An enduring journey with the Rotary Club of Pasay Cybercity

Read our BALITANG AKAPBATA Newsblog for September-October 2006

http://balitang-akapbata-sept-oct2006.blogspot.com

and the newsblog for July-August 2006

http://balitang-akapbata-jul-aug2006.blogspot.com/


Beneficiaries showing off packs of dental care products donated by the Pasay Rotary District 3819

PASAY City’s gleaming new commercial areas stand in stark contrast to the stubborn legacy of urban blight in the pockets of poverty that persist in its inner slum dwellings. This is the development challenge that civic minded citizens such as the Rotarians take on in their commitment to live out their Four-Way Test admonitions.

Mindful of their corporate social responsibilities, the intrepid stalwarts of the Rotary Club of Psaay CyberCity District 3810 took themselves to task in seeking community development partnership with the nonprofit service provider Akap Bata.

It began with baby steps in 2003 when the Rotarians scrabbled together resources to extend medical and dental missions in the depressed sections of Maricaban, where the people have been organizing themselves in a self-help organization Kapit Bisig Association or KBA. The partnership progressed to major repairs of the KBA child care center, occasional feeding projects and gift-giving and field trips to the Star City during Christmas.



The Rotary District 3801 under the district’s new president Jojo Cipriano has recently pledged to continue its commitment to the children of Pasay City. The proposed assistance package offered includes computers, additions to the child care center, a nutrition project and health checkups. KBA President Jesus Fernandez was also named the Rotary Community Partner Organization.