Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Alexander Balutan said on Tuesday the agency had donated P10-million financial assistance to Philippine Red Cross to further enhance its programs and services, especially in times of calamities and disasters.
“This will benefit the National Blood Services of PRC. We hope that with this support, the PCSO through the Philippine Red Cross, shall be able to extend its services to even more Filipinos in the performance of its mandate to raise and provide funds to strengthen the health and welfare programs of the government,” said Balutan.
The grant was received by PRC chairman Senator Richard Gordon, which was witnessed by PRC’s Board of Governors, Secretary General Elizabeth Zavalla, PCSO chairman Anselmo Simeon Pinili, PCSO board of directors, and PCSO and PRC officers and staff.
“We all know that PCSO and PRC have been in the forefront in providing assistance to our countrymen especially those who have less in life. We have become partners in these endeavors because we both recognize each other’s contribution in making the lives of the Filipino better through our various programs in the fields of social, medical, and health services,” said Balutan.
The grant was given by PCSO under the Institutional Partnership Program which aims to augment the financial resources of institutions engaged in welfare and charity services with emphasis on medical and health needs of its beneficiaries.
“We all know PRC’s effort in providing safe and quality blood, which has benefitted many of our poor countrymen. Even more remarkable is PRC’s effort on the education and promotion of voluntary blood donation, donor recruitment, retention and care, blood collection, testing, processing, and blood issuance through its network of 82 blood service facilities nationwide,” said Balutan.
For the first semester of 2018, PCSO has approved P35,475,050 worth of financial assistance under the IPP that benefitted 20 institutions White Cross Children’s Home, Laura Vicuna Foundation, Inc., Hospicio De San Jose, Cribs Philippines, Inc., Kadiwa sa Pagkapari Foundation, Inc., Reception and Study Center for Children, Nazareth Home for Children, Tahanang Mapagpala ng Immaculada Concepcion, Casa Dei Bambini San Guiseppe Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Sta. Ana-San Joaquin Bahay Ampunan, and Golden Acres-Haven for the Elderly.
The IPP also benefitted the Orphanage of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Western Samar Development Foundation, Inc., SOS Children Village, Balay Silonganan Home for Street Children, Gesu Eucaristo Children’s Inc., Bahay ni San Jose Orphanage, Inc., Taw Kabui for a Child, Inc. Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and Por Cristo Fondation, Inc. Home of the Abandoned Elderly.
These institutions are government offices and non-government offices e.g. orphanage, halfway house for elderly and the abandoned located at the National Capital Region, Regions 3, 4, 5, and 8 and CARAGA.