Our friend Thomas Kellenberger, with whom we worked extensively on various projects re-building houses in Ormoc in the Yolanda aftermath, various food drives in Mindanao and others embarked on a very unusual project. He is walking from Wilderswil/Switzerland to Cagayan de Oro/Philippines, some 15000 km. At his start on 25th August 2021 also the Philippine
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Another 3 boxes could be shipped and are on its way to the Philippines. Kitchener East Congregation in Waterloo Ontario is collecting used clothes for the disaster relief stock of NACSEARelief in Manila. An ongoing activity which is now already in its third year. To maximize shipping space and costs the NAC Canada office always
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Traurig und fassungslos müssen wir von Markus Fehlbaum, unserem ehemaligen Präsidenten des Stiftungsrates, Abschied nehmen. Mit ihm zieht ein Mann mit einem grossen, liebevollen Herzen und mit viel Schaffenskraft in die jenseitige Welt. Im Namen des Stiftungsrates und des ganzen Stiftungsteams entbieten wir seiner Frau, den beiden Töchtern und den Angehörigen unser tief empfundenes Beileid.
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MARKUS FEHLBAUM passed away in Switzerland on Thursday, 12th August 2021. Next month, 19th September he would have celebrated his 70th birthday. Bravely he endured suffering by his illness. An engineer by profession, a pastor by vocation, a humanitarian by heart. As former president of Swiss NAK-HUMANITAS he supported various NACSEARelief projects. His involvement
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End of 2019 and early 2020 we reported about our earthquake calamities relief efforts. Finally we could now conclude our efforts and finance the rebuilding a destroyed chapel for the local faithful. Public buildings are usually not on our priority list but in San Isidro, Davao del Sur we made an exception much to the
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In Barangay Patino, Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte, lives the Baslot family. The house is made from woven mats, bamboo and coconut palm leaves, used for roofing, flooring and walls. Family income is derived from farming and open sea fishing with an average income of some 7000 Pesos (EUR 120) per month and when all have
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Much is written about the wordlwide problem of wasting food. A mind boggling issue. NACSEARelief took over a stock-lot of over 700 kg Oat Flour which could not reach the consumer due to marketing and logistical problems during pandemic times and distributed in small lots to various missions nationwide. STEPS Mission in Bohol had the
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No, its not about the classic movie but harsh 2021 reality. While people in urban areas struggle with the pandemic and its social and economic impact far away in remote areas there are other concerns, such as extreme weather conditions. Our operations manager Ms Mabelle Bagtas reports: The high winds and monsoon rains that hit
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On 25th March 2021 we reported of the signing of a usufruct agreement by NACSEARelief on behalf of the New Apostolic Church in the Philippines and M.O.V.E. (“an empty room is a waste“) After almost 2-months of refurbishment works the facility was dedicated and turned over in a festive event in the presence of
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We care for education in Pandemic times. NACSEARelief’s Scholar Internet Load Assistance program for online classes, our Genalyn Mosura reports: “The COVID -19 pandemic forced all students to stay at home and to continue their studies through online classes. This kind of set-up is something new in the Philippines’ education system hence, it has added
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The NCR wide we received reports of the heightened food insecurity for most families. There is also unprecedented loss of livelihood with informal workers and daily wage earners suffering greatly. The struggle to make a living was magnified a thousandfold since the start of pandemic. Right now, while with the downgrading of the Community quarantine
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We remember our 10th anniversary. One decade ago, on 11th April 2011 we became a juridical personality and operated ever since officially as a non profit community organisation. Our first charity action on record as an
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