• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
About 300 children living in the slum areas of Brgy. Tangub in Bacolod City, were the latest recipients of a charitable act of the Ma. Teresa Charity Foundation Incorporated, more than five years after it was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Its founder, Maria Teresa Taganile, hosted on March 15 a gift-giving activity to 300 children living in slum areas of Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City.
The children-beneficiaries, who got new slippers, toys, free lunch, were also entertained by a Jollibee mascot, after participating in a series of games.
Taganile, who is also the sister general of the Order of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, said that aside from gift-giving activities, the foundation is also engaged in helping churches, orphanages, providing scholarships to deserving students, especially those in the hinterland areas, and conducting medical missions, among others.
On February 8, the foundation, in tandem with volunteer doctors and nurses, also conducted a medical mission and gift giving at St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, with more than 200 persons availing of it.
The beneficiaries are those who are incapable of paying their hospital bills, or even buying their medical maintenance, and those who cannot pay for a doctor’s consultation.
The Maria Teresa Charity Foundation Inc. recently assisted in the repair and maintenance of the St. Ezekiel Morano Reliquarium at the monastery in Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City, which is now open to the public for viewing.
With all God’s blessings given to her and family, Taganile said she wants to give back, especially to the poorest of the poor, which she has been doing for more than three decades now.
Aside from sending deserving children to high school and college, even in private schools, with the assistance of Angkop (Answering Cry of the Poor) – Canada, an international organization, Taganile said they are helping their parents, through livelihood assistance, in order to uplift their lives.
The Kenneth Construction and General Merchandize assisted the foundation on its latest outreach program in Bacolod City.
In recognition of the charitable activities, which has spanned decades, Taganile, who represented her foundation, was presented with an Episcopal Award by the Diocese of Kabankalan in December last year, at the new St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Brgy. Talubangi, Kabankalan City.*
