The Mikel Lovina Jamborun is a 21-km run that commemorates the passing of Mikel Lovina, who was only 18 when he died in a car accident. Started as a family fun run in 2013, when family and friends ran 16 kilometers to commemorate the years since Mikel’s passing in 1997, it has become a yearly...
Lanesra Foundation, a nonprofit whose objective is to help individuals become economically self-sufficient, made it a merry Christmas for 18 recipients in Negros Occidental by giving the gift of livelihood. Under NVC’s Project Joseph, Lanesra partnered with us to identify workers who could increase their income if they were provided a much-needed but unaffordable tool...
A new partnership with maritime healthcare company Halcyon Marine Healthcare Systems and Project Liwanag, a nonprofit that serves indigenous Aetas in Northern Luzon, has enabled the feeding of 37 Aeta children with daily Mingo Meals for one year. Mingo Meals landed in Capas, Tarlac on October 23, 2017 after a 45-minute ride on a four-wheel-drive...
Merly Oboso (above, center) worked with a family in Bacolod for 29 years. The children she cared for, Sam (left) and Philip (right), are now adults. Sam, 24, is a Kumon assistant teacher for preschool and early elementary students while Philip, 27, is a medical doctor. After Yaya Merly saw him receive his diploma and...
Original story at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/July/03/topstory4.htm
As soon as NVC embarked on the Mingo for Marawi drive, there was one lady who set herself on a relentless begging mission to harness funds, big and small for the Marawi children we need to feed with Mingo Meals. And how well Pia Camus did her job! She started by bringing cans to a meeting in...
Read this story online at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/May/16/people.htm
NVC is looking for volunteers in the Bacolod City area on May 13 to help us pack 1,000 Love Bags for schoolchildren who need them! What are Love Bags? For some children in remote parts of the Philippines, supplies as simple as a pencil or a piece of paper can’t be taken for granted. They...
While NVC runs its own Mingo Meals nutrition program, Mingo is also used by other foundations and groups for their own feeding activities because of Mingo’s convenience, low cost, and effectiveness. Recently, we received a donation of Php 25,000 with instructions to send 5,000 sachets of Mingo Choco to Rise Above Foundation Cebu. The group is using the donation to...
