Tag: WorldWide Walk

MSMEs in Manila benefit from the economic spur driven by charity walk

Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are thriving from the boost in economic activities in the Manila area driven by the thousands of participants of the Worldwide Walk Fight for Poverty. Joey Garcia, a mentor of Go Negosyo who now runs a chain of restaurants and a hotel. estimates that the entrepreneurs at the event will earn a combined gross income of 20 million using the carts and kiosks bu- […]

More than 300 sites across the world to join INC worldwide walk vs poverty on May 6

The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) will hold its Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6, with more than 300 sites across 18 time zones participating in its second historic global charity walk. The INC’s march against poverty will be held simultaneously in different countries with Roxas Boulevard in Manila as the main venue in the Philippines. The event will start at 6 a.m. (Manila time). The Philippines will have more than […]

Global walk to fight poverty set by Iglesia Ni Cristo to help poor communities in Africa

  In more than 300 sites across 18 time zones, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members will be holding a “Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty” on Sunday, May 6 to benefit poor communities in several countries in Africa . This is the second worldwide walk of the Church members that aims to help impoverished communities. The first was held last February 2014 which benefited victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Philippines, […]

Balik tanaw: Unang Worldwide Walk ng Iglesia Ni Cristo inilaan para sa “Yolanda” survivors

“We Walk, So They Can Stand.” Ito ang naging battle-cry ng  unang Worldwide Walk ng Iglesia Ni Cristo noong February 15, 2014. Maraming mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang nakiisa at naglakad sa Pilipinas maging sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo  para tulungan ang mga kababayan nating naapektuhan ng  Supertyphoon Yolanda sa Visayas. Ang nasabing event ay kinilala ng Guinness matapos makapagtala ng dalawang world records. Kabilang dito ang Largest Charity Walk in a Single […]

Mexican Ambassador visits INC Executive Minister, expresses appreciation for Church’s projects to fight poverty

  (Eagle News) – Mexican ambassador to the Philippines, H.E. Gerardo Lozano Arredondo, visited Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, at the INC Central Office in Quezon City on Wednesday, April 18. Ambassador Lozano’s visit comes just a week after the visit of the Ambassador of Brazil to the Philippines, H.E. Rodrigo do Amaral Souza, on April 11, and nine months after the courtesy call of the Ambassador of […]

Helping the gov’t in caring for Yolanda victims: INC inaugurates resettlement community in Leyte

ALANGALANG, Leyte (Eagle News Service) – On February 15 last year, Iglesia Ni Cristo brethren from all over the world walked for a cause to help generate funds to provide housing and livelihood for the victims of typhoon Yolanda. Barely a year later, that promise was fulfilled with God’s help. Here in Sitio New Era, in a village named barangay Langit, 500 concrete housing units now stand ready for occupancy, with an eco-farming site, a […]

Breaking world record for charity walk “just a bonus”

Breaking the world record for the largest charity walk will just be a bonus and not the priority of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC). This, according to INC spokesman Edwil Zabala, who said that the primary reason for the Worldwide Walk is to acquire additional resources for the short-term and long-term rehabilitation of those affected by super typhoon Yolanda. Zabala added that the event also aims to call attention to the fact that the four million […]