Nurturers of the Earth – Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision
A world that nurtures its future generation guided by a profound respect for life and the environment.
Mission
To create a movement of advocates that practices and promotes earth-friendly lifestyle and parenting.
Goals
There are two types of members: Vegetarians and Vegetarians-in-Progress (VIP).
The group was started in October 2003 by Nona D. Andaya-Castillo, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who has been a vegetarian since May 1991.
Many of her patients as a lactation consultant were told by their doctors to stop breastfeeding because either they were sick or their babies were sick. Wanting to breastfeed, these mothers agreed to change their lifestyles and went into natural healing using food and massage as medicine. Later on, applicants from other sectors joined the support group and actively participated their events.
A world that nurtures its future generation guided by a profound respect for life and the environment.
Mission
To create a movement of advocates that practices and promotes earth-friendly lifestyle and parenting.
Goals
- To develop appreciation and respect to God’s love, wisdom and generosity manifested in his design of nature and the human body
- To empower the nurturers of the future Filipino generation to be self-reliant and appreciative of our local resources by reviving indigenous and earth-friendly healthcare practices in caring for our children.
- To educate parents on how to appreciate and use the human body’s innate capacity to nurture, heal and regenerate.
- To educate parents on our health’s delicate link to the health of our planet.
- To revive the breastfeeding culture by protecting, supporting and promoting breastfeeding.
- To initiate earth-friendly activities, trainings and fellowships.
- To initiate campaigns that will create policy changes that enhance and support an earth-friendly lifestyle.
There are two types of members: Vegetarians and Vegetarians-in-Progress (VIP).
The group was started in October 2003 by Nona D. Andaya-Castillo, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who has been a vegetarian since May 1991.
Many of her patients as a lactation consultant were told by their doctors to stop breastfeeding because either they were sick or their babies were sick. Wanting to breastfeed, these mothers agreed to change their lifestyles and went into natural healing using food and massage as medicine. Later on, applicants from other sectors joined the support group and actively participated their events.
