Divine Blessing Foundation Inc.
The Divine Blessing Foundation Inc. takes its roots to start and thrive when the Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry (JMCIM), an Apostolic Christian movement, has established its ministry. Even without the benefit of a legal name yet, with simply having the heart for the needy people anchored with Christ’s love and compassion for all people and in obedience to the Great and Almighty God, the Foundation had already begun. The primary recipients of the Foundation started with the less fortunate brethren from the Church which others term it as “indigents”.
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Since JMCIM holds Church services thrice a week every Wednesday (midweek service), Friday (overnight Prayer), and Sunday (General Service), it was apparent at that time that the church-goers were mostly crowded with members living in extreme poverty who were unable even to finance their own fare to attend church services. This then led Beloved and Honorable Pastor Wilde E. Almeda and Assistant Pastor Lina C. Almeda to generously sponsor the fare of the churchgoers of JMCIM. This has been a regular program of the Foundation until the time the “indigents” were financially blessed by our Dearest Jesus. The aid of the Foundation then extended to include feeding programs, educational assistance, healthcare, housing, death and other related assistance. Aside from the fares and blessings, gift giving of Christmas baskets to the indigents during holiday seasons has also been a regular program of the Foundation.
After complying with other legal requirements, the Foundation was formalized in September 2001. The Foundation was duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the legal name of Divine Blessing Foundation, Incorporated.
At present, the DBFI is being managed by Board of Trustees comprised of selected family members of our Beloved Evangelist Wilde E. Almeda and Asst. Pastor Lina C. Almeda and selected elders of the church and is being manned by authorized staff approved by the Board. The Foundation intends to develop the physical and material aspect of the Ministry without compromising the spiritual aspect, which is of paramount concern by seeking first the kingdom of God.
Because of the ongoing economic and political crisis continuously experienced not only in our country but also in the other parts of the world, which greatly affects majority of the Filipinos as a whole, the Foundation then expanded its primary purpose of helping the less fortunate brethren of the church to include the capacity to operate on a national level where assistance is deemed necessary arising from calamities, disasters, natural or man-made, including but not limited to typhoons, earthquakes, fires, war and others deemed similar.
Specifically, DBFI responds to the growing number of problems encountered by Person with Disability (PWDs), poor Older Persons (Ops) and victims of natural and man- made calamity. This is in line with the implementation of Republic Act No. 7277 otherwise known as the “Magna Carta for Persons with Disability”, R.A. 7432 as amended otherwise known as an Act to maximize the contribution of senior citizen to nation building, grants, benefits and special privileges.