Nestled in the mountains of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, this indigenous Ata Manobo settlement is named after the river Mangkay, which needs to be crossed to reach the village. Here one can find four makeshift classrooms as the center of learning where children need to kneel on the floor to write. When Jessie, our...
When Trish Golez celebrated her 60th birthday, she requested LoveBags for needy schoolchildren instead of presents for herself. Her family and friends all together contributed 126 LoveBags, to which she added 80 more as her own thanksgiving for her milestone year.
What does one of the Philippines’ top 100 lawyers (declared by Asian Business Law Journal 2019) do in her spare time? She goes with her teenage son to take a one-hour habal-habal ride and they walk another two hours up a mountain path where experienced motorcyclists dare not tread, to one of their home province’s...
NVC began its newest project, Love Bags for School Kids, on February 14, 2017 in response to learning that many students in remote mountain schools in the Philippines lack school supplies and school bags. Since the launch just over 2 months ago, donations have poured in, allowing us to complete our target of providing a...
Update: This project was completed in June 2017 and has been turned over! Read the article. Thanks to the contribution of one donor, NVC in March 2017 began construction of a preschool building, while also pooling together additional contributions to build a playground for children of the indigenous people in Sitio Bugtong Lubi, Hinobaan, Negros Island. Sitio...
