AC Health President and CEO Paolo Borromeo led the #BrigadangAyalaKaakay food distribution at Our Lady of La Paz Parish in Flordeliz, Makati. With him were Generika Drugstore President & CEO Yet Abarca and QualiMed Health Network President & CEO Jimmy Ysmael.
#BrigadangAyalaKaakay provides 12-week’s supply of rice, fresh vegetables, canned goods, and bread to 10,000 families across Metro Manila.
“AC Health is delighted to support #BrigadangAyalaKaakay, which targets those who lost their jobs and sources of income during the pandemic. We are inspired by the stories of resilience we heard from our beneficiaries today. We are very happy that we were able to augment their needs through this program,” Borromeo said.
Punzalan, a beneficiary of Kaakay, said the weekly food supply enabled her to save up and buy time as her husband was looking for a job. “Ngayon kasi, nagbubukas na uli ‘yong mga construction site. Sobrang laking pasasalamat namin sa Kaakay dahil hindi kami nagutom noong mga panahong walang trabaho ang asawa ko,” she said. “Masaya po talaga kami dahil parang nabigyan kami ng fresh start,” she added.
Abalos, also a Kaakay beneficiary, meanwhile said senior citizens like herself are thankful for drugstores like Generika, where they can buy affordable yet effective medicines, vitamins, and food supplements.
“Hindi naman kailangang mahal ang gamot. Ang importante, abot-kaya at mabisa,” she said. “Dahil sa sariwang gulay mula sa Kaakay at sa vitamins ng Generika, malusog kami sa pamilya. At siyempre, nandiyan palagi iyong dasal, kaya walang nagkakasakit.”
“Sabi ko nga, ‘di ba? Rosary at vitamin C,” she quipped.
