Pedro Castor and his family live in Brgy 94, San Jose, Tacloban, Leyte. Since they received their fiberglass banca on Valentine weekend, Pedro’s wife had been religiously accepting laundry jobs until she earned P3,600–the cost of fishing nets that her husband needed. Today, while we found Pedro’s son readying the net and other equipment for his father’s trip to sea....
Meet Enocencio Tagayong of Brgy 94, San Jose in Tacloban, Leyte. He was among the 50 fishermen who received fiberglass boats through The Peter Project to replace what he lost to Typhoon Yolanda. After having installed the outrigger as his counterpart, Enocencio has been earning these past three days. On his first day back at sea,...
In February 2013, when the first beneficiaries of the Peter Project in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, started to fish, they shared the fruits of their work with the Church. When the catch turned low during the cooler months, starting November and up till now, February 2014, they turned into boat makers–becoming one of our boat suppliers for Yolanda-hit fishermen elsewhere. Today, they...
Meet Hermie of Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran in Negros Occidental. A year ago, he was a fisherman’s helper, earning Php50 (a little over US$1) a day on good days and nothing at all on bad days. A year ago, Hermie lived in a one-room shack. His wife had left the family for a man of better means. The children cooked their own meals, usually rice...
Davin is a twin and one of seven siblings. Before he was enrolled in NVC’s Start Right, Live Bright nutrition program in July 2013, he was pale and wan, terribly shy, and hardly interacted. What an improvement 2 months of Mingo Meals can make!
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