THIS PAGE IS NOT UPDATED. PLEASE VIEW OUR NEW WEBSITE AT HTTP://MAYFLORHONTANOSAS.COM/BUCKETFULOFRICE FOR CURRENT UPDATES. WE WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE ALL INFORMATION REGARDING OUR FOOD PROGRAM TO THE NEW WEBSITE....

January 6-7, 2008: Mark and Mayflor visit cancer patients and others at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Their BOR food program continues in the Philippines.

December 29,2007: Funds from donations, crafts and album sales transfered to the Philippines for helping the needy.

November 27, 2007:  Mayflor finishes making several handmade bracelets, candle holders, baskets and other articles that are being sold to help feed the children. All articles are beautifully handmade! Some of her crafts are now being sold on this website as well as on the MMG Records website. They are also sold in various stores, and should soon be on eBay.

November 25, 2007:  More funds transfered to Mangagoy, Philippines to help pay costs of food and education for two young girls in Castillo Village.

November 9-10, 2007:  More donations have been received from U.S. sponsors for feeding the children. All funds received have now been transfered to the Philippines as of November 11th. 100% of all donations is used for feeding hungry children.

October 16, 2007:  Mayflor Hontanosas marries Mark Collier in Florence, Alabama. Together, they will continue helping hungry children and others in need in the United States and the Philippines.

October 2, 2007:  Mayflor arrived in the United States at 6:35 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, and is now in Alabama.

September 10, 2007:  Marlita Lariosa (better known as "Bebeth") will be managing all house and coconut farm activities in Mangagoy, Philippines after Mayflor's journey to the United States in October. There is no better person to trust with this position. Bebeth's first duties regarding the farm will involve full supervision of the coconut harvest in October. She will have full authority to conduct any and all business pertaining to the home and farm in the absence of Mark Collier and Mayflor Hontanosas.

September 4, 2007:  Mayflor passes her interview with the U.S. Embassy in Manila, and is granted a visa for travel to the United States. She should be in Alabama by the first week of October. She will continue to manage the BOR food program from Alabama through means of internet and phone, with an associate in Mangagoy replacing her with all hands-on food feedings. No changes will be made in our efforts to feed the hungry in the Mangagoy/Bislig City area. Our efforts will continue to grow.

July 22, 2007:  Another fire in Mangagoy destroys four homes in the Castillo Village district. Like the major fire in October 2006 that destroyed Bongaitan and the entire market area, this one was also caused by sparks from an outside fire used for cooking.

July 16, 2007:  Below is a picture of another starving child. Due to infection, no medical care, and the lack of food he has already lost the sight in one eye, and sight in the other eye will soon be gone without food and care. He has a small sister who recently died with the same condition. Please view our Music Albums page to see how you can help feed and save such children. We are sure you will enjoy the music, and we know children like the one below will deeply appreciate the food you helped to buy. These kids are human, not animal. It's sad that some animals receive more food and care than children do.

July 11, 2007:  Heavy rains continue in Mangagoy. Electricity knockd out in downtown and other areas. Tornado hits market area causing damage. At least one home destroyed. More news may follow.

June 29, 2007:  Bucketful Of Rice will soon be adding the Nairobi, Kenya (Africa) area to it's list of locations for food feeding and other activities. Peter Kariuki of Nairobi will be local manager of all activities.

June 24, 2007:  Extreme heat and heavy rains bring fever to many citizens of Mangagoy.

June 22, 2007:  Mayflor attends meeting in Mangagoy with the management of John McGregor Marine Weld, Inc. of Manila. Discussions included an offer to her to become the local coordinator for recruitment of students interested in free marine welder training. She would also be involved with recruitment of ones with passports interested in construction, electrical work, and other jobs located in Qatar and the United States. During the week of June 25th, papers will be filed by the company for her clearance through the office of the Philippines Securities & Exchange Commission in Manila. Once her Mangagoy office and recruitment activities are established, this should bring many jobless workers in the Bislig City and Mangagoy area closer to being able to work and support their familes. The John McGregor Marine Weld Corporation of Manila learned of Mayflor through her work with the Bucketful Of Rice food program.

