ABOUT IHHELPP

a 501c3 Public Foundation

Canmaya Diot High School, Bohol_ Bathroom using Structure Insulated Panels (SIPs) & Handwash Station Turnover Ceremony, September 2020

​IHHELPP is a volunteer-based charitable foundation borne out of a simple desire to share the ample blessings that we receive with needy Filipinos in the Philippines. From school supplies that were personally donated since 2006, such efforts evolved into a charitable foundation formed by friends and associates who share the same vision, passion, and commitment. Since 2012, we have been building houses, bathrooms, classrooms, and recently started a feeding program to support underserved school children, youth & families.

Donations are treated as 'sacred funds' and 100% go to projects supported through partnerships with other foundations and private donors with the same mission to lift humanity.

MISSION:

To assist indigent Filipino individuals and families improve their lives through better health, decent housing, quality education, and sustained livelihood. We Improve

  • HEALTH by building disaster-resilient bathrooms/handwash facilities and providing hygiene supplies in underserved schools and communities;
  • HOUSING by constructing affordable, quality, and visually appealing disaster-resilient homes using structural insulated panels;
  • EDUCATION by building disaster-resilient classrooms, providing school supplies, & teaching innovative construction skills;
  • LIVELIHOOD by employing individuals & community members in construction projects among the
  • Poor in the
  • PHILIPPINES.

Our vision is to create a leveled playing field for the poor by promoting health & well-being, housing, education, and livelihood. We are guided by the counsel...

MEET OUR TEAM

Our Dedicated Team, Your Trusted Support

Jenneth B. Doria, DNP MS RN

President
​BSN, University of the Philippines; MS Teaching Nursing, University of Utah; DNP, Chatham University with focus on population health. Associate Professor (Clinical), University of Utah. Fellow, Academy of Health Science Educators. Fellow, George and Delores Eccles Foundation. 2023 Julita V. Sotejo Medallion of Honor Awardee, UP Nursing Alumni Association International; ‘Dare to Care’ 2019 Awardee, University of Utah Honors for Nursing. ‘2019 Outstanding Alumna for Community Service,’ University of the Philippines College of Nursing Alumni Association. Co-President, Gamma Rho Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. With 32 years of nursing practice in acute care and behavioral care settings; 10 years as Nursing Educator. Founded Manila Development and Manila Basketry. Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce Awardee, Heritage Award recipient. A mother of 7 children, humanitarian, educator, & social entrepreneur. Product of public schools-Manila Science High School, Gregoria de Jesus Elem. School.

Paul Staples, MS

Vice President, Operations
​BS Human Resource Development, BYU-Hawaii. Masters in Real Estate. Real Estate Broker and Investor, Hawaii and Illinois; extensive background in real estate sales, contract negotiations and customer service. Served as Bishop of an LDS BYU-Hawaii Ward, volunteered for over 20 years helping the youth and as an employment specialist helping people find jobs.

Rene G. Doria, MS CFA

Vice President, Technical/Housing Development
BS Math, BYU-Hawaii, Magna Cum Laude. MS Statistics, BYU Provo. MS Structural Engineering, University of Utah. Investment Analyst; CFA Charter Holder; taught statistics in higher education for 30 years. Served a full-time LDS mission in the Philippines. Took 2nd MS degree to fulfill his desire to build disaster-resilient social housing in the Philippines.

Lolita Staples

Treasurer and Director of Livelihood Programs​

Attended BYU-Hawaii, provides accounting services for real estate office such as preparing taxes, budgets and handling real estate investments. Volunteered in various capacities to help young women with challenges, as an office manager for an LDS Employment Resource Center, and at Polynesian Cultural Center’s Hawaiian Culture to sustain the legacy of Hawaiian quilts & crafts. Volunteers in the reading/speaking English As A Second Language Program in BYU-Hawaii. Her heart has a tender spot for supporting self-reliance programs for families and communities.

​Emmie Comer-Bigler DNP, MS, RN

Director of Philanthropy & Fundraising Events Chair

BSN (University of Cebu); MSN (University of Utah); DNP (Chatham University).

Emmie currently teaches nursing research and informatics at Capella University in the RN to BSN program. She has also embarked in an entrepreneurial pursuit as an organic skin care formulator and runs her small skin care company. Her greatest passion is teaching and serving others. She and her late husband Don have provided financial support and assisted Filipino students complete their college education, which has made a great impact in the lives of these students and their families. She has two sons and many step-grandchildren. She is married to Dustin Bigler.

She carried out several projects in her Cebu community and outlying areas especially after typhoon Yolanda; has donated computer lab equipment and other supplies to local schools in Cebu; and spearheaded IHHELPP’s first bathroom project in Cebu in 2019. She oversees fundraising events and seeks donors for IHHELPP’s various humanitarian and livelihood projects in the Philippines.

Steve Johnson, MBA

Assistant Director of Philanthropy
BS and MBA (Brigham Young University). Steve has 32 years of work experience in Aerospace and has worked for multiple Aerospace companies around the country overseeing business activities in Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. He has lived and studied in Europe and in Asia. He currently oversees all business activities in the Asia Pacific region. He has worked with several non-profit organizations and has served in several boards in the past. He has been with IHHELPP since early 2022. He is a father of 3 children.

Sheralyn Watt, RN: Assistant Chair, Fundraising Events

Sheralyn’s love of the Philippines and its people began when she served a volunteer missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Philippines Davao Mission on the island of Mindanao from May 1982- November 1983. As a nurse while on her mission, she not only did proselyting, but also received welfare service assignments.

She graduated with her licensed practical nursing (LPN) degree from Utah Technical College (now UVU) in 1981 and her associate nursing degree (RN) in 1985 from Weber State College (now WSU). She has worked in all fields within nursing and currently works for a large hospital in Utah County. 

She is a recipient of the “2022 Healthcare Hero” Award from AMH Foundation. The IHHELPP team has been privileged to work with her since 2018 as a member of the gala committee. Sheralyn is grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve on the Board for IHHELPP.