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April 2, 2014

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Alain Ducasse Visits Tuloy Foundation

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Heart2Heart not only loves Alain Ducasse for his great contribution to the culinary world but also because he came all the way to the Philippines to give back to society and we are so lucky he chose the Philippines to be one of the beneficiaries, to Tuloy Foundation in particular. When he arrived, he paid a visit to the foundation and they warmly welcomed him to the Tuloy family. It was such a touching event. I am so happy to have witnessed this. God bless Alain Ducasse for his kind and generous heart. I made an amateur video just to put together the photos and the beautiful song number the kids prepared for Chef Alain

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The chapel is so beautiful!! You really have to come over to see it

Alain Ducasse arrives and is welcomed by the children

Thank you to Enderun Colleges for also being a part of this great endeavor. Thank you Jack Tuason, co founder of Enderun Colleges

The building where all the classrooms are. There are 927 kids. There are 10 buildings with 30 kids per building. Each building is self contained. The place is very organized and very clean and orderly

Gymnasium

Where all the kids assembled and performed for Alain Ducasse

Presentation of the Chef’s uniform for Chef Alain Ducasse from the Tuloy Foundation Culinary Center

One of the students made a sketch of Chef Alain and gave it to him that day

Welcome to the family

Culinary Center

There are 20 per batch and this is already the 4th batch

Laurent Plantier, CEO of the Alain Ducasse Enterprise

Fr. Rocky Evangelista, founder of Tuloy Foundation. He told me that he acquired the land in 1999 and it took him two years to sean it up since it was a garbage dump. He said that there are three qualifications to be a Tuloy Foundation student – You must be hopelessly poor, You want to have a better life and are willing to obey the rules. There is a Mancom to manage the daily affairs of the foundation and the Board sets the vision. I also met Tony, a generous donor to Tuloy Foundation. He teaches English to the students and he also takes 3 to 4 students to a restaurant of their choice every Sunday so they can also taste and be able to dine out in a real restaurant 🙂

Chef Dimitri Amouroux – Head of Pedagogy, Ducasse Education

Chef Jerome Lacressoniere who prepared the charity dinner

Meal prepared by the students for Chef Alain Ducasse and all of us who were there

The students of the Culinary school do On The Job Training ( OJT ) in some companies and some are hired by them after graduation. One actual example is Village Gourmet. Thank you Noye and Nicole Fandino for sharing these photos at Heart2Heart. They are one of the generous and loyal benefactors of Tuloy and Fr. Rocky and they continuously help Father Rocky in his

10 Tuloy Scholars are starting their culinary training at Ducasse Institute Philippines at Enderun Colleges on Monday, April 7. You can still sponsor a Tuloy scholar by buying raffle tickets: one ticket will sponsor lunch for one week; 5 tickets will buy a complete set of kitchen uniform; and 2 tickets will cover roundtrip transportation cost from Muntinlupa for a week. On top of that, you’ll get a chance to win wonderful prizes! This is your opportunity to help former street children from Tuloy Foundation jumpstart their career in the culinary arts. Click below for a more readable version of the details of the raffle

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March 29, 2014

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Christmas at Educare

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We had our delayed Christmas gift giving at Educare a few weeks ago. I normally do it early but last year was just too hectic. So better late than never 🙂

Thank you to my friends, Maritoni and Triccie for the costumes which we gave to the kids

Thank you to my brother Jun Jun and Margs for the canned goods and instant noodles

Christmas loot! 🙂

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March 25, 2014

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I Want to Share Foundation

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Two sundays ago was the Global Port Polo event. Aside from the Polo game, there was an auction for the I Want to Share Foundation.

Thank you Sheila Romero for sharing your blessings and your time and effort to help others!

There were many beautiful things up for bid!

