Answers
1. Question: What is
the MCV Foundation all about?
Answer:
The MCV Foundation is a non-stock, non-profit and non-government
organization. It is not engaged in business but in humanitarian and
welfare works. It has objectives, mission and vision for humanitarian
purposes as per SEC’s Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws. Its
existence and implementation of its projects/objectives are dependent
on solicitations, contributions or voluntary donations from its donors,
be it individual, corporation or any group. The Foundation does not
sell anything or ask investors to invest but will help in solving
the problem of global warming and uplift millions
of impoverished people from poverty, create millions of jobs or create
income-generating activities, protect and preserve the environment by
initiating the planting of millions trees, help the government
in
its program for good governance, help in reducing the commission of
crimes, help out the indigents from poor health conditions, from
illiteracy, from pitiful social conditions, and low self-esteem by
asking and encouraging valued donors to share love, show social
concern, help the poor and needy by voluntarily donating to the DCV
Program of the Foundation. The Foundation will help the poor realize
their role in alleviating poverty themselves and realize their dreams
to a happy life by giving free seminars on financial education, values,
social and ethics as well as on life management education and
leadership training. All of these are doable and can be realized thru
participation to the DCV Poverty Alleviation Program of the Foundation.
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2.
Question: What is the DCV Poverty Alleviation Program? Is this similar
to business networking?
Answer:
The DCV Poverty Alleviation Program of the Foundation is a unique
program, copyrighted and open to everybody. It is non-sectarian,
non-partisan, global in scope and there is no age limit. Although it
has similarity to business companies engaged in business networking, as
regards to some of its mechanics, the DCV Program is actually a
different one in many aspects distancing itself from the stigma
generated by some business companies who have in one way or the other
engaged in illegal networking, pyramiding scams and other investment
scams victimizing innocent investors, small or big ones. One big
difference is that it is not directly engaged in any business and investment
activities. It, however, endorses or patronizes special products to fight problems of global warming and poverty.
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3.
Question: How does the DCV Poverty Alleviation Program of the
Foundation compare with business networking, is it legal or not?
Answer: Please click here
to see a Comparative
Chart.
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4.
Question: How do you determine if a business company is engaged in
illegal business networking?
Answer:
Business Companies which are engaged in networking / pyramiding as
regulated by SEC/DTI are classified as illegal networking or in
pyramiding scams as well as "Ponzi" schemes if they fall in any of the
following:
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a)
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Sell
their products or services overpriced as compared to the prevailing
market price and the overprice is incorporated in the amount to be paid
in joining the networking companies. Depending on the structure, the
buyer / investor will be required to recruit several buyers / investors
who would repeat or duplicate the process in order to earn and recover
their invested money. In the end, the succeeding or last recruits will
turn out to be the victims of the pyramiding scheme as they can no
longer recruit anybody due to the high cost of joining or the market is
already saturated, thus, the network will collapse.
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b)
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Collect
contributions, joining fee, membership fee without selling products or
services. This is an investment for a future discount, privilege or
imaginary services as the price is incorporated in the networking and
duplication method. As the privilege will mature at a certain given
period of usage, the member may not avail of it or will not derive
anything of value from the imaginary services, then he lost from the
activity.
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c)
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They
require money to be invested in their company for a promised
double-your-money scheme for a certain period or offer investors a “too
good to be true” kind of investment with a very high interest rate. At
first, the investor will get the interest so he will be convinced to
add some more investment with the lure of getting more ROI. But the
truth is that the investor will only receive the interest once or twice
and that the investor is being paid the interest from others’ invested
money which is subsequently pooled. When much money from investors are
pooled, the interest and even the principal can not be recovered as the
covering checks begin to bounce and the owners of the investment
company are nowhere to be found more so that the company will be found
not to have the license to operate as an investment company. Then the
scam has been consummated.
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5.
Question: Who are qualified to participate in the different stages of
the DCV Program? How is the donation made? Will there be separate CNS
and Information Sheets?
Answer:
All the stages are open to everybody. However, everyone should donate
first to the Preparatory Stage or to the Initial stage before donating
to the Final Stage. Nobody can proceed to the Final stage without
graduating from the Initial Stage. Each stage will require a separate
CNS/ Information Sheet. The donation will be given together with a
fully filled up information sheet, sworn statement and required picture
to the Main Office or any Enhancement Center. If the Donor/Green Giver
will not be able to go to the Main Office or is far away or is
abroad, he/she may send the requirements thru postal
mail together with a xerox copy of the duplicate of the bank
deposit slip for the corresponding donation to DCV Program Main Office.
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6.
Question: What are the basic requirements to the DCV Program?
Answer: See the Join Us
page for details.
