Widus Foundation donates P1.6M school supplies, groceries to Aeta communities
Items, educational toys, grocery packs, hygiene kits, and
CLARK FREEPORT--Widus Foundation Inc. (WFI) along with its partners has recently donatedP1.6millionworthof learning materials and food packs to indigenous communities through its "Para sa
Batang Ayta" project.
The "Para Sa Batang Ayta Project" is an initiative of WFI designed to support, augment, and provide continuous learning to three–five-year-old daycare children in Ayta communities.
WFI partners in the project include the Philippine Amusement
and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Central Luzon, Widus Hotel and Casino Clark and Clark Marriott, together with the Philippine Air ForceAir Defense Command Clark (PAF-CMO), JCI Mabalacat, and local government units ( LGUs) .
A total of 660 individuals from Mabalacat and Angeles City, including those from the municipalities of Porac and Floridablanca, Bamban and Capas, Tarlac benefitted from the project.
Beneficiaries received a box consisting of various school
vitamins.
The donations were repacked, prepared, and distributed by employees of Widus Hotel and Casino, Clark Marriott, and volunteers from PAF and JCI Mabalacat Malasa
Punsalan said he will go around to personally handover the cash gifts and look after the condition of the elderly.
Aside from senior citizens, the mayor said women kagawads of every barangay will also receive cash gifts from the local government.
"But with or without cash gift, we would like to let all Simonian women that we appreciate everything they do for their families, workplaces and the community," he added.