Robredo fund drive nets 153.8 M for health workers’ protective gear

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) reported a total of 153.87million cash donations that was used for the purchase of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) sets.

The amount has provided PPE sets for 21,432 frontliners, more than double its initial target of 9,278 frontliners, according to the financial report prepared by Robredo’s office and released Monday.

Included in the report on the fund drive was the 17.99 million spent for food and care packages.

The donation drive ended on April 30.

“With an initial costing of 1378.37 for PPE daily sets, the 153,872,950.94 raised through the Kaya Natin online donation drive and OVP allocation can originally produce 139,178 PPE daily sets for 9,278 frontliners,” the report said.

“But with lower average purchase price of 1144.81 and the entry of inkind donations, we were able to buy more PPE daily sets and expand assistance to include locally-produced suits and other medical supplies,” it added.

According to Robredo’s office, it rendered the report to inform their partners of the public donations to ensure “transparency and accountability.”

“Our office believes in the prudent use of the aid you have entrusted to us. This serves as a guide to us in continuously assisting our frontliners in the midst of this crisis,” the Vice President wrote in a post.

Robredo expressed her gratitude to all those who helped her office in supporting the country’s frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 crisis.