June 12, 2007:  Bucketful of Rice's Mayflor Hontanosas goes to the mountains to set up feeding for 15 families with 30 plus children.

June 5, 2007:  Mayflor gives bottles of liquid vitamins to 23 malnourished children in the mountain village of San Antonio, Philippines.

May 21, 2007:  Bucketful Of Rice sends funds to help a jobless single mother and 6 year old crippled son in northern Mindanao.

May 15, 2007:  Plans are now being discussed to use The Farm for a weekend gathering place for village children who will help keep the property clean, run free in the clean mountain air, be furnished food, sleeping quarters, and receive free school supplies. Mayflor Hontanosas will be managing and overseeing the children and their activities. All costs for this project will be paid for with donations received from supporters. Please help us make a difference in the lives of these children who need your help. Contact us at shoalcrk@bellsouth.net or mayflor@mayflorhontanosas.com .

May 13, 2007:  It is now arranged for a medical worker to use the farm near San Antonio (see "The Farm" page) as a meeting place for giving free checkups to mountain children. A nurse will be visiting with the children there on a monthly basis. Pictured below is the nurse who visited the farm and several children on May 11th. In addition to medical examinations, the nurse also gives free medicine for colds, flu, fever, and other illnesses. More plans are in the making for using the farm in other ways to help children and needy families. Mayflor met the nurse at the farm on May11th. The pictures below were taken inside the farm caretaker's hut where free monthly medical care will be given to children in the area.

Some of the mountain children who received free medical exams on May 11th.

May 8, 2007:  Filipino/American recording artist, Dennis Cruz, writes song titled "Bucketful Of Rice" and makes video in tribute to MMG Records, Mark Collier, Mayflor Hontanosas, and the Bucketful Of Rice food program. Click this link to view video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjSfOYhcdlc .

May 1, 2007:  Mayflor Hontanosas has just completed overseeing and helping with the harvesting of coconuts on the mountain farm near Mangagoy (please view "The Farm" page on this website). Jobless men with families to feed were hired to cut grass, climb trees, and help gather the harvest. Part of the proceeds from coconut sales is being used to help pay for local student education.

April 9, 2007:  We have recently been contacted by Mr. Jonathan Sanchez , President of John McGregor Marine Weld, Inc., in Manila and Bislig City who is offering to give free welding training to local Mangagoy young people who have no education or trade. In addition to teaching them the trade of marine welding, he will also be offering help with needed paperwork necessary for them to acquire regional and overseas employment. We are very pleased and honored that Mr. Sanchez and his company are donating their time and free training to help the needy of Mangagoy. With his help, many of the young people will learn a trade and be able to support themselves and their families. Mayflor Hontanosas will be involved with the recruitment of trainees. 

March 18, 2007:   Mark Collier has purchased a 25 acre mountaintop coconut farm near San Antonio, Philippines that's being managed by Mayflor Hontanosas. The property has 300 coconut trees, a number of banana trees, and will eventually be used for planting and raising of vegetables and other foods for sales to local markets, and to help feed the hungry of Mangagoy.

February 28, 2007:   Like with most all other years in the recent past, 2006 was another bad year for the citizens of Mangagoy, Philippines. In October, a major fire broke out that destroyed the entire market area as well as other businesses and homes. Thousands of people were left homeless, and those who were lucky enough to have jobs lost them. Temporary shelters were eventually set up that were made from wood framing and tarpaulins where two families continue today to live in one room. The fifty room shelter holds 100 families.

In November, the monsoon rains began that have continued daily leaving muddy and flooded areas that have made life for the people even more miserable. In December, a breakout of German measles, malaria, dengue fever and other sickness developed. Many people have suffered without medical care. Some have died. Many remain hungry, and with no hope for a brighter day. These conditions have continued to this date, and the people continue to suffer.