In 2023 Feed the Hungry, Inc. signed a partnership with Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement [PRRM] to build three  deep well water systems in the mountains of Nueva Vizcaya to benefit the indigenous population. Zach Filon raised $12,000 by holding a piano concert to fund  a water system in Ammowed, Ambaquio.  

Dr. Stephanie Coquia donated $7,500 to build a deep well water system in Balete, Kayapa which failed and had to be redesigned and relocated to another location in the area; it is now under construction.

The Infrastructure Program with additional FtH Board approved funding  built the water system in Camandag, Ambaguio at a cost of $21,000. This system has 10 top stands to distribute water 28 households, a small chapel, an elementary school and a day care center.

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We have continued with the social preparations for the Tubig sa Baryo project in Nueva Vizcaya. Our Project Coordinator continued to meet with the Municipal Engineer of Ambaguio town to discuss preparations for construction, which will include mobilizing community members to source local materials (e.g., lumber, gravel and sand) for formworks and concrete structures, among others. They are also scheduled to consult with a local drilling company. This will be the same process for the community in Kayapa town. With this, actual construction may start by the second half of September 2023. 

We are committed to completing the three units by early January 2024, and perhaps by the end of this year, at the earliest, as weather and local contexts will permit.