JHMC helps Trinidad orphans

Monday, June 6, 2011

JOHMN Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) launched its Oplan Pera sa Basura and gained P30,000 in cash for trash last week, which went to Valley orphans.

JHMC sold the contents of its materials recovery facility (MRF) consisting of scrap papers, cartons, empty ink cartridges, plastic and glass bottles, and metal scraps.

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The money was used to buy baby milk formula, children’s milk supplements, diapers, chocolate drinks, baby milk baths, shampoos, bath soaps, toothbrushes, eggs, and biscuits.

JHMC management and staff went to the Reception and Center for Children (RSCC) June 2 with Acting Operations Group Manager Ulysses D. Gaerlan to turn over the items.

The RSCC strives to create an alternative home and family to children who have been abandoned, dependent, neglected and abused. It plans and arranges for the appropriate placement of the children, such as the reintegration with family, foster care, domestic and inter-country adoption and residential care.

The RSCC-CAR currently has 34 children in its care, 15 of whom are 0-2 years old, 12 are 3-5 years old, and 7 are 6-12 years old. Sixteen children are available for adoption proceedings.

JHMC, a wholly government owned and controlled corporation and subsidiary of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), is the administrator of the John Hay Special Economic Zone and steward of the John Hay Forest Reservation. Apart from its main functions, JHMC is committed to serve the less fortunate sectors of society through programs, such as its Oplan Pera sa Basura. (Maria Elena Catajan)