The Iglesia Ni Cristo has donated 3,000 cavans of rice and 1,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the local government of Manila through Mayor Isko Moreno, who expressed gratitude for the “much needed assistance in this continuing time of need of the City” during the extended community quarantine.
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno thanked the INC for its “continuing generosity and selflessness,” adding that he was assured by Church officials that more assistance would be forthcoming.
INC General Auditor Glicerio B. Santos Jr., speaking on behalf of the Church, said that Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo’s directive to “lead efforts at helping the national government, LGUs, public and private health institutions as well as citizen’s groups in their respective drives to combat the Covid-19 virus.
“We have been proactive in our assistance and relief efforts from the beginning of the quarantine period in March. The INC is fully committed to continue and intensify its efforts especially now that we need an extra push to flatter curve,” Santos, Jr. said.
The homegrown Filipino church has also provided one thousand pieces (1,000) PPEs and a thousand gallons of disinfectant to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute worth P2-M last April to improve the government hospital’s capacity at combatting the corona virus.
The INC has likewise donated 5 million pesos to the Quezon City local government for Covid-19 related relief as well as 3 Million pesos to the LGU of Davao City on top of earlier equipment donations to various QC hospitals.
Santos Jr. explained that they have closely coordinated with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for the use of the Philippine Arena, the Philippine Sports Stadium and various facilities inside the Ciudad de Victoria in Bocaue, Bulacan as a “mega facility” for centralized medical operations by the government, especially for returning OFWs who are undergoing mandatory quarantine procedures.
“We’re all in this together. The fight against Covid-19 will be quicker and more effective with concrete and coordinated efforts. The INC, from the start, chose to be part of the solution instead of being part of the burden and problem to the government,” the INC official said.