CitySavings heeds DepEd’s call to help Marawi learners
At the turnover of school supplies and hygiene kits for Marawi learners to DepEd are (from left) DepEd project development officer Zeny Lastimoza, CitySavings reputation management head Paula Ruelan, DepEd director IV Dr. Margarita Ballesteros, DepEd asst. secretary Tonisito Umali, CitySavings president and CEO Catalino Abacan, and CitySavings board member Carlos Valarao.
MANILA, Philippines - Early this month, City Savings Bank (CitySavings) turned over 200 school and hygiene kits to the Department of Education (DepEd) at DepEd Complex, Pasig City in response to a call for assistance to school children displaced by hostilities in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.
“We understand that access to school supplies and hygiene kits can be difficult nowadays with the situation in Marawi, and so it is our hope that these items would alleviate some of the needs in order for the students to learn and focus on their studies better. Who knows that our emerging leaders will come from these young Marawi students,” said CitySavings president and CEO Catalino Abacan during the turnover.
“CitySavings will continue to support DepEd in providing basic and quality education services for our public school children,” he added.
In response, DepEd assistant secretary for legislative affairs and partnerships and external linkages Tonisito Umali said, “We thank CitySavings for being a partner of DepEd since 2008 on various multi-intervention projects. This donation of 200 sets of school supplies and hygiene kits will surely be appreciated by our Marawi learners and will contribute to a semblance of normalcy in their learning environment.”
DepEd director IV for external partnerships service Dr. Margarita Ballesteros reiterated DepEd’s gratitude thus: “DepEd is grateful for the prompt response of CitySavings to help our Muslim brothers and sisters in Marawi. The donation will surely help the students who are now in the evacuation areas. Thank you CitySavings for the love offering.”
The school supplies include notebooks, pad papers, ruler, sharpener, glue, scissors and crayons placed inside a plastic envelope while the hygiene kits include toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo and soap.
To date, there are an estimated 6,289 displaced learners from 69 public schools in the Marawi area.
DepEd has taken various efforts to tap private organizations and foundations to provide assistance to Marawi school children, teaching and non-teaching personnel in the form of school supplies, medicine kits, first aid kits, hygiene kits, bed mats, raincoats, slippers and halal certified food and beverages as well as materials for temporary learning spaces such as tents and tarpaulins.
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