Typhoon Yolanda: Year 2 Report
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Typhoon Yolanda: Year 2 Report

On the eve of Typhoon Yolanda’s second anniversary, NVC Foundation wishes to report on the initiatives it has undertaken for the people whose lives have been affected by the disaster. We also wish to thank all those who have so generously given their time, talent and treasure to make all these possible.

An NVC corporate donor shares her experience
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An NVC corporate donor shares her experience

We were so happy to see post on Facebook by Abigail Ho, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Executive at British American Tobacco. BAT is global tobacco group founded in 1902, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. The company understands that the tobacco industry is a controversial one, and takes care to act responsibly from local to global level. British...

August 17, 2015January 7, 2019by
Yolanda survivors pay it forward for Nepal
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Yolanda survivors pay it forward for Nepal

On April 29, 2015, Rolando Pamplona and his fellow fishermen came back from a day of fishing in the waters off Palo, Leyte. Rolando brought in his catch using his banca, a native Philippine boat, named Comunita ‘di Piansano for the Italian town that donated the vessel via NVC’s Peter Project. A day’s work earns...

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Visayan Daily Star: NVC delivers 4,614 fishing boats

Original story at: http://visayandailystar.com/2015/April/28/people.htm The Negrense Volunteers for Change Peter Project 2 has delivered 4,614 fishing boats from more than 700 donors worldwide to Yolanda-hit fisherfolk, its final report shows. Of the beneficiaries, 240 are from Negros Occidental, Iloilo – 1,485, Aklan, Antique and Capiz – 352, Cebu – 81, Leyte and Biliran – 1,260, Samar...

The Peter Project reaches the finish line
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The Peter Project reaches the finish line

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....

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Philippine Daily Inquirer: Hope floats for Yolanda survivors

Original story at: http://business.inquirer.net/188513/hope-floats-for-yolanda-survivors#ixzz3YsBqtDrJ Many of them lost their homes when Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) crept up on them one night in November 2013 while they were sleeping. Most of them lost their means of livelihood: fishing boats, sari-sari stores, tricycles, and beasts of burden. Many of them lost family members and loved ones—some...

The Peter Project Caught on Camera
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The Peter Project Caught on Camera

Boat sightings, fishermen at work, and general photos showing how The Peter Project is touching lives on the ground. Invalid Displayed Gallery24

February 20, 2015July 8, 2018by
The Calvadores family’s donated trike helps others escape a disaster
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The Calvadores family’s donated trike helps others escape a disaster

  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...

December 15, 2014January 7, 2019by
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Global Sisters Report: Typhoon response in the Philippines: One year

Original story with photos at: http://globalsistersreport.org/ministry/typhoon-response-philippines-one-year-15616   Emylou Antigua has a happy reminder of the devastating typhoon that battered the central Philippines a little over a year ago: her son, named for the Israeli medical team that helped deliver him.   For a week after Haiyan (Yolanda) hit, Antigua organized people to pack up donations at...

November 30, 2014July 8, 2018by