Troops donate school supplies to schools displaced by Zambo standoff

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 20): Troops donate school supplies to schools displaced by Zambo standoff

Troops from the 13th Light Armor Cavalry Battalion have donated school supplies to selected 100 school children who were among those displaced by the standoff in September in this city.

The selected children-beneficiary are enrolled at the Don Gregorio Evangelista Memorial School (Don GEMS) in Barangay Sta. Catalina, one of the most affected barangays.

13th Light Armor Cavalry Battalion Executive Officer (Ex-O) First Lieutenant Rainer Carlo Jadaone said they have decided to cancel their Christmas Party and utilized the budget allocation to purchase school supplies for the school children.

Jadaone said each of the beneficiaries received a backpack containing ball pens, pencils, writing pads and notebooks, which they distributed Thursday.

Jadaone said they will also donate some more 100 backpacks to children studying at the Salum Elementary School, a Muslim community, in Barangay San Roque, this city.

The 13th Light Armor Cavalry Battalion helped repell the hundreds of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels who occupied the barangays of Kasanyangan, Sta. Catalina, Sta. Barbara, Rio Hondo, and Mariki last September.

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