On June 24, 2014, fiberglass boat production technology transfer began for 30 Sagay trainees. The training was done at NVC’s Bacolod City fiberglass boat plant. Their day started with an orientation by Garth Noel Tolentino, NVC’s volunteer project manager for fiberglass boat production, to be followed by a weeklong hands-on program. This is part...
Fisherfolk in Ormoc, Leyte, whose boats were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan receive Peter Project boats from donors Invalid Displayed Gallery
Meet Albert, a fisherman of Brgy Bocana, Ilog in Negros Occidental. Once a fisherman’s helper, Albert received a boat of his own about a year ago through Peter Project 1. Today, Albert was able to buy a second hand motorcycle from the catch of his boat. Instead of walking 3 km from shore to market, Albert can...
Original article at: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2014/March/31/topstory2.htm JAVIER, Leyte – A fisherman, left to care for his six young children after super-typhoon “Yolanda” killed his wife and two-day old baby boy, was the recipient of the 1,000th boat distributed by the Negrense Volunteers for Change in Palo, Leyte, Saturday. A NVC fiberglass banca factory in Javier town, Leyte,...
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,...
In February 2013, when the first beneficiaries of the Peter Project in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, started to fish, they shared the fruits of their work with the Church. When the catch turned low during the cooler months, starting November and up till now, February 2014, they turned into boat makers–becoming one of our boat suppliers for Yolanda-hit fishermen elsewhere. Today, they...
Meet Hermie of Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran in Negros Occidental. A year ago, he was a fisherman’s helper, earning Php50 (a little over US$1) a day on good days and nothing at all on bad days. A year ago, Hermie lived in a one-room shack. His wife had left the family for a man of better means. The children cooked their own meals, usually rice...
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