Post

Global Sisters Report: Typhoon response in the Philippines: One year

Original story with photos at: http://globalsistersreport.org/ministry/typhoon-response-philippines-one-year-15616   Emylou Antigua has a happy reminder of the devastating typhoon that battered the central Philippines a little over a year ago: her son, named for the Israeli medical team that helped deliver him.   For a week after Haiyan (Yolanda) hit, Antigua organized people to pack up donations at...

November 30, 2014July 8, 2018by
The seas and skies give Julito Daa a fresh start
Post

The seas and skies give Julito Daa a fresh start

Meet Julito Daa, a fisherman from San Jose, Tacloban.   The first time we met Julito, it was difficult to see a smile on his face. He had just lost his wife and 9-month old baby, along with his parents and sister to the fury of Typhoon Yolanda. We saw his first smile when he received a Peter...

November 30, 2014January 7, 2019by
The Peter Project: a year after Yolanda
Post

The Peter Project: a year after Yolanda

As of November 17, 2014, The Peter Project has received donations for 4,453 boats and turned over 4,055 to fishermen whose fishing boats were destroyed by Typhoon Yolanda. Click on the image to view a larger version. To know where the boats were delivered in each province, see our interactive map.  

November 19, 2014July 8, 2018by
101 boats for 101 years from Union Church Manila
Post

101 boats for 101 years from Union Church Manila

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,...

Post

Philippine Daily Inquirer: How Filipinos abroad help Motherland

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....

NVC turns over second fiberglass boat manufacturing plant
Post

NVC turns over second fiberglass boat manufacturing plant

On October 7, 2014, NVC turned over fiberglass technology and production equipment to boost livelihood opportunities in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The technology turnover also came with an initial purchase order for 100 fiberglass Peter Project fishing boats, donated by various institutions and individuals to help fishermen who lost their boats to Typhoon Yolanda last year.   This...

NVC Stories at the 29th Negros Trade Fair
Post

NVC Stories at the 29th Negros Trade Fair

NVC hosted a day of thanks for donors, partners, volunteers, and friends on September 26, 2014 at the Negros Trade Fair. We displayed photos and stories of how our volunteers and donors have made a positive change in the lives of beneficiaries. In the haste to be where we were needed most, we couldn’t find the...

NVC Day at the Negros Trade Fair
Post

NVC Day at the Negros Trade Fair

After an incredibly busy and productive year, NVC hosted a day of thanks for donors, partners, volunteers, and friends on September 26 at the Negros Trade Fair.     NVC Day opened with the kickoff of the Start Right, Live Bright Nutrition Program for Rep. Leni Gerona Robredo’s District in Camarines Sur. We endorsed 27,000 Mingo...

The Bongco Blessings
Post

The Bongco Blessings

  Bugsy Bongco is both a certified public accountant and lawyer (as well as a photography buff on the side) and has begun sharing her time, talent and treasure as NVC’s newly appointed finance officer.   Bugsy pushed that one step further by getting her nephew, photographer Andreo Bongo, to also share his skills with NVC. Dre has began...

September 22, 2014January 7, 2019by