DWM ended 2007 with a 99.5% efficiency. Some leading aid ministries publish efficiencies of less than 75%. Click 2007 Annual Report above to read more about DWM in 2007.

Serving the T'boli tribe and other poor in and around the village of Wali through:

Children deserve
adequate food,
clothing, and
education

• Nutrition – Vegetable farm, school
  lunch program, dietary education
   

• Education – Enable more children
  to attend school
   

• Health care – Free clinics,
  education, filling prescriptions
   

• Spiritual – Counseling, preaching,
  praise and worship concerts, and other public ministry opportunities

 DWM is committed to introducing people to
their creator,
hopefulness,
and the possibility
of a more promising
future

Everyone
is entitled to
hope

All content copyright © 2007 by Datu Wali Mission Foundation

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Warning about Balikbayan services
Many Filipino-Americans utilize shipping companies specializing in Balikbayan services, which are large boxes containing care packages for their Philippine families. It is a way to avail of cheaper sea-going shipping services.
We utilized the services of a California company, Manila Forwarders, to ship 5 jumbo Balikbayan boxes to Maitum in Sept. 2006, at $105 each. Upon arrival here we found numerous items missing from three of the boxes totaling over $500 in value. Because the company sealing tape applied in L.A. was intact on arrival here, we must assume that company agents entrusted with the boxes between Arizona and L.A. pilfered the boxes. A company representative refused to accommodate an insurance claim for the missing items, accused us of not knowing what we packed, and implied that any slanderous comments made toward him or other employees could be met with legal action. The response was very over the top and even more disappointing than our financial loss.
We alert others only to give you the facts of our experience and to equip you with information that might be helpful to you in the future. We have since learned from a family member in California, that she had a similar experience (missing contents and unprofessional communications) with the same company in the past.