Read the article online at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2015/November/09/topstory3.htm
Read the article online at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2015/November/09/topstory3.htm
On the eve of Typhoon Yolanda’s second anniversary, NVC Foundation wishes to report on the initiatives it has undertaken for the people whose lives have been affected by the disaster. We also wish to thank all those who have so generously given their time, talent and treasure to make all these possible.
Meet Edgardo Catayong and family, from Brgy Garawon, Hernani, Eastern Samar. Edgardo had been a making and selling puto even before he married, but he lost all his tools to Typhoon Haiyan. A few months ago, he received a new set of tools through NVC’s Project Joseph. Today, Edgardo and his wife net close to...
We were so happy to see post on Facebook by Abigail Ho, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Executive at British American Tobacco. BAT is global tobacco group founded in 1902, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. The company understands that the tobacco industry is a controversial one, and takes care to act responsibly from local to global level. British...
On April 29, 2015, Rolando Pamplona and his fellow fishermen came back from a day of fishing in the waters off Palo, Leyte. Rolando brought in his catch using his banca, a native Philippine boat, named Comunita ‘di Piansano for the Italian town that donated the vessel via NVC’s Peter Project. A day’s work earns...
Original story at: http://visayandailystar.com/2015/April/28/people.htm The Negrense Volunteers for Change Peter Project 2 has delivered 4,614 fishing boats from more than 700 donors worldwide to Yolanda-hit fisherfolk, its final report shows. Of the beneficiaries, 240 are from Negros Occidental, Iloilo – 1,485, Aklan, Antique and Capiz – 352, Cebu – 81, Leyte and Biliran – 1,260, Samar...
Original story at: http://business.inquirer.net/188513/hope-floats-for-yolanda-survivors#ixzz3YsBqtDrJ Many of them lost their homes when Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) crept up on them one night in November 2013 while they were sleeping. Most of them lost their means of livelihood: fishing boats, sari-sari stores, tricycles, and beasts of burden. Many of them lost family members and loved ones—some...
Boat sightings, fishermen at work, and general photos showing how The Peter Project is touching lives on the ground. Invalid Displayed Gallery24
NVC has a new logo! The logo’s shades of green represent the leaves of malunggay (moringa), which has differentiated NVC’s Mingo from other similar nutritional food/porridge in the market. The leaves form the wings of a butterfly that can bring us to new heights. Truly, this logo represents NVC today. The logo was...
Meet the Calvadores family of Garawon, Eastern Samar, who lost five family members to Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013. On the same month a year later, father of the family Edwin received a tricycle from British American Tobacco. This lets him to go back to his original livelihood of delivering bread for a bakery in the town...