Light for Typhoon Nina victims
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KPMG
R.G. Manabat & Co. (KPMG RGM&Co.), the Philippine member firm of KPMG
International, recently conducted a donation drive and relief and rehabilitation
operations for the benefit of Typhoon Nina victims in the Bicol region. The firm
partnered with JLo Big Heart Foundation, Inc., a DSWD-accredited non-profit
organization based in Pili, Camarines Sur.
Light for Typhoon Nina
victims
KPMG
RGM&Co., its partners, principals, and employees contributed cash to
purchase 500 rechargeable solar lamps and shelter rehabilitation kits
consisting of basic construction materials to help build homes of families in
the affected areas. The firm’s tax partner and people, performance, and culture
department head Maria Myla S. Maralit, together with senior manager Joselle
Anne Marie G. Sanchez and volunteer employees, joined volunteers from JLo Big
Heart Foundation, Inc., headed by Ms. Mariefe N. Maralit, to distribute the
lamps and shelter rehabilitation kits to affected families in San Roque
Communal, Ocampo, Camarines Sur; Rotary Village Community, Pili Camarines Sur;
and Bagong Sirang, Pili, Camarines Sur. Other beneficiaries include affected
families in Saguring and San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur.
A total
of 510 families were beneficiaries of rechargeable solar lamps, ten of which
were recipients of shelter rehabilitation kits. Two hundred lamps were also
given to affected families in Bato, Catanduanes through Mayor Leo Rodriguez.
Typhoon
Nina struck the Bicol Region last year affecting a total of 446,496 families.
The donation drive and relief and rehabilitation activity is part of KPMG
RGM&Co.’s corporate social responsibility program.
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