ANGELES CITY The city government has started a donation drive for the benefit of typhoon “Paeng” victims.
To jumpstart the donation drive, Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr., allocated 500,000 from the Mayor’s Office fund for the procurement of hygiene kits and diapers for the typhoon victims.
Lazatin also donated 50,000 from his own salary for the procurement of canned goods.
Lazatin’s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas and Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel gave a personal financial donation of 25,000.
"In our own capacities also, we would like to extend a helping hand to our kababayans severely affected by the typhoon," Lazatin said.
The city mayor is calling for donations from Angeleños in kind, which may be turned over to the City Social Welfare Development Office led by Edna Duaso.
This is not the first time Lazatin sent help to disaster-hit areas in the country in the past.
On December 2019, the city handed over relief goods and a cash donation of 500,000 each to 10 municipalities in North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Davao Del Sur, which were severely affected by the strong successive earthquakes in October.
In addition, last January and February 2021, the city government sent 3 truckloads of relief goods and hygiene kits and 3 passenger vehicles carrying a medical team, social workers, and volunteers to the municipalities of Tuy and Balayan, and City of Lipa in Batangas, and City of Legazpi in Albay, to the families who were greatly affected by the recent eruption of Taal Volcano and Typhoon Tisoy, respectively.
In November 2021, the city government sent food packs worth 2 million to 4,000 families in Cagayan and Isabela severely affected by typhoon Ulysses.
In December 2021, the "Saup Angeleños para kareng Bisayanon”, which was also a donation drive for the victims of Typhoon Odette garnered 220,000 worth of canned goods, 40,000 for diapers, ?200,000 for bottles of drinking water, 40,000 for packs of sanitary napkins, and 20,000 pieces for soap and toothpaste.
Lazatin also allocated ?500,000 from the city’s calamity fund for the procurement of the said assistance. He also donated ?50,000 from his salary for additional canned goods, while Calaguas and Executive Assistant Manuel also gave a personal financial donation of 25,000.