaches of Zamboanga del Sur in Mindanao. We set out to search for the area, difficult and challenging though it was, because we knew that if there was news of one malnourished child,...
On Emma’s fifth birthday in Hong Kong, she had no gifts to open and 18 of the kids with whom she celebrated her birthday didn’t even attend. That’s because they’re located in faraway Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines. Emma’s parents requested support for NVC’s LoveBags 2019 project and LoveFits slippers instead of presents for Emma....
Husband and wife Bimsy and Tatic Mapa both celebrate their birthdays in February. This year, they decided to gift each other by gifting others. Their gifts are made up of 25 LoveBags for children of the indigenous people we serve, who sorely need the backpacks filled with a years’ worth of school supplies, living as...
If you gave or received a card like this one, know NVC has started–with proceeds from the sales–to enroll 40 children in NVC’s Mingo Meals nutrition program that will provide them with daily access to this instant meal made of rice, mongo and malunggay for six months. The children come from an impoverished shoreline village...
Just in time for Christmas, 110 children from a shoreline barangay in Valladolid, Negros Occidental received LoveBags or LoveFits slippers, all donated, hand packed, and distributed in person by the Ong family of Bacolod and Singapore. Thank you for sharing the LOVE!
FAIRY TALE: Cinderella’s pumpkin turned into a coach. TRUE STORY: Turnips turned into 114 LoveBag backpacks filled with school supplies, and 114 pairs of LoveFits slippers. This is the magic that 80 sixth grade students managed to perform in the village of Richterswil, Switzerlan. For the annual Räbechilbi festival, when the village center turns into a...
In a house on a hill lives Jenny, a mother with three daughters, Donna, Chona, and Cherry. The sisters—aged 7 to 11—love school and have big dreams of being a doctor or teacher one day. Every day, the sisters attend to homework and household chores. The eldest, Donna, helps her mother cook and tend to...
Thank you, Spouses of Heads of Mission (SHOM) in the Philippines for your generous support of our NVC’s nutrition and education programs, given on July 11, 2018. A special thank you to Susan Batungbacal Fries for introducing NVC to the SHOM, and patiently being involved in a long running exchange of communication until the donation...
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