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MJB Cares Foundation USA
MJB Cares Foundation USA

Imagine what’s possible
if we all showed up today.

One act of care can become a life of possibility.

Find your way to show up
It started with a choice

MJ showed up.
Others followed.

In 2013, MJ Bustamante began bringing people together for rural communities in the Philippines. What she could give alone was limited. What people could do together kept growing.

Meet MJ and read the story ↗
A mission that keeps moving

Care can open
the next door.

From health and essential supplies to work opportunities, we connect people who need support with people ready to give it.

Explore our work ↗
The next chapter includes you

What happens next
is ours to make.

Give. Volunteer. Build a partnership. Every way of showing up has the power to carry the story forward.

Be part of the story
Why we show up

Because being seen
can change everything.

MJ’s story began with a simple conviction: when someone is struggling, we can choose to move closer. In communities where a doctor, school supplies, or a steady source of income can be hard to reach, that choice matters. One person brings a skill. Another brings time. Someone else opens a door. MJB Cares was built around those moments, and around the belief that care should reach beyond a single day. Our U.S. chapter carries that spirit forward by inviting more people to take part in it.

Discover our story
A volunteer helping someone during an MJB Cares health missionFrom the MJB Cares Philippine archive
What we do

A helping hand.
A way forward.

We bring people together around practical needs. In the Philippines, MJB Cares has supported medical missions and provided food and school supplies. As the U.S. chapter develops, people can contribute funds, useful goods, skills, or time.

We also work with organizations that can create jobs. When partners grow, more people may have the chance to earn, and partner contributions can support the foundation’s work. The aim is to turn care today into opportunity tomorrow.

See how the mission works
The idea that guides us

Leave a legacy by
touching the lives of people.

Touching the lives of the many begins with the person in front of us.

The people beside us

When our partners grow,
jobs and giving can grow, too.

Support Central Hub, DDC Core Solutions, and Anaya’s Way New York are current partners. As they gain clients, they can expand their teams. Their contributions also help MJB Cares support people in need.

Where the story began

Real moments.
Lasting ripples.

Explore the project archive ↗
MJB Cares volunteers and community members gathered at a Philippine mission
Showing up together · Philippine mission archive
An MJB Cares volunteer at work
The work, person by person

Explore the original MJB Cares website ↗ to learn more about the story that brought us here.

Your part of the story

Someone’s next chapter
could start with you.

Give money or goods. Share your time. Partner with the foundation or one of the organizations beside us. Tell us how you would like to help.

Music · The Gift of Giving