The Asian Development Bank-AGAPP initiative to provide Mingo Meals to over 3,000 kinder-level kids in Negros island and Bicol kicked off today with an orientation dry run in one school. AGAPP and ADB representatives from Manila, and a ground partner from Bicol, joined NVC volunteers from Bacolod and Hinigaran for this event. See later post: Over 3,000 children enrolled...
NVC celebrates Nutrition Month this July by reporting that 2,921 children in Typhoon Yolanda-hit areas are enrolled in an ongoing Start Right, Live Bright Nutrition Program using Mingo Meals as primary source of good nutrition! Many thanks to our donors, partners, volunteers and field officers who have tirelessly kept this program rolling!
Mingo enters Biliran province in Eastern Visayas through our partners–JDR Mission Partners, Inc. and Victor A. del Rosario. Biliran is one of the smallest provinces in the Philippines and was also hit hard by supertyphoon Yolanda. Victor posted on his Facebook wall: “Thank you and God bless Negrense Volunteers for Change/Millie Kilayko thru Alyne Batano...
Julian, a volunteer from Germany, joined the #bayanichallenge in Carles, Iloilo on May 23 and 24, 2014 and donates funds for children’s vitamins, Mingo Meals, and water for the benefit 2,000 local children. The municipality of Carles has the highest rate of malnourishment in the province of Iloilo. Thank you, Julian!
Thank you, Chef Tony Boy Escalante, for the contribution of Antonio’s Group of Restaurants to NVC’s Start Right, Live Bright Nutrition Program that provides Mingo Meals to undernourished children. Because of your generosity, 200 infants and toddlers will be enrolled in the program, with access to a 6-month daily feeding regimen on Mingo, our instant...
A gracious lady in Bacolod who wishes to remain anonymous celebrated her 75th birthday with a small group of family and friends, with explicit instructions that there should be no gifts except a contribution to NVC’s Mingo Meals project for our Start Right, Live Bright Nutrition Program. As well loved as she is, more than...
Meet Hayler Macahali of Brgy Sta. Cruz in Tanauan, Leyte. When super typhoon Yolanda hit Leyte, Hayler fell from the second floor of the barangay hall where his family had been evacuated, right into the waters. By the grace of God, Hayler floated and survived. Hayler now enjoys Mingo Meals daily (for 6 months) as complementary...
UHA! Mingo reaches the children and youth of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan Province. Ungkaya Pukan is a new municipality, separated from its mother town of Tipo-Tipo in 2006 under the Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 190 and ratified by plebiscite. It is a conflict-affected area frequently facing peace and order issues. In 2007, an armed encounter between...
Meet Tet Saldaña-Ko, a Cebu-based fashion designer and Mingo volunteer. Here is the report we received from her today: “I’m happy to report that the Mingo I served in one of the barangays in Medellin, north of Cebu, was a super hit!!! I was able to make 300 cups. I mixed the Mingo with water,...
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