Current Projects

Goat Project

A Goat Project of HELP Foundation beneficiary receiving her goat with Mr. Keith Hooper.

Somebody once named a project "the gift that keeps on giving". I am not for sure what the original intent was, but I am sure that I have found the ideal "gift that keeps on giving!" Goats. Yes, Goats! I have totally modified our goat operation where we will maintain 100 crossbred female (nanny) goats and have several pure bred male goats to service the herd. The breeding stock will remain with the foundation and the female offspring, once grown and bred, will be given to poor families. Read more..

Our Founder

Forty one years ago, in the tumultuous ‘60's, I joined the Peace Corps. I taught science at the Bukidnon Normal School in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, organized summer day camps for kids, and like many other volunteers, courted and married a Filipina teacher. What I thought was a "two year deal" has turned into a lifelong love affair with the Philippines. Know more about our founder..

How Can You Help?

Your contribution is more effective than imaginable. The price tag for feeding 1000 children for a year in Mindanao; provide startup capital for goats, swine, gardening and cottage industries in all the project areas, and to feed, clothe, and send 300 Payatas children to school for a year; is less than $50,000. Remember, all of your contribution goes directly to the project. Read more on how you can help..

Announcements

Our latest feeding program started May 1, 2008 in San Antonio, Talakag, Bukidnon. Out of the 645 children that were evaluated, 93 were considered malnourished. In April, we paid a courtesy call to the village leaders and informed them of the results. The mothers agreed to do the preparation in cooking the food, provide water, and vegetables and firewood as their counterpart. Read more..