Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation
Philippines

Virlanie Foundation Education Kits
In 2007, the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation, in conjunction with the Virlanie Foundation, held a school supplies drive. With pledges from Nu Skin employees and business partners, the Foundation was able to donate 100 sets of school supplies to elementary school students in the small town of Payatas. The Foundation also donated six personal computers to the children who are supported by the Virlanie Foundation.

CRIBS Foundation
The Create Responsive Infants by Sharing (CRIBS) Foundation is a non-profit organization in the Philippines. Licensed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the organization takes care of abandoned, surrendered or neglected babies ages one day to two years old, as well as the rehabilitation of sexually abused female minors ages seven to 17 years old. CRIBS provides an alternative home for the babies and a nurturing and therapeutic environment for the girls. Through its Nu Skin Philippines office, the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation contributed funds to the project in 2001.

Deseret International FoundationDeseret International Foundation
The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation donated funds to the Deseret International Foundation to purchase equipment and supplies for eye surgeries for the people of Gurgon, India. In 2008, more than 1,000 eye surgeries for impoverished people in the Philippines were performed.

Previous donations include:

  • Donated funds to assist in purchasing a clinical building in the Philippines in 2005
  • Funds to further work done at the Muhubay home in the Philippines and to establish an eye clinic in Indonesia in 2004
  • Donated funds to purchase arthroscopic equipment for a clinic in the Philippines in 2003

For more information on the Deseret International Foundation, please visit www.deseret-international.org

Enterprise Mentors InternationalEnterprise Mentors International
In the world's developing countries, large segments of the economy are still underdeveloped and many people live in poverty. Large segments of the impoverished are self employed and earn an irregular income. For more than a decade, Enterprise Mentors has been helping these small business owners attain self-sufficiency through small enterprise activities and educational assistance, including training, character development, counseling, mentoring and small loans. In September 2004, Nu Skin's Force for Good Foundation gave additional funding to continue to provide micro-enterprise loans to approximately 260 families in the Philippines.

Previous donations include:

  • Funds to Enterprise Mentors International in 2003 and 2000

Multipurpose building in support of a 247-acre Mangrove Forest Park (185-acre no-take zone) for a minimum duration of 20 years. (Barangay Rizal, Municipality of Magsaysay, Cuyo Island, Northeastern Palawan, 2006)
Barangay Rizal, with a population of 2,065, is the largest village comprising the Municipality of Magsaysay in the remote northeastern part of Cuyo Island, Palawan. The Andres Soriano Foundation is working with the Barangay Rizal as part of their Small Island Sustainable Development Program (SISDEP). They have successfully negotiated with the village's Barangay Council to preserve 247 acres of its mangrove area, 185 acres of which is declared a no-take zone, for a minimum duration of 20 years. The villagers culture 'lato' (edible seaweed) in commercial quantities within the controlled-use zone of the park, but they realize they need to learn other methods of livelihood that are more environment-friendly. They also want to conduct coastal resource management trainings so they can better manage and protect the park. Seacology is funding the construction of a multipurpose building for trainings, meetings and monthly medical consultation in recognition of Barangay Rizal's commitment to conserving their mangroves.

Surgical mission to Samar Island (December 2000)
Samar Island, the third largest island in the Philippine archipelago, contains some of the Philippines' largest extant, unfragmented tracts of lowland rainforest. It is home to 50 Philippine endemic bird species and 18 Philippine endemic mammals, many of which are endangered. To protect this valuable resource the Philippine government, along with the Global Environmental Facility and the United Nations Development Program, has launched the Samar Island Biodiversity Program. In 1996, a presidential proclamation created the Samar Island Forest Reserve with minimal protection. It is the goal of the biodiversity program to establish the Samar Island Natural Park, an 857,000-acre protected area. Due to widespread poverty, many residents of Samar cannot afford basic surgical procedures. Seacology has underwritten an all-volunteer surgical mission to Samar by the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America, which took place in December 2001, as a means of thanking Samar islanders for setting aside such a large protected area for the benefit of the environment.