FEEDING PROGRAM. Members of the 1st Marine Brigade conduct a feeding program for school children and parents of Pigcalagan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. Women Organization of Rajah Mamalu Descendants as well as non-government and government organizations participated in the event. (Photo courtesy of WORMD)
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao -- More than 500 pupils from Pigcalagan Elementary School in Barangay Pigcalagan here have benefitted from the outreach program conducted jointly by the 1st Marine Brigade, local government officials and non-government organizations on Saturday (September 14).
The activity, held inside the school premises, were parlor games, medical consultation, distribution of hygiene kits, dental kits, school supplies, and a feeding program, according to Aileen Kesa Marie Usob Hualde, executive director of Women Organization of Rajah Mamalu Descendants (WORMD).
The activity was also initiated in partnership with Mayor Shameem Mastura, board member Sharifudin Mastura, the Philippine Dental Association-Cotabato Chapter, the Philippine Pharmacists Association and the Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The beneficiaries were school children and the community surrounding the school.
Marine health providers also extended health services to both pupils and parents, according to Brig. Gen. Eugenio Hernandez, 1st Marine Brigade commander.
“We are ready to serve the needy in whatever way we can,” Hernandez said in the vernacular during the program.
Hernandez, together with the Masturas, vowed to support all activities that will provide the necessary assistance to far-flung communities.
Hualde of WORMD also lauded the Marines for inviting her group to the activity.
“We too are always ready to extend help when our services are needed,” she said.
As an Indigenous Peoples (IP) organization, WORMD is not only serving and helping the IPs but other inhabitants in the locality as well.
WORMD is also promoting the prevention of violence against women and violent extremism.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1080496
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