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7. Question: What are
the important reminders in filling up the Information Sheet?
Answer: To Participants, by filling up the Information Sheet/Documents,
they shall fully fill up the form especially the number and name of the
upline donor (the one who invited you to the DCV Program) if none or
you found out through this website or our other material, just write
"DCV Program" as your upline/upline name. All are to be printed and
legible. If the participant has an ID Card number already, he should
fill up the space provided for this. This is both applicable to donors/Green Givers
who will participate and submit their Information sheets at the Main
Office and Enhancement Centers of the Foundation or by Internet. This
will avoid delays / problems of collection later.
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8. Question: How do
participants give the donation?
Answer: This maybe given at the Main Office or to any enhancement center. Also, donation can be deposited to a bank
specified by the Foundation
when abroad or far from the Main Office. The duplicate original of the
deposit slip shall be xeroxed and shall be attached to Information
Sheet and other requirements and send to DCV Program Main Office thru
postal mail.
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9. Question: Can
donations be given on installment basis?
Answer: Donation to each program can be divided into two (2) payments
within sixty (60) days from first remittance, however it is encouraged
that it should be done one time to expedite the cycle of the program.
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10.
Question: What documents will be given to the donor after his/her
donation?
Answer: After the name of the participant had been entered into the
master computer list of any stage of the program, he will be given
his/her own independent CNS, ID card and Pay Order Form for the
corresponding stage in due time.
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11.
Question: How and who shall be responsible in transmitting Information
Sheets and other documents of participants to the Main Enhancement
Center?
Answer: In transmitting the
Information Sheets and other documents to the Main Office, the
Enhancement Center, in coordination with all Enhancement Officers,
shall be responsible for the Information Sheet in the order of first in
– first position basis. The Main Office will not accept Information
Sheets not properly arranged according to date/time entry of receipt
based on deposit slip or acknowledgement receipt and not fully and
properly filled up. Positioning in the master computer list shall be as
per time entry recorded or dictated by the computer program. However,
for donors/participants who will not submit their Information Sheet
through any Enhancement Officers, especially those who downloaded the
Information Sheet from this website, may send/transmit the Information
Sheet and other requirements directly to the Main Office of the DCV
Program.
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12.
Question: Is there compliance for each stage before collection of
participating shares?
Answer: Yes, there is. Compliance shall be as per requirement on each
stage. Immediate compliance means faster receipt of participating
shares. Compliance for each stage are as follows:
- Preparatory Stage: Donation of PHP 500. or PHP1,000.* and invite 3 donors
- Initial Stage: Donation of PHP 1500. or PHP 3000.*, invite 3 donors and plant 3 trees
- Final Stage: Donation of PHP 5000.* and plant 3 trees
*in Philippine Pesos (PHP) or U.S. Dollar equivalent
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individual enhancer continue inviting participants even after
completing the 3 invited participants?
Answer: Individual Enhancers, after compliance of the 3 invited donors
/ participants can continue inviting participants to the PS or IS and
with proper coordination with the Enhancement Center, shall be given
the corresponding individual enhancement incentives by automatically
deducting it as the donations are remitted. Note that these excess
participants invited by an individual enhancer will be considered as
included in the DCV Program’s pool of participants which will serve as
reserves and will be used to fill in later the first 3 invites of
donors who will not comply with the 3 invites requirement or for donors
who would inform the main enhancement center that they will no longer
invite 3 donors.
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14.
Question: What happens if the participant would not like to invite 3
donors?
Answer: To the participants who would not want to invite 3 donors /
participants to the program but would like only to donate, the
Foundation will only fill the 3 participants requirement from the
participants’ pool after the donor informed the Foundation of such
decision immediately so the sixty (60) days deadline shall not be
applied. However, only 50% of the total participant’s share shall be
given to the donor.
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15.
Question: How does a participant comply with the planting of 3 trees?
Answer: In planting 3 trees, participants shall comply within sixty
(60) days requirement per level or immediately after donating to the
Foundation. If they can not plant by themselves, they can have others
do it for them for a fee at their expense at a place they have access,
control and protection. The Foundation may do it for them at their
expense to be deducted from their Participating Shares. This will be
monitored and confirmed by the monitoring team of the Foundation before
payment of participants’ shares.
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16.
Question: How are individual participating shares collected?
Answer: Regarding collection of individual participating shares, it can
be collected per level or lump sum subject to meeting compliance
requirements within sixty (60) days per level, otherwise, it will be
forfeited per level for valid reasons. Any participant’s share not yet
forfeitable shall only be on hold in the name of the participant until
compliance of requirements within the prescribed time. They may inquire
about the latest CNS by calling the Main Office or visiting the news
page. The Main Office will advise them on how to collect their
participating shares.
