An Annual Affair

On July 20th, officers, trustees and members of NVC Foundation met at the Agape Hall of the Carmelite Monastery in Bacolod for the annual General Assembly. This is where we held our Organizational Assembly when the foundation was first established and where we met for all our General Assemblies except for during the pandemic. We discussed the year that was and our next steps.

Fourteen Years Strong!

A month after the General Assembly, NVC turned 14. We didn’t have a grand celebration because every day we can fulfill our mission to serve is already a celebration. However, we made sure to honor seven entities that have been instrumental in our planning and implementation of programs to lift young children out of stunting and malnutrition. We sent each of them our recognition in the form of plaques with woven cubes made from Mingo wrappers which were crafted by the women of our partner the Blastik Project at PeacePond.

Here is a list of the individuals and groups were recognized:

Three partner LGUs:
  1. the Iloilo Provincial Government (provincial category)
  2. Victorias City, Negros Occidental (city category)
  3. Lemery, Iloilo (municipality category)
The recipient of our Dreamcatcher Award was Sun Life Foundation which made our Level 2 Mingo Meals Nutrition Program possible.
Our Best Nutrition Advocate award to economist, professor, columnist and former Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Dr. Cielito F. Habito.
The Bridge Builder Awards went to:
  1. The Management Association of the Philippines (organization category)
  2. Sen. Franklin Drilon (individual)
The Best Nutrition Advocate Award on display at on Dr. Cielito Habito’s table. The table also showcases other momentoes such as with his Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award from 1991. In the background are photos with former President Fidel Ramos under whom he served, and with the Pope.