Lorenzo is a Peter Project beneficiary. One side of his boat says danke and the other side says salamat. Danke is “thank you” in German, while salamat means the same in Filipino. Truly an apt name for Mang Lorenzo’s boat, because he was so profuse in his thanks upon receiving his boat. He had answered so many surveys before...
Cecilia Gomez Anderson is a teacher and author by profession, a dancer and traveler by passion. Cecilia raised funds among her neighbors in Bella Vista, Arkansas for three boats for Peter Project fishermen who lost their boats to Typhoon Yolanda. One boat is done, and now Cecilia bakes egg rolls every Sunday and sells them, so...
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,...
Fisherfolk in Batad, Iloilo, whose boats were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan receive Peter Project boats from donors. Invalid Displayed Gallery
Fisherfolk in Hernani, Samar, whose boats were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan receive Peter Project boats from donors Invalid Displayed Gallery
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Original article here: http://www.solarnews.ph/news/regional/2014/02/18/tacloban-city-fishermen-given-modern-boats By Wil Mark Amazona Fifty fiberglass fishing boats were given to a non-profit organization destined for fishermen from Barangays 88, 89, and 90 in Tacloban City. The turnover was under the Peter Project 2 program of the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC). Millie Kilayko, president of NVC explained...
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