In the village of Tanguango, up in the mountains of Capalong, Davao del Norte, four classrooms are rising to serve the children of the community, who used to walk up and down mountain trails and cross wide rivers–swimming through them when their parents could not afford the Php 5 fare on a raft. Here where...
With classrooms in their own villages, kids in remote mountain areas in will no longer need to cross rivers or walk up and down mountains to school.
Just a few months after the Spouses of Heads of Mission (SHOM) of the Diplomatic Corps in the Philippines turned over their donation to NVC, two new classrooms have risen in the village of Maliwanag on the slopes Mt Kitanglad, Bukidnon, in Southern Philippines funded by SHOM. This is on top of a 6-month feeding program...
And now it’s officially theirs! The children of the Tala-andig Tribe in Katiguman Village nestled in the mountains of Bukidnon, no longer need to share makeshift shelters for their play and learn Day Care Center. They have a building turned over to their community today. Thank you Web In Travel for this precious gift to...
Thank you, Sun Life Foundation for helping us bring the sun and life to the children of families who fled their homes due to the violence that ravaged the city of Marawi in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao. Sun Life’s contribution will feed 623 children with daily Mingo Meals for six months, and upgrade a learning center...
Last March 2017, NVC kicked off the construction of a preschool building and playground for children of the indigenous people in Sitio Bugtong Lubi, Hinobaan, Negros Island. Sitio Bugtong Lubi is a mountain community that is extremely marginalized due to its remote location. Below is the old school that children in the community attended. The two-classroom building...
Update: This project was completed in June 2017 and has been turned over! Read the article. Thanks to the contribution of one donor, NVC in March 2017 began construction of a preschool building, while also pooling together additional contributions to build a playground for children of the indigenous people in Sitio Bugtong Lubi, Hinobaan, Negros Island. Sitio...
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...
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