Mariel Caurang, Mangyan artisan, weaving inside her bamboo home in Mindoro, Philippines

Children of the Jungle Inc. — Mindoro, Philippines

Connect the well-to-do
with the not-so-well-to-do.

Mangyan artisans weave by hand in the mountains of Mindoro Island. You buy a basket. A family eats. Simple as that.

Mariel Caurang, age 19 — Mangyan weaver, Mindoro Island, Philippines

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Mangyan Communities

Supporting indigenous families in the jungles of Mindoro Island, Philippines — people the system forgot.

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Handcrafted in Mindoro

Every basket is woven by hand using traditional Nito vine techniques passed down through generations. No factory. No shortcut.

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100% to the Mission

Proceeds from every sale go directly to food drives, education, and community support — straight to the villages.

Choose How You Connect

Every tier is a real relationship — not a transaction. Pick the one that fits where you are right now.

Write Your Maker

$25

Send a letter to the artisan who made your basket. We translate and deliver it. They write back. You get a real exchange with a real person.

Start the Exchange

Mangyan Coaster Set

$30

Four hand-woven coasters, each carrying a traditional Mangyan pattern. Your purchase directly feeds an artisan family. Ships to your door.

Get the Set

Mangyan Decorative Basket

$55

Woven by hand in a bamboo hut deep in the Philippine jungle. No two are alike. Each basket is a story — of patience, tradition, and a family that needs your support.

Own a Basket

Custom Commission

$85

Work directly with an artisan to create something made for you — your size, your pattern preference, your colors. A piece with a name attached to it.

Commission a Piece

Lead a Food Drive

$85

Fund a community food distribution in Mindoro. We handle logistics, deliver to the villages, and send you photos so you know exactly where it went.

Feed a Community

Jesse Gillispie handing supplies to a Mangyan elder in Mindoro, Philippines

We Go Where Help Is Needed Most

Children of the Jungle Inc. is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit working directly with Mangyan indigenous communities in Mindoro Island, Philippines.

We don't write checks from an office. We show up — with rice, medicine, school supplies, and a commitment to the people who live deep in the jungle, far from roads and services most of us take for granted.

Through our artisan program, Mangyan weavers sell their traditional Nito baskets to supporters around the world. The income goes back to the community. The craft stays alive. The families eat.

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Made by Hand. Made with Purpose.

Mariel Caurang weaving a traditional Nito basket inside her home in Mindoro — Mariel Caurang weaves a traditional Nito basket inside her home in Mindoro. The patterns are memorized — no diagram, no template.

A basket inspected and sourced directly from the weaver — Each basket is inspected and sourced directly from the weaver — no middlemen, no margin siphoned off before it reaches the family.

Close-up of Mangyan basket showing traditional geometric patterns — Traditional geometric patterns reflect Mangyan cultural heritage passed down through generations. Every line means something.

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Lead Your Own Food Drive

Can't make it to Mindoro? You can still feed families. Organize a drive in your community and we'll coordinate delivery to the villages. Every bag of rice makes a direct difference to a family that has nothing.

Fund a Food Drive See How It Works

Connect the well-to-dowith the not-so-well-to-do.