Bringing Hope to the Heart of Agdao
In one of Davao's poorest, most crowded communities, a small church became a place of joy for a day — as Nizi Bhandari and the Iva and Shiv Foundation reached the children who are too often overlooked.
The story
The streets the world drives past
Agdao is one of the most densely populated, under-resourced areas of Davao City — narrow lanes, tight homes, and families doing everything they can with very little. It's exactly the kind of place that big help tends to skip.
So that's where Nizi went. Working through a local church at the heart of the community, the Iva and Shiv Foundation brought supplies, smiles and time to children who rarely see a visitor come just for them. For a few hours, a hard place felt like a celebration.
Reaching the unreached isn't the easy part of giving — it's the whole point of it.
"The children who are hardest to reach are the ones who need us most. So that's exactly where we go."— Nizi Bhandari