The Philippines
The Philippines is a nation of 7,000 islands with a collective land area similar to that of the state of Arizona. But with about 90,000,000 inhabitants (nearly 1/3 the population of the United States), it is a very crowded archipelago, with a population density roughly 10 times that of the United States (313 persons per sq km vs. 32 persons per sq km).
View Philippines in a larger and more interactive Google map. View where we work in a larger map.
Since our NSVI founders are from the Visayas region where they have established connections, this central region has been the site of most NSVI missions to date.
The Visayas region is the group of islands in the center of the country between the larger islands of Luzon to the north and Mindanao to the south. Cebu City is the second largest city in the Philippines (after Manila, indicated by the A teardrop) and the cultural and financial center of the Visayas region.
See the history of NSVI missions over the past decade by clicking the links above.
