M a uso istributes school su lies to stu ents
n line with the opening of the school year, GMA Kapuso oundation, the sociocivic arm of GMA etwork, made the rounds in different parts of the country to distribute backpacks complete with school supplies via its long- standing Unang Hakbang Sa Kinabukasan project.
Compared to last year, the project even increased its number of beneficiaries from ,000 to ,000 grade one students this 01 . istribution to 1, schools nationwide took place all throughout May until the first week of June.
ur hope is to continuously e pand the reach of the project and e tend help to more underprivileged students particularly in far-flung provinces,” shared GMA Kapuso oundation VP and C Mel iangco.
he oundation visited a total of provinces in uzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the CR Bulacan, aguna, Rizal, Cavite, Pangasinan, locos orte, riental Mindoro, Abra, Camarines ur, Camarines orte, Palawan, ambales, uirino, Aurora, Benguet, loilo, Anti ue, eyte, Aklan, Cebu, Bohol, avao del orte, anao del orte, anao del ur, orth Cotabato, amboanga, amboanga ibugay, Maguindanao, ultan Kudarat, avao riental, as well as uezon City, Caloocan, avotas and Valenzuela.
aunched in 199 , the project aims to motivate students to put greater value on education by addressing the lack of basic learning materials, which is considered to be one of the primary reasons behind the high rate of drop out among elementary students.
ts partners include the epartment of ducation’s Bureau of lementary ducation, ver Gotesco, and Go ong oundation.