The Peter Project 2 for fisherfolk hit by typhoon Yolanda is finally at the finish line! When the supertyphoon destroyed thousands boats that spelled the livelihood of Filipino fishermen, we aimed for 100 boats to donate. We now end with over 4,000 boats from more than 700 personal and institutional donors all over the world....
Fishermen-entrepreneurs: this is what a group of Peter Project beneficiaries in Palo, Leyte has become. On the shoreline near where they park their boats, these enterprising beneficiaries have constructed 7 sheds that they rent for P300 a day to beach goers. They also operate a store as well, with a karaoke machine available for a fee of course. After they...
The Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation launched yesterday Project Joseph, its newest vehicle for change in poor communities. This is in addition to NVC’s earlier initiatives that allowed them to deliver more than 4,000 boats to fishermen who lost their boats to disaster, provide more than 3,000,000 Mingo meals, a nutritious instant porridge of rice,...
Meet Jerry and Edita Sorbito of Calubian, Northern Leyte, in the place they call home. The makeshift structure is so fragile that it has to be tied to mangrove trees to ensure it doesn’t drift away. Their eldest daughter, Marinel, is 15 years old but only in Grade 3. Poverty prevents her and three...
In January 2015, the fiberglass plant we turned over to Sagay, Negros Occidental, produced its first batch of Peter Project boats. These boats, donated by Metrobank Foundation and Leslie Foundation, are bound for Capiz. The Sagay fiberglass plant, built under NVC’s livelihood program, was turned over to the local community, which was also hit by Typhoon...
It may not be immediately clear, but this is a photo of a fishing boat destroyed by the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in 2014, Ruby (international name: Hagupit). This super typhoon hit the Philippines in early December and forced the evacuation of millions of Filipinos. It made landfall in the Visayas, hitting many of the areas that...
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...
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...
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