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The Rotary Club of Manila 101 signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for a wheelchair donation program. 270 wheelchairs will be donated by the group to be distributed to numerous people with mobility impairments in the country to help them cope with their health conditions. The beneficiaries will be identified […]
Senator Lito Lapid recently donated P30 million to the Gat Andres Bonifacio Medical Center in Tondo, Manila, for the expansion of its Infectious Diseases Unit. The unit could accommodate 40 patients and is fully air conditioned. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, as well as officials and staff of the hospital, expressed their gratitude to Lapid who […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) welcomed the Republic of Korea – Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (ROK-MAFRA)’s donation of 400 metric tons of milled rice, which will be distributed to 10,000 families affected by flooding and landslides in Oriental Mindoro through the DA – National Food Authority (NFA) and the Department of Social […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) was asked by the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkey) to assist in the donation efforts for the quake-hit country. To honor this request, PRC appealed to Filipinos to help our Turkish brothers and sisters. The House of Representatives responded to the call with a donation that was personally […]
The House of Representatives, through the Speaker’s Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Initiative, extended $100,000 financial assistance as humanitarian aid to thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey, among the first country-responders in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan).Speaker Martin Romualdez said he was sincerely grateful to Turkey for helping Leyte, and many parts […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to support typhoon-affected communities in Catanduanes as the leading humanitarian organization distributes corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets to 1,000 families in the towns of Gigmoto, Baras, Bato, and San Andres. The emergency shelter assistance consists of 10 CGI sheets and a set of shelter toolkits to be given to […]
What the Philippine Red Cross convalescent plasma center gained in five months, it lost in five days as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chair and CEO, thus encouraged individuals who have recovered from the disease to donate their much-needed plasma to help those who are still infected. “We need to have […]
The National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal are once again under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). For many marginalized families, this poses another challenge in making ends meet and increases the risk of widespread hunger. Given this, Globe continues to encourage customers to join its initiatives to help address hunger among at-risk families […]
To help boost the supply of vaccines and other critical and essential supplies needed by the country in its fight against COVID-19, Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to exempt donations of these goods from donor’s tax. Now that the supply of COVID-19 vaccines is becoming widely available for purchase by the government […]
“The fight is not yet over. We have to continue working together to defeat Covid-19. By helping each other, we survive together.” This said Senator Manny Pacquiao during the simple turnover rites of medical equipment and supplies that his Manny Pacquiao Foundation, with help from his personal friend and international billionaire Jack Ma, donated to […]