Original article at: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/80893/ngo-gives-55-fiberglass-boats-to-tacloban-fishermen TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-five fiberglass fishing boats were turned over by the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) to fishermen of Barangays 88, 89, and 90 of this city over the weekend. Millie Kilayko, president of NVC, explained that the project dubbed as Peter Project 2 used to be intended only...
Original article at: Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/578676/boats-given-to-leyte-iloilo-fishers-who-survived-yolanda TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — It looks like good fishing is ahead for 230 fishermen in the typhoon-hit areas of Leyte and Iloilo, who received fiberglass bancas from the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC). “In our language, the symbol of love is no longer a heart—it is a boat,”...
Original article at: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/572069/yolanda-donors-go-for-fiberglass-boats#ixzz2seNlZDOa When a volunteer group had raised enough funds to construct 1,600 boats for fishermen who lost their means of livelihood after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” swept northern Negros last November, a realization struck its leaders: To build wooden boats would mean cutting down an equal number of trees, which could cause devastating floods....
Here is an accounting of donations received and disbursed by NVC as of December 30, 2013 for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Click on the image to view a larger version.
What a bountiful God we have, and blessed are those who listen to His call. We’ve surpassed the 700-boat mark and have begun turning over finished boats to beneficiaries! Thank you all for your donations and support. Since November 18, 2013, Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation has been working to restore the livelihood...
Excerpts from the Leyte Diary of Dianna Callejo Cruz, our Mingo Mission volunteer, who went to Leyte after supertyphoon Haiyan for Mingo Missions. Getting to Cebu, from the DFC Warehouse, via a taxi, we transported the Mingo boxes in Pier 4. We had to do 2 trips. Then, I opted to take the SuperCat ferry...
We are amazed at how volunteers can creatively inject fun into a catastrophic situation. Thanks to Bea Jarantilla and her troop who brought Mingo to Carles, and Manon Hernaez who donated Mingo, the kids had a bunch of fun with Mingo while getting their nutrition, too.
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