November 11, 2024
Angelo King Foundation gives P1M to Tzu Chi’s calamity relief efforts
By Joy Rojas
Angelo King Foundation, Inc. (AKFI) presented Tzu Chi Philippines with a donation for P1 million for the foundation’s ongoing relief efforts for survivors of Typhoon Kristine (Trami). The group, led by AKFI President Teddy Kingsu, turned over the check on November 7 at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Campus (BTCC) in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
Tzu Chi Philippines CEO Henry Yuñez warmly received Kingsu and company at a vegetarian lunch held at BTCC’s café. Also at the lunch was Tzu Chi Taiwan CEO Po-wen Yen, who was in the country to give talks during Tzu Chi Philippines’ Diligence Camp, four days of in-depth lectures and sharing by and for Tzu Chi volunteers.
AKFI’s generous donation is the latest showing of support from the humanitarian, non-government organization whose namesake is the respected philanthropist and businessman. In 2022, it donated funds to facilitate Tzu Chi’s relief operations for families in Bohol, Cebu, and Southern Leyte affected by Typhoon Odette (Rai). Months later, AKFI turned over 50 bicycles, which Tzu Chi volunteers awarded to select scholars and livelihood beneficiaries. Residents of Tzu Chi Great Love Village Palo in Leyte are grateful to AKFI for providing the resources to put up the village’s multipurpose hall and livelihood training center.
“Our foundation focuses on four areas: livelihood, education, health, and well-being,” says Kingsu. “Tzu Chi is very well organized and in line with our [advocacies]. We have the same direction in helping people.”
Tzu Chi Bicol volunteers recently completed a rice distribution program in barangays Bula and Baao, Camarines Sur. In Bula, 2,476 beneficiaries each received a 10-kilo sack of rice, while in Baao, 737 beneficiaries each claimed a 10-kilo sack of rice.
As of this writing, volunteers are conducting rice relief distributions in the municipalities of Milaor and Nabua.
Angelo King Foundation, Inc. President Teddy Kingsu (fourth from right) and AKFI representatives Joaquin Sy, Sheila D. Kingsu, and Kyla D. Kingsu (first, second, and third from right) present a donation of P1 million to Tzu Chi Philippines CEO Henry Yuñez (fifth from left), Tzu Chi Taiwan CEO Po-wen Yen (fourth from left), and volunteers. The donation will support Tzu Chi’s ongoing rice relief distribution for survivors of Typhoon Kristine (Trami).
Angelo King Foundation, Inc. President Teddy Kingsu (third from right) shakes hands with Tzu Chi Taiwan CEO Po-wen Yen at a lunch held at the Tzu Chi café.
Generous donors like Angelo King Foundation, Inc. allow Tzu Chi volunteers to procure basic necessities for calamity victims. These sacks of rice were distributed to families in barangays Sagrada and Salvacion in the Municipality of Bula, Camarines Sur.
Survivors of Typhoon Kristine (Trami) line up outside a church in Barangay San Roque, Bula, Camarines Sur, to each claim a 10-kilo sack of rice from Tzu Chi volunteers.
A woman carries a 10-kilo sack of rice she received from Tzu Chi volunteers during a distribution for survivors of Typhoon Kristine (Trami) organized outside a church in San Roque, Bula, Camarines Sur.
Tzu Chi Bicol volunteers and local volunteers of Camarines Sur are all smiles after successful rice relief distributions in barangays Sagrada, Salvacion, San Roque, San Jose, and San Miguel in Bula, Camarines Sur.