I was early and I love being early because I get to talk to some of the people involved before everything gets busy. I met Monica Guevarra dela Cruz, beautiful sister of our friend, Jessica Guevarra Everingham. Apparently she is married to Daniel dela Cruz. He donated a beautiful sculpture for the auction

Emi Jorge also donated a beautiful clutch

And the beautiful birthday girl, Nicole, had two beautiful items

They also have this solar light for P 2,800 for the Yolanda victims

Do contact them if you would like to help or be a part of their efforts 🙂

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March 19, 2014

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Q Proudly Quezon Made

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Giving Back, Proud to be Pinoy!, Travel | 3 Comments

Another young and beautiful lady, Anna Villaraza Suarez. Anna is the wife of one of the best friends of my youngest brother, Quito. She is First lady to Governor Jayjay Suarez and helps him promote the people and the products of Quezon Province. When JayJay became Governor in 2010, She would attend the annual week long Agri -exposition and the Nyugyugan Festival in Quezon where members of KALIPI ( Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina, of which she is the honorary chairperson ), farmers and fisherfolk would sell out all their good to buyers from manila and neighbouring towns. She told me that they would sell a lot during the festival though she wants them to have continuous income throughout the year. Anna visited the 39 municipalities and two cities of Quezon where she had the chance to taste and try the different food products made by the locals. She says ” A lot of these products are excellent. The packaging just needed improvement and the producers given market access.” And this is how Q Proudly Quezon Made Products was born! Ultimately the goal of Q is to establish a federation of Q product manufacturers in the province to sustain the production, promotion and marketing of the products

One need not go far to taste the flavours of Quezon province. Anna has brought them closer to us and has made them available for more people to try. She branded the products under the Q label. Anna did the minimalistic and clean looking logo. ” We want the look to become more appealing to the Manila crowd, to upgrade the look of typical locally produced products. It has to be attractive because we are carrying the name of the province and we want people to have a positive impression of Quezon Province as a whole.” That statement alone tells me positive things about how the couple is running the province….and I like it! 🙂

Arrow root ( uraro ) cookies made by the wives and children of a farmer’s cooperative and developed with the Department of Science & Technology ( DOST ) , The Department of Trade ad Industry, and provincial and municipal local and government units

Q corn coffee made by KALIPI members from roasted corn grits

Yellow ginger tea by KALIPI and Rural Improvement Club members

The Milkfish in oil is the result of an oversupply of the fish during harvest time. And to protect the farmers from lowering their prices, the lady members of the fishermen’s cooperative decided to make a product out of it

Shredded smoked fish flakes, produced by the fishermen-husbands of KALIPI members using tamban and galunggong and ideal for any pandit dish, monggo, pasta or rice

Pickled garlic made by the Federation of Farmers Association and best served with grilled foods as an appetiser and as part of a cheese platter

Small time enterprises and simple families, known for their commitment to quality and time tested recipes, are behind the best selling shrimp paste

Pancit habhab

Anna told me this is how they eat the pancit – they roll it in leaves and then slide it down their mouths from the leaf

Longganiza which I love!!

Beef tapa – a different kind of tapa – it is dried and you just have to fry it quickly in oil until brown and crispy – Yum!

And finally the Crispy pata! YUM!! Keep frozen and just bring it out of the freezer before frying and fry in hot oil so it will be crispy ( DO NOT DEFROST before cooking )

Available at ECHOStore Serendra ( Bonifacio Global City ) and ECHOStore Centris ( Quezon City ). Orders can also be placed at 0928-524-2753 or 0917-817-2552 or ( 632) 779-7249 or through email at proudlyquezonmade@gmail.com.

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March 19, 2014

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In Time with International Women’s Month this March Avon Calls on Filipinos to Seek the Signs of Domestic Violence

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March 18, 2014

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KEYS TO DISCOVERY: AN AFTERNOON AT THE MUSEUM

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March 4, 2014

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ESL Boat Turnover

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I came to represent my Dad’s boat. I turned over the boat to Jurly Minguez. He told me that he is not a fisherman. He instead is a merchant and uses the boat to transport goods from the port to the island – he brings the catch from the fishermen and sells them in the Port of Estancia and he also brings goods to the island for his sari sari store! And just like my dad who is a merchant/businessman! This is the fourth story that The Peter Project has witnessed wherein the beneficiary matches the donor! Boats are assigned randomly and it’s amazing how fate happens. Tita Mariel told us 3 more stories before this one:

1.) Tita Ruby Gonzales who is in a wheelchair turned over to a fisherman who is also in a wheelchair

2.) A Marine Biologist who lost an arm due to a shark bite turned over a boat to a fisherman who lost his arm through dynamite fishing 3.) A group of girls who donated a boat dedicated to their friend who died while scuba diving, the recipient was a fisherwoman. The name of the boat was “Ria Forever with Us”

I asked Jurly to send a message to my Dad and speak in their dialect since I know my Dad will understand since he is from Iloilo too 🙂

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He took me to his house!! I told him that it looked like he had the biggest house in the island! 🙂 Well, being an entrepreneur, I would assume he is very good in business just like my dad 🙂

This was his old boat which he named after his daughter Jamailyn

His family who I met – wife, Jobelyn and daughter Jamailyn

His sari sari store

He showed me photos of the island after Yolanda

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March 4, 2014

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The Peter Project – Turnover of Boats in Carles Iloilo

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Our main purpose of our visit to Iloilo was to turnover boats to the fishermen at Carles Iloilo. Previous entry: The Peter Project by the Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation Inc December 3, 2013

On the same day, February 15, NVC did simultaneous turnovers in Tacloban and Tanauan, Leyte, Cadiz, Negros Occidental and 2 locations in Cebu for a total of 230 boats turned over that weekend

Thank you Tita Mariel who is a Board of Trustee of Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation Inc. Thank you for your dedication and generosity in giving your heart and soul, your time and your efforts in helping our countrymen

This was our delegation that weekend

My best friend Eds turning over the boat of Liza Fo, a friend of her sister, Trina, who passed away a few months ago

Viboy and Camille’s family bought two boats in place of their usual kris kringle – all the family members donated the money instead to the Peter Project

Clarissa bought several and this is just one of them, Chibby

The Syquia family donated many boats!! Marty surprised Trisha and donated a bought under the name Sylvia so as not to spoil the surprise 🙂

Tricia representing her batch from Woodrose

Triccie Syquia

Dr. Adam Steinberg who has left his practice to dedicate his life to helping countries in need. He is part of the Joint Jewish American Distribution Committee ( JDC ) . He wanted to see what the NVC does so he was with our delegation as well. We just got word today that Adam and JDC will be donating US$ 20,000 for fiberglass boats!! Thank you Dr. Adam!!!

So happy to meet Lizza and Rachel who represented SYA ( San Antonio Young Adults of Santuario de San Antonio Parish ) and friends – for a total of 10 boats! WOW!!

Maxine and Marbles is a boat donated by Chary who we missed the whole trip! She had to go to the hospital as soon as we arrived. So her Happy to Help beautiful and sexy 🙂 pink ladies turned it over for her

Happy beneficiaries!!

Friends of Pauli from Lebanon heard about the donation in Carles – their home and they sent words of Thanks to the NVC!!

Due to the scarcity of wood and to protect the environment, the NVC are moving towards building fiberglass boats. Tito Noel is the one in charge of this 🙂 They have around 2,000 donated boats and have built 400 of that. Read more below

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March 4, 2014

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Mingo Feeding at Carles Iloilo

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In the island of Carles it was nice to see many children – even nicer to see children taking care of (I would assume) their younger siblings, carrying them in their arms

Camille Tolentino Geuino introduced Mingo to the community and donates enough Mingo good for two months It’s not only feeding them but providing the needed nutrition they need

Previous entry: Start Right Live Right Nutrition Program by NVC December 3, 2013