Tzu Chi`s environmental protection programs, reaches Rizal Province

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Tzu Chi’s environmental protection programs,
reaches Rizal Province
A memorandum of agreement (MOA)
was signed between Rizal Governor
Casimiro Ynares III and Tzu Chi
Philippines chief executive officer
Alfredo Li on the matter.
by Lineth Brondial
September 16 proved to be a significant date for
all Rizaleños as the day marked their initiative to
save Mother Earth through recycling.
The agreement stipulates that active community participation is vital to make
this program a success and to achieve its goal of mitigating the effects of any
calamities that would occur.
In 2010, Tzu Chi founder Master Cheng Yen again asked the people to be
more cautious against any calamities. She said people should continue
caring for the environment to avoid a repeat of the ruinous effects of Typhoon
Ondoy in 2009.
The organization’s cash-for-work scheme that began in Marikina has set a
higher ground for people to develop environmental awareness, aside from
the fact that it provided livelihood to many Marikeños.
Witnessing the impact of the cash-for-work program, Master Cheng Yen
resolved to maintain and even augment the number of recycling volunteers
in the country to 10,000.
“The partnership will be able to help
our local government units to comply with the provisions of Republic Act
9003,” said Governor Ynares.
Ynares said that although the provincial government is trying to comply
with the provisions of the law, some municipalities in the province lack the
means to address environmental issues particularly on waste segregation
and recycling.
Knowing the crucial role of every family in the reduction of garbage, Tzu
Chi volunteers promote cleanliness and help the people know about waste
segregation.
Through this, the foundation hoped that they would develop the sense of
responsibility among people to turn garbage into gold and gold into loving
hearts. From the funds obtained from the collected recyclables, Tzu Chi
implements humanitarian projects to spread the goodness to those in need.
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The Tzu Chi
Foundation
has mobilized
in
Marikina
alone around
300 recycling
volunteers who
are regularly
v i s i t i n g
schools
and
communities in
the city.
Secondary to
the projected
result of the
agreement is the compliance of the
Rizal Provincial Government with
Republic Act 9003, otherwise known
as Solid Waste Management Act.
Witnessed by 14 Rizal mayors, Governor Casimiro Ynares III (seated, second
from left), first district Representative Joel Duavit, Tzu Chi chief executive officer
(CEO) Alfredo Li and Mrs. Linda Chua, ink a memorandum of agreement that
would push for the environmental awareness campaign in the province.
After learning about Tzu Chi Foundation’s recycling program, participants in the
September 16 meeting are amazed at how a shirt was made using a plastic bottle.
Tzu Chi Express
Edition 18, November 2011
Helping Disaster Victims of Typhoon Pedring
From September 28 to October 3, 2011, volunteers from the international
humanitarian group Tzu Chi Foundation visit and give out relief packages
to thousands of typhoon victims in Metro Manila and nearby areas. Each
relief package contained breads, biscuits, clothes, thermal blankets and
other things that they could use when they stayed at evacuation centers.
Typhoon Pedring (international codename: Nesat) battered Luzon and left
several areas particularly in Manila, Navotas and Cainta and San Mateo
in Rizal flooded. This forced the affected families to leave their places and
stay at evacuation centers.
Floods also hit Calumpit, Bulacan and a large part of Pampanga and
affected thousands of families there.
The foundation
again distributed
relief packages
2,296 typhoonstricken families
from Barangays
San Miguel and
Meysulao also
in Calumpit on
October 18.
Reports said that flooding in Bulacan and Pampanga was aggravated
when authorities released water from the dams due to threats posed by
the typhoon.
The
same
activity was also
held on October
22 and 24 for
the
typhoon
victims in Barangays San Miguel and Gatbuca in the town.
On October 13, 2011, Tzu Chi held another relief activity for more than
4,000 families from Calumpit, Bulacan who were victims of floodwaters.
For more information about Tzu Chi Foundation’s relief activities, please
visit www.tzuchi.org.ph
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Meanwhile, the Rizal provincial chief executive thanked the Tzu Chi
Foundation’s concern to his constituents saying that the province has
benefited a lot from the organization’s humanitarian efforts.
Ynares recounted the overwhelming aid that Tzu Chi provided them in the
As a token of appreciation to the attendees, participants including
Rizal first district Representative Joel Duavit receive Jing Si
Aphorism (Still Thoughts) of Master Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu Chi
Foundation.
aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy in their province. The foundation gave a free
cataract operation to at least 160 Rizaleños during the 110th anniversary of
Rizal in June this year.
Also present in the MOA signing were Rizal first district Representative Joel
Roy Duavite and the 14 mayors in the province.
Prior to the province of Rizal, Tzu Chi also forged partnership with the Marikina
City Government and Barangay
Soccoro in Quezon City regarding
the campaign for environmental
protection.
About 40 participants, including government officials and local
media practitioners, listen to Tzu Chi Philippines chief executive
officer Alfredo Li as he introduces the foundation and its missions
on September 16 during the Rizal Mayors’ League meeting.
Tzu Chi’s partnership with various
local government units (LGUs)
is aimed at widening the scope
of its environmental protection
program. The LGUs initiated
the partnership after seeing Tzu
Chi volunteers’ dedication in
collecting recyclables around
their community and propagating
the knowledge on environmental
protection.