When many others jump for joy on your birthday, you know you are truly blessed. But imagine strangers from burdened backgrounds giving you their biggest smiles and genuinely celebrating your day through singing and dancing? Now, that’s a gift from above. In Mitos’ own words… So now I’m considered middle-aged, but that doesn’t mean I...
15 pretty ladies all in a row went to Sipalay in Negros Occidental to share time, talent and treasure. They rode in style aboard Mingoy, NVC’s food shuttle. All members of St. Scholastica’s Academy-Bacolod Class of ‘79, they (and other batchmates who weren’t able to attend) pitched in to feed little stomachs with Mingo Meals,...
A Bacolod-based team from business process outsourcing company Teleperformance spent one Sunday morning on the road to Bago with NVC Foundation’s Mingoy the Food Shuttle to give joy to 40 families–serving them Mingo champorado, engaging in games and fun, and sharing gift bags, including backpacks for the kids. While they’ve returned to their airconditioned and...
Our little van took a quite a long trip down south today as Santa’s sleigh. This was a mission that couldnt wait. We just had to make sure that the stroller for Rene Boy, a severely underweight three-year-old born without legs, could get to him before Christmas. We met Rene Boy last week when we...
A Nepalese doctor pays forward the generosity of Filipino fisherfolk who raised money for those affected by the earthquake in his home country. Dr. Rupesh Man Scherchan was a resident orthopedic surgeon at the Makati Medical Center and is now a fellow of Dr. Ramon Gustilo at the Gustilo Clinic and Ambulatory Surgery Center in...
There’s really nothing much you can think of as gift for Jojo Montinola for his birthday, so his family decided to gift others instead on his behalf. And that’s how they spent the morning of September 21, 2019 with him, riding in the Mingoy bus to serve close to 200 people in one of Bacolod...
October 4 is Teachers’ Day and they’re supposed to be stars for the day. But when 2,000 teachers celebrate by giving instead of receiving, then you know your child is in good hands. Thank you, teachers of the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) for your contribution to NVC’s 10 Million Mingo...
When her husband Gody asked Debbie Weniger what she wanted for her birthday, all she asked was for 40 malnourished children from impoverished families back home in the Philippines to be enrolled in the Mingo Meals nutrition program. This would mean these kids getting a good chance at crossing the line from malnourished to normal...
Last year, we met an 11-year-old boy with high functioning autism, blessed with extraordinary talent in graphic arts and communications. He was appointed as one of NVC’s young ambassadors, and since then has done amazing things for us. In early July 2019, with friends in the international development community, Abram turned over Php 130,000 for...
Mikel Lovina’s family and friends comes through once again! The 22-km Mikel Lovina Jamborun held on February 3, 2019 commemorated the passing of Mikel Lovina, who was only 18 when he died in a car accident. Started as a family fun run in 2013, it’s become a yearly tradition and has now evolved into a...
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