Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your continuing support to our initiative providing home essentials like blankets and mosquito nets. For most of us this basic essentials which would include hygiene supplies are taken for granted but for poor families these are essential items and there is a need to continue providing them at least to assuage the need in the very short term. For example, solar lamps is very much needed by off-grid families who can no longer function during night-fall. Mosquito nets is also very much needed esepcially with dengue caused by mosquitoes is becoming prevalent. This reporting period we are able to provide home kits to 57 families and hoping to provide some more as we approach the holiday season. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances 

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your continuing support to our initiative agro-reforestation initiative led by women farmers. In various literature we can see that women are most affected by poor yields in farming caused by climate change and there is a need to improve their welfare. Reforestation is not effective if we focus only on tree planting but left aside the raising of food crops by and for women. So in this report, we promte the growing of food crops that thrive well under trees that are planted. While waiting for the trees to grow farmers have the security of food as their crops will provide food in the short term. We are able to start this strategy with 10 pilot farmers and hoping that we will be able to expand in the next months. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

Here is our latest report to our project Feed Starving Girls at Global Giving. 

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your support to our initiative feeding starving girls. The intensity of climate change has made farming difficult and less profitable and there is a dire need to improve income and livelihoods as farming is the only source of income and food for so many. Our goal is to promote regenerative agriculture and expand the sources of income of farmers so that they are not only dependent on a single cash crop but could get income from a range of local crops that would grow well in their farms. This reporting period we are piloting the planting of fruit and timber trees with high economic value to 30 farms with plans for expansion as we go along. Hoping for your continuing support to our project. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friend,

Greetings and thank you very much for your support to our tropical storm Agaton recovery initiative. This point in time is the rebuilding of livelihoods for the affected families and we are doing our best to support the poorest of families with farming tools and seeds. We are very much in favor with the provision of vegetable seeds because it is easy to grow and can provide farmers with economic returns in the short run. We were able to support a total of 175 families in this manner thanks also to a local supporter who provided help. Your support is still needed as the rebuilding phase of this project is in progress. Hoping for your continuing support. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your support to our project helping those affected by Super typhoon Rai. This reporting period we are happy to inform you that we continue to provide for the needs of affected families thanks also to donors outside of the GlobalGiving community. The damage caused by the typhoon is widespread and our support is very much welcome in the communities. We are local and our volunteers in the area are able to function with less cost and this is our strength. We can easily mobilize too if there are new calamities. This project period we are able to assist a total of 72 families by providing them with hygiene support, clothing, vegetable seeds and small garden tools. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for supporting our project providing help to child brides. This project is important since female children who get hitched at a very early age is at a great disadvantage. Her future is ruined. This is very true in poor rural communities. Young brides have very little chance of improving herself as the burden of family takes control. The need to provide pro-active program in order to prevent or support child brides is imperative. This reporting period we provided small livelihoods to 8 child brides and their families comprising vegetable gardening and the raising of small animals like chicken and ducks. Your help is very much needed. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friends,

Thank you very much for your continuing support to our initiative helping elderly women and their families. The situation in remote villages we are supporting is that poverty and malnutrition is getting worse because of low farming productivity and the lack of other economic activities that small-scale farmers can engage into. There is a need to find ways in order to change the situation for the better and meanwhile we are trying to do assessment and pilot-testing, we continue to provide food and ameneties supplies to the most vulnerable of our beneficiaries. This reporting period we provided food especially rice to 30 elderly women thanks also to local supporters who provided help. Hoping for your continuing support to our cause. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances