The United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) and private partners turned over Wednesday the reconstructed community
stores to 40 beneficiaries whose livelihood were shattered by super typhoon
Yolanda.
USAID, in partnership with Coca Cola and Procter and Gamble
(P&G) aims to restore the supply chain of primal basic commodities and
eventually uplift the livelihood of sari-sari store-owners.
“For over a hundred years of operation, Coca Cola has only a
simple goal... to open happiness. And we found out that the best way to do this
is by helping others,” said Adel Tamano, vice president for public affairs and
communication of Coca Cola Philippines
Beneficiaries of the said project came from the city’s
villages of Utap, Sagkahan, Kalanipawan, Caibaan, V&G Subdivision, Basper
and Tigbao.
“I sincerely thank USAID and its partners for giving us this
blessing because our store was washed out by the typhoon. Driving motorcycle is
our only source of income aside from that,” said Simeon Bucatcat, a
beneficiary.
He added that he is very glad to be one of the beneficiaries
of this project and promises to do his best in improving their lives.
US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg USAID
Mission Director Gloria D. Steele were supposed to lead the turnover, but
missed the event yesterday due to “engine failure” of their private plane
before it took off Manila
USAID’s sari-sari store reconstruction project is being
implemented under the livelihood component of the USD142.5 million USAID
Rebuild Project for the recovery of super tyhpoon Yolanda survivors in central Philippines
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