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17.
Question: How many slots for each participant are allowed for the PS
and IS stage? After the cut-off, what happens?
Answer: Only one slot at a time shall be allowed each participant at
the Preparatory Stage and Initial Stage but after the cycle / cut-off
and receipt of the corresponding Participating Shares at that stage,
the participant can donate again and repeat the cycle. The old CNS and
Pay Order Form will be cancelled and be issued a new CNS and Pay Order
Form. This is a continuous, unlimited and repetitive process.
Similarly, enhancers shall be required to donate first at the PS or IS
before they can avail of the incentives and participating shares for
the proper program.
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18.
Question: What happens to the individual enhancement share when a
participant in the PS who is not entered in IS invites 3 participants
who would like to enter the IS?
Answer: In
rare and isolated cases, where the enhancer participated in the PS but
had invited 3 participants to the IS, he/she shall be allowed entry to
the IS first, before considering the participation to the IS program of
his/her 3 invited participants, utilizing his / her expected individual
IS enhancement share of Php 1,500. as his/her initial donation to the
IS Program, thereby giving him/her right for the issuance of a CNS to
the IS. This is applicable, vice versa, when the enhancer is entered in
IS but not to PS.
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19.
Question: Can a participant collect his/her participating share if the
compliances have not been complied with?
Answer: He / she cannot collect if the compliances have not been
complied with. If compliances are met and a participant is to collect,
he / she should bring always with him his / her Pay Order Form and ID
Card for verification. If he / she will collect thru a representative,
a Special Power of Attorney or a letter of authority duly signed by the
participant shall be prescribed, a valid ID of the representative, the
ID Card of the participant and the Pay Order Form.
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20.
Question: How do participants monitor their status in the program?
Answer: For monitoring of a participant’s status / latest CNS – he /
she can call during business hours for inquiry at the Main Office and
compare the result with the latest CNS per level in the participant’s
Pay Order Form. The latest CNS is also available through this website
in the News page.
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21.
Question: How many slots can be availed of at the FS?
Answer: At the Final Stage (FS), two slots can be availed of by a
single participant at a given time with different CNS and Information
Sheet.
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22.
Question: What is the maximum number of slots or CNS can a participant
have at a time?
Answer: After graduation from all the stages, any participant can have
four slots at the same time and may have repetitious donations. He/she
may also enjoy receipt of participating shares from all stages again
and again.
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23.
Question: When can the participant avail of the life insurance and
hospitalization cash benefits?
Answer: At the Initial Stage, participants may only have the
opportunity (optional) to be insured (life and accident) and have cash
allowance, if hospitalized, when they start receiving their
participating shares from different levels which will be partially used
for premium payment. With their receivables or Participating Shares,
there is already assurance of continuous payment.
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24.
Question: What are the requirements for Enhancement Officers to get
incentives?
Answer: For Enhancement Officers, no assignment paper, no incentive.
All Enhancement Officers must pass the screening process/seminar and
confirmation, through a panel of Core Officers.
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25.
Question: How are incentives of officers collected?
Answer: For collection of officers’ incentives, the necessary protocol,
channeling and monitoring standard/procedure shall be followed with
supporting documents on a per Enhancement Center basis. The Enhancement
Center shall arrange Information Sheets and documents of participants
for a given period with attached summary of donors certified and signed
by the officer-in-charge of the Enhancement Center and the Municipal
Enhancer. The Provincial Enhancer will collect these from the Municipal
Enhancers and will consolidate them province-wide and attach his/her
transmittal report / summary affixing his/her signature. In turn, the
Regional Enhancer will collect reports from the Provincial Enhancers
and consolidate these regionwide and attach his/her transmittal
report/summary affixing his/her signature and proceed to Main Office or
coordinate with Sectoral Enhancers for transmittal. Collection will be
through Enhancement Center or distributed by Regional Enhancer.
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26.
Question: When the participant repeats the stage or chooses to proceed
to the next stage, who will benefit from the upline incentive?
Answer: When a participant repeats each stage or makes the choice to
proceed to the next stage, the Foundation shall be the beneficiary of
the individual enhancement incentive or the first level of the Pay
Order Form.
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27.
Question: Will there be incentives for Enhancement Officers and the
Main Office staff if the participant repeats the stage?
Answer: Incentives for Enhancement Officers and the Main Office staff
derived from new participants shall also be applicable when
participants have repeated the PS and IS stages only, provided subject
participants entered their participation at the same Enhancement Center
they have entered before.
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28.
Question: What about those who live outside the Philippines? Can they
also participate?
Answer: Donors / participants from all over the world and from all
nationalities are very welcome. Donations are payable in
either Philippine pesos or U.S. dollars as per joining instructions.
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