The Aboitiz Group mobilized its Manila and Mindanao-based business units to provide assistance to more than 35,000 individuals affected by the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that hit Mindanao on Oct. 31.
These were distributed in the affected areas of Magsaysay and Binugao Toril in Davao Del Sur and Magpet, Makilala, Tulunan and Kidapawan City in North Cotabato.
AboitizPower, Pilmico and Aboitiz Foundation donated 28,958 packs of relief goods consisting of food packs, hygiene kits, tents and sleeping kits.
“We in the Aboitiz Group work hard to live our core value of responsibility. This inspires us to extend help to our host communities and others in need. We hope that our assistance, in the form of relief packs, will help our brothers and sisters in Mindanao in this time of need,” said Aboitiz Foundation first vice president and chief operating officer Maribeth Marasigan.
The Aboitiz Group’s Apo Agua Infrastructura Inc., one of the first responders to the disaster, immediately distributed water to 34 barangays in Kidapawan City and municipality of Makilala, areas greatly hit by the earthquake. This benefited more than 9,000 displaced families.