291 pupils receive school kits from Red Cross in Lingig Town

By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan

SURIGAO DEL SUR, August 20 (PIA) -- Philippine Red Cross Surigao del Sur (PRC-SDS) Chapter distributed on Monday, August 19, school kits to four barangays in Lingig, the southern tip municipality of this province.

PRC-SDS Chapter officer In-charge Felomina Rivamonte said some 291 pupils received school kits from the identified barangays affected by Typhoon Pablo last December 2012.

The recipients are the Palo Alto Elementary School of Barangay Palo Alto with 101 beneficiaries; Mansailao Elementary School of Barangay Mansailao with 96 beneficiaries; Tigbawan Primary School of Barangay San Roque with 27 beneficiaries; and Tamsian Primary School and Bentigan Primary School of Barangay Pagtilaan with 67 beneficiaries.

Rivamonte said the school kits contain: back-pack; pencil case with ball-pen and pencils; sharpener; eraser; notebooks; paper; color with packs of noodles. Some pupils also received slippers during the distribution.

Rivamonte further said that some residents from these barangays are still on the process of recovery while others are still living in tent houses. (FEA/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)