Projects during Coronavirus Pandemic

This time of year, December is one of the busiest that we have mainly due to the Holiday Season as well as with the difficult situation in our project areas because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Despite this, we continue to deliver much-needed services to our communities, thanks a lot to our supporters from the Philippines as well as internationally. We are grateful for the help which ensures our continuing support to our beneficiaries with our signature water, agroforestry, nutrition and development projects. May I share some photos of our activities…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award

March 30, 2011February 3, 2023

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (the “Foundation”) is pleased to award the Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation, Incorporated a one-time project support grant in the amount of US $100,000 for the period from May 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012. The purpose of the grant is…

Tech Award for Environment Winner

August 3, 2011February 3, 2023

On behalf of The Tech Museum, it is my pleasure to notify you that WAND has been selected for recognition as a laureate by The Tech Awards in the Environment category. This is a tremendous honor, and we celebrate your accomplishment. Our panel of judges, assembled by the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at…

The benefits of gardening especially during this time of the Coronavirus Pandemic

September 2, 2020January 31, 2023

Vegetables are needed by the body. Vegetables are full of vitamins and minerals. Many Filipinos are deficient in vegetable consumption even if vegetables are easy to grow. The average consumption of Filipinos of green leafy vegetables is 12.4 kilos while our body needs 32.4 kilos (Food Nutrition and Research Institute data). The main reason why…

Promoting cacao as one of the high-valued crops viable under coconut farms

September 3, 2020January 31, 2023

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project providing pump-priming assistance to coconut-based women entrepreneurs. This initiative is gaining traction as our barrios are mostly coconut-producing and with planting distance of 10 meters x 10 meters, there is a lot of agro-economic activity that can be done in order…

Carbon Farming to Mitigate Climate Change Project

November 8, 2022January 30, 2023

Good day. We are happy to launch our newest project which is Carbon Farming to Mitigate Climate Change. The details of this project can be found in Global Giving. This project will pilot a farmer-based climate mitigation solution via carbon farming and the promotion of community-based carbon farms. Small-scale farmers are one of the best…

Meet Cora Sayre, a 2018 Disaster Feedback Fellow of the Disaster Recovery Network at GlobalGiving

December 31, 2020January 30, 2023

The country Cora Sayre calls home is one of the most vulnerable to climate change in the world. She has seen the increasing intensity of typhoons over the last decade—and made it her life’s mission to help rural farming communities in the Philippines become more resilient to devastating disasters and volatile economic conditions. Cora and her husband…