RCBC Bankard cardholders donate P3.35M worth of rewards to NGOs

SEVERAL nongovernment organizations (NGOs) have received P3.35 million for assistance to frontliners and depressed communities affected by Covid-19 after RCBC Bankard enabled the voluntary donation of reward points.

Since the lockdown, RCBC Bankard credit cardholders donated a total of 13, 400, 800 reward points worth P3,350,200.

These were donated to RCBC Bankard partner NGOs such as the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Gawad Kalinga, SOS Children’s Village and Alfonso Yuchengco (AY) Foundation.

Majority of the donations went to PRC with P1, 899, 900 that was used to build 41 medical tents and two molecular laboratories in Metro Manila.

These were also used to provide personal protective equipment, hot meals, face masks and hygiene kits to frontliners and patients.

Moreover, SOS Children’s Village received P622, 600 for the delivery of food, vitamins and hygiene kits to abandoned and neglected children in other children’s villages in Calbayog, Iloilo and Tacloban.

Gawad Kalinga’s WalangIwanan, WalangHawaan # BayanihanKontraCovid19 operation received P546,900 that was used in providing hope gift packs to 4,060 families from the most vulnerable communities in Metro Manila and Mindanao.

The remaining P280, 800 went to AY Foundation for hospital beds in Butuan Medical Center’s isolation and quarantine facility and for N95 masks for Carmona Hospital and Medical Center in Cavite.

Cardholders may earn reward points from credit card purchases, and they can donate their accumulated points to their chosen NGO partners.