Construction progress as of May 14, 2012. Target completion for Summer 2012. ABOVE: View of the rear side of the construction with column ready to be poured.
JDVSF board members Lizelle Salvador and Hugo Banziger visited the St. Martin de Porres home for children (SMDP) and the site of the half-way house in Tondo, Manila. The village continues to grow and received its 97th child last month. They
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During the recent board visit in March, fish harvesting was in full swing. The Pangasius, a local Dori fish, is being sold to local markets. A small truck comes to the children’s village regularly to pick them up. Going forward,
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Drilling work has begun for building the half-way house in Tondo, Manila, which will support graduates of SMDP who are pursuing education and work opportunities in the city. “This is another exciting step closer to realizing our vision, and I’m
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SMDP expects five new children in the New Year. This will bring the total number of children to 101, the first time that the orphanage has accommodated more than 100 girls and boys. The children are enjoying a nutritious diet
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JDVSF board member Hugo Banziger spent Christmas Eve with the children of St. Martin de Porres. Holy mass at 4 pm was followed by a fabulous Christmas show for which the kids had trained for several days. A group of
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On 27 December 2011, Carmelita Salvador and Rhoneil Fajardo, board members of the JDVSF Manila, signed the first checks for the Tondo halfway house supporting graduates of SMDP who are pursuing education and work opportunities in the city. The checks
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Initial steps have begun in Tondo, Manila for building the half-way house, which will support graduates of SMDP who are pursuing education and work opportunities in the city. A new fence was built around the site to replace an older
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London friends and family of The John D.V. Salvador Foundation attended a highly successful fundraising event on October 13. More than 132 guests gathered until after midnight in the lively London neighborhood of New Bond Street to learn about the
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St. Martin de Porres children have happily returned to school. JDVSF’s partnership with Angelicum College in the Philippines will allow them to finish their formal education. The children are participating in Angelicum College’s home-study based Re-entry Education Alternatives for the
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On July 28, 2011, a small group of friends of St. Martin de Porres gathered in Tondo, Manila for the groundbreaking ceremony of the half-way house, which will support graduates of SMDP who are pursuing education and work opportunities in
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A year ago, St. Martin de Porres children received an unexpected gift from visitors: two piglets! With much enthusiasm, a small pig farm was built at the opposite end of the rice paddies. Only a year later, there are already
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July Visit from Down Under In July, 16 students from St. Aloysius College, a Jesuit school in Sydney, Australia, visited the St. Martin de Porres home for children (SMDP). The students were there as part of St. Aloysius’ three-week intensive
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JDVSF founder Marisol Lizelle Salvador was profiled in the Christian Science Monitor on June 27, 2011 in the “People Making a Difference” section. In this article, Marilyn Jones writes about Lizelle’s history and her motivation to create the John D.V.
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On May 17, 2011, JDVSF board members Lizelle Salvador and Hugo Banziger paid a visit to the children and the grounds of St. Martin de Porres home for children (SMDP) and to the future site of the half-way house in
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ONE ST. MARTIN RESIDENT REFLECTS: “I’m living a life I could never have imagined” To celebrate the JDVSF’s 5th year, we asked the children of St. Martin to share their stories. Here, the words of John Paul, who was 11
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In March, the JDVSF purchased a lot in Tondo, north of Manila, which will be transformed into a residence and support center for St. Martin de Porres graduates pursuing education and work opportunities in the city. The existing structures on
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The children at St. Martin de Porres greeted 2011 with excitement over all the good things to come. A sense of healthy entitlement to the basics–food, shelter, education—and to the support they’ll need to forge brighter futures may be one
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On March 17, 2011, the JDVSF purchased the property where a new residence will be built to house SMDP graduates pursuing vocational training in Manila. Located in Tondo, north of Manila, the land enables the JDVSF to help SMDP’s older
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In October, friends and family of The John D.V. Salvador Foundation toasted its first five years of achievement at two highly successful fundraising events in New York and London. In New York, home to chair Lizelle Salvador and her parents
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In this short video, JDVSF founder Lizelle Salvador describes the background of the Foundation and how we seek to provide opportunity for children.
The John D.V. Salvador Foundation (JDVSF) works to establish, fund, and support programs to benefit children who, without the consistent care of loving parents, might fall victim to poverty, disability, and abuse. Founded on the principle that children need and
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At St. Martin de Porres, children rescued from the streets of Manila, are given a new lease on life. In the first loving home many of them have ever known, they learn to trust that their basic needs—for food, shelter,
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This autumn marks the fifth anniversary of the John D.V. Salvador Foundation (JDVSF). To celebrate its first five successful years of achievement working on behalf of street children in the Philippines, the JDVSF will host benefits in New York on
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For the homeless youth who had nothing before coming to St. Martin de Porres (SMDP), living in an environment where everything—food, shelter, education—is provided is nothing short of a miracle. One measure of how far SMDP’s residents are able to
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