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SLFP officially joins the clean-up of Pasig River
ANILA, Philippines - Insurance company Sun Life Financial and officials of the ABS-CBN Foundation yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will facilitate the continuous clean-up of the Pasig River as well as development of communities surrounding it.
Gina Lopez, managing director of ABS-CBN Foundation, receives from Sun Life officials a check worth P9.7 million for housing units to be built in Laguna. Also in photo are (from left) Raffy Alunan, chairman, Lopez Group Foundation; Carmina Aragon, project director, ABS-CBN Foundation; Oscar Lopez, chairman, Knowledge Channel Foundation; Stephan Rajotte, president, Sun Life Financial Asia; Rizalina Mantaring, president, Sun Life Financial Phils.; Mike Manuel, Gregory Martin, trustees, Sun Life Financial Phils. Foundation; and Eduardo Salem, executive director, Sun Life Financial Inc.
A check in the amount of P9.7 million was turned over by Sun Life officials to ABS-CBN executives as they vowed to donate 580 housing units to be built in their environment-friendly village called "The Legacy of Light Village" in "Bayanijuan sa Calauan" in Laguna.
"Bayanijuan sa Calauan" is the official resettlement site of Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig (KBPIP) formally launched last February.
Sun Life Financial Philippines Foundation executive director Eduardo Salem said that construction of the houses will be completed over five years.
"Sun Life will fund 114 houses for this year as they celebrate their 114th anniversary, 115 houses for their 115th celebration next year, and so on, until we have donated a total of 580 housing units," Salem explained.
Starting June, KBPIP has begun the regular relocation of families living near the banks of Estero de Paco, the initial focus of KBPIP’s efforts. To date, 430 families have been relocated to Bayanijuan sa Calauan from Estero de Paco.
Sun Life also committed to raise resources for green technology such as solar panels, rainwater harvesting, materials recovery facility and other similar features.
Read the rest of the article through the Philippine Star News Service.
