What better way to celebrate your 29th wedding anniversary than to share the love in your hearts with those who need it most? On their special day, Tony and Rosemarie Villareal coordinated the trip of 29 Filipino-Canadian doctors who turned over 60 boats in Leyte this week. Happy anniversary, Tony and Rosemarie!
In January 2015, the fiberglass plant we turned over to Sagay, Negros Occidental, produced its first batch of Peter Project boats. These boats, donated by Metrobank Foundation and Leslie Foundation, are bound for Capiz. The Sagay fiberglass plant, built under NVC’s livelihood program, was turned over to the local community, which was also hit by Typhoon...
Bash the Beagle turned two recently and did something we hope many more from both the dog-world and people-world would do, and celebrate their birthdays the way Bash did. Thank you, Bash, for sharing your birthday blessings with NVC Foundation! Woof woof!
Original story at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2014/November/22/tightrope.htm Last November 8, I wrote briefly on the Negrense Volunteers for Change as part of my belief that under the leadership of Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. change for the better is inevitable. I included in that column the NVC as an example of how a group of people from this province...
‘Tis the season for sharing! For your Christmas list, please consider these meaningful gifts that will go a long way in bringing hope, joy, and lasting change to those in need. As another way of supporting our beneficiaries, please also share this page via social media. Thanks in advance for your help! Mingo Cards Your purchase is...
UPDATE: NVC’s 2016 Mingo Christmas cards are now available online, with free shipping to any major city in the Philippines. Introducing this year’s Mingo Christmas cards! Your purchase is a donation that will provide Mingo Meals to undernourished children in the Philippines. Mingo cards are meaningful charity gifts that will truly make a difference in...
Union Church of Manila celebrated its 101st year this October by turning over its 101st Peter Project boat to a beneficiary in Ajuy, Iloilo, who lost his boat to Typhoon Haiyan last year. Union Church has been NVC’s staunched partner in restoring the livelihood of fishermen who have been affected by Typhoon Yolanda. Just last August,...
It was an invitation we simply couldn’t refuse. Andro Barrientos, a Grade 3 student at The Beacon School, had been persistently asking his mom Reggie and teacher Karen David to feature NVC in their Social Studies lesson on “Organizations and How They Can Help Solve Social Problems.” NVC volunteer Josephine Gonzalez Ruiz spoke to...
Original story at: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/112918/how-filipinos-abroad-help-motherland/ For several days in November 2013, the world watched in horror how Mother Nature unleashed its fury over the hapless areas of the Visayas, the middle sets of islands in the Philippines. While Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (known internationally as Haiyan), left death, sickness and despair, it brought out a silver lining....
On September 26, 2014, British American Tobacco (Phils) General Manager James Lafferty and NVC Foundation President Millie Kilayko signed a grant agreement of Php9 million for rehabilitation and repair in the provinces of Leyte, Samar and Biliran–three areas hard hit by Typhoon Yolanda. Under this agreement, NVC will administer various livelihood and infrastructure projects in Naval, Biliran; Hernani,...
