On behalf of our Founder, former President Joseph Estrada, our President, Rez Cortez; Board members Gina Alajar, Director Boy Vinarao, Jim Baltazar, Julius Topacio, Alden Richards, and Dingdong Dantes; our stakeholders, Management, and staff, and our beneficiaries, Mowelfund pays you singular homage as we offer prayers and well wishes for your continuous Peace and everlasting happiness in God’s embrace." The Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (MOWELFUND) paid tribute to the late Lily Monteverde through a touching tribute letter shared by Boots Anson Roa Rodrigo, its Chairman. In a letter dated Aug.
9, 2024, and sent to Regal Films, Inc. along Valencia Street, Quezon City, Ms. Rodrigo wrote: “To the Heirs of Father Remy and Mother Lily Monteverde: No death could keep them apart.
One could not be without the other. Your parents’ love story beats “Maalaala mo Kaya," “Magpakailanman” and even “Regal Presents,” all renowned Anthology series. Their quintessential love is the stuff that makes for the ultimate “Mano Po,” Mother’s lifetime passion project.
The Movie Workers’ Welfare Foundation - Mowelfund – is blessed to have been one of Mother’s own passion projects, perhaps because the Foundation’s 50-year mandate resonated with her own love and care for the marginalized, underserved and underpaid workers of the movie industry that she lived for. Mother seemingly adopted Mowelfund as her own advocacy. We did not need to solicit attention and funding from .