Our Team
BELIEVE International is run entirely by volunteers (both in the USA and in the Philippines). These successful business and professional people freely donate their time and talents to help lift sponsored youth out of poverty.
100%
volunteer organization
11
we partner with 11 schools in 8 different provinces.
volunteers reside
in the Philippines.
55+
Volunteers in the Philippines
Our most important volunteers, those who make the greatest sacrifice, are the teachers who lead the volunteer team in each of our partner schools.
Niedalou Hernandez
Camarines Sur
Ma. Teresa Villanueva
Nueva Ecija
Neden B. Gracilla
Camarines Norte
Phillip Magbuhos, Jr.
Laguna
Eden I. Ureta
Aklan
Marife O. Abogado
Leyte
Jude C. Monteveros
Albay
Cyrelle J. R. Peñeda
Leyte
Ernith Tambalgue
Antique
Liza J. Serrano
Laguna
Nora I. Texon
Camarines Sur
Board Members
Eight members of our leadership team have actually lived in the Philippines, have been in the homes and felt the struggles of those living in poverty, and are motivated to help solve the problem of poverty in that nation.
Carvel Whiting
President, Board
Maureen Zwierzinski
Vice President, Board
David Ricks
Treasurer, Board
Betty Whiting
Secretary
Steve Kirk
Board Member
Wendy Bird
Board Member
Luke Dean
Board Member
Chris Kline
Board Member
Anthony Lozada
Board Member
Ike Tabernilla
Philippine Advisor
Volunteers in America
Our volunteers in the USA work as a virtual team, bound together with a love of the poor and a willingness to make personal sacrifices to help our sponsored students achieve their dreams. ​
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Carvel Whiting, Director of operations
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John Meeks, Senior training/education specialist
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Akemi Meeks, Documents specialist
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Dave Shore, Accounting operations
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George Bell, Sponsor communications specialist
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Paul Whiting, Chief technology officer
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