VEGETABLE stakeholders from Benguet are aiding fellow Cordillerans hit by typhoons.
Close to six tons of Benguet highland vegetables were donated to Apayao province affected by typhoons Ramon and Sarah.
Augusta Balanoy of the League of Associations said the donation is part of their yearly outreach program that usually coincides with the annual Christmas party of the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post, with members deciding to aid their brothers and sisters in Apayao that was affected by past typhoons.
Assorted vegetables like potatoes, carrots, wombok, cabbage, zucchini, cauliflower, tomatoes, and non-vegetables such as clothes, hygienic rice and more than P20,000 cash to purchase rice donated by members of League of Associations in Benguet capital town of La Trinidad.
The load of vegetables was sent Monday, December 2, in coordination with La Trinidad Municipal Police Station, Benguet Provincial Police Office, Police Regional Office Cordillera and Department of Public Works and Highways in the region.
Police Major Roldan Cabatan, La Trinidad chief of police, said the vegetables reached the province early morning of Tuesday, December 3, and was turned over to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Apayao in charge to take the donation to beneficiaries.
Previously, Apayao was placed under state of calamity last month through a resolution of the Provincial Board of Apayao following two deaths recorded. The League of Associations of La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post composed of more than 10 associations including different stakeholders from the vegetable industry.
It is one of the biggest vegetable trading area in the Benguet town together with Benguet Agri-Pinoy Trading Center all found in La Trinidad that provides vegetables to different markets in Manila and different parts of the country.