Police units in Kalinga reach out to indigent families amidst Covid

April 26, 2020 Provincial

CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, Apr. 22 (PIA) -The Kalinga Provincial Police Office (KPPO) together with other Philippine National Police (PNP) units reach out to identified poor families affected by the COVID19 pandemic thru the “Adopt an Indigent Family” (Kapwa Ko, Sagot Ko) program.

Provincial PNP Director PCol Job Russel Balaquit said the “Adopt an Indigent Family” campaign is intended to augment the daily basic needs of indigent families until the lifting of the extended Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).

This program is an initiative of Chief PNP PGen Archie Francisco Feranil Gamboa to help those who are in need during the quarantine period.

As of April 20, 31 less fortunate families were given food packs, assorted groceries and cash by the provincial police office, the different municipal police stations and mobile forces.

The Provincial Headquarter adopted 4 families, Tabuk City Police Station (CPS) – 5 families; Lubuagan Municipal Police Station (MPS), Pinukpuk MPS, Tinglayan MPS, and Pasil MPS adopted one family each; Tanudan MPS, 1st Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force Company (KPMFC), and Rizal MPS with two families each; Balbalan MPS – 3 families; and 2nd KPMFC adopted 9 families in their respective areas of responsibility.

Meanwhile, the 1503rd Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15 (RMFB) under PCpt. John Paul Colangan has adopted four poor families, and expanding.

“To serve more poor families, we are partnering with other groups. So today (April 21), in partnership with the St. William’s Academy Batch ’98, we are distributing relief goods to 183 poor families in the Eastern barangays of this city (Agbannawag, Lacnog, and Malalao), Colangan said.

On April 22, they target to distribute to about 200 families in the barangays of Laya East, Balong, Bulo and Sitio Mapaoay. The 1503rd MC-RMFB 15 was the first police unit to implement the humanitarian program “Kapwa Ko, Sagot Ko” last month in the province.

“Through giving, we show compassion and value to our less fortunate members of our society,” Balaquit said adding the program hopes to inspire well-off families to share their blessings to help the less fortunate.

JDP/PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga