Metrobank, through its corporate social responsibility arm, Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), immediately responded to the call for relief assistance to cater to families displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano. Under its disaster relief and response program dubbed as “Helping Hands”, a total of P2.6 million was allocated, of which a portion of it was coursed through the network of Metrobank branches in South Luzon for them to implement immediate relief efforts.

On January 21, more than 1,700 families in select affected municipalities in the provinces of Batangas and Cavite were reached out.

A total of 783 families in select evacuation centers were given relief assistance in the province of Batangas, particularly in Batangas City, San Luis, and Bauan. On the other hand, 900 families from Mendez, Alfonso, and Dasmariñas City were also given the same assistance in the province of Cavite. The assistance was in the form of food items, hygiene kits, sleeping mats and blankets.

The distribution was held in partnership with the Batangas Police Provincial Office, Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group, the Philippine Marine Corps, Department of Social Welfare and Development and local government units.

The rest of the donation was coursed through the Philippine STAR’s corporate social responsibility arm Operation Damayan and the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation. MBFI also provided financial support for a soup kitchen to be implemented by Manila Broadcasting Company DZRH’s Operation Tulong in the coming weeks.

MBFI remains responsive to aid survivors of natural calamities through relief and rehabilitation efforts.

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