OVER a thousand residents of Poro town in Camotes Island, Cebu benefited from a mission that Johndorf Ventures Corp. (JVC), a developer with projects in Metro Cebu, sent on Aug. 28.
The mission came with free services for adults and children, medical consultations, tooth extractions, legal advice, haircut, massage, and a seminar on child protection.
JVC employees and volunteers from Visayan Nazarene Bible College gathered the children for a feeding activity, a storybook reading session, some parlor games and a film showing.
They also handed new school supplies to the children, some of whom joined them in planting at least 200 seedlings of forest trees in Barangay Esperanza.
The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas supported the mission and coordinated the participation of military servicemen under the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command. They included elements from 7th Regional Community Defense Group of the Philippine Army based in Camp Lapu-Lapu and the Naval Forces Central based in Canjulao, Mactan.
The Army Reserve Command also mobilized volunteers from the 1901st Ready Reserve Infantry Brigade and the Cebu Joint Ready Reserve Battalion.
Johndorf organized and led the mission with the support of ThreeSixty Pharmacy as part of its corporate social responsibility program.
Over the last 10 years, JVC has developed in Cebu at least 14 subdivisions for economic to middle-class families, including two current projects in Mactan, namely Portville Prime and Navona.