Mighty Corp, Wong Chu King Foundation cited for their charitable works

Mighty Corp, a Filipino owned tobacco manufacturer known for the quality cigarettes in the country has been cited over their charitable works. 

With the help of their foundation, Wong Chu King Foundation which prioritized Catholic education in its programs and projects.

According to Bishop Rodolfo Beltran of San Fernando City said Mighty Corp and its humanitarian armdonated to church projects and funded the education of poor students in Lagawe, Bontoc. 

“The parents of these students are low-income farmers producing only for local consumption. You can imagine the positive impact this kind of support has for them,” Beltran said.

The foundation also renovated the churches in the Visayas region, the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Piat Church in Piat, Cagayan in 2012 and the Diocesan Shrine of Immaculate Conception in Naic, Cavite last year.

Auxiliary Bishop Ricardo Baccay of Tuguegarao City said that Wong Chu King and Mighty's good deeds as a step in the direction ... if Wong Chu King is out to help schools, putting up libraries is the best form of help it can give.

Meanwhile, Archbishop emeritus Diosdado Talamayan of Archdiocese of Tuguegarao City said: “I have personally known Mrs. Nelia Wong Chu King, chariman of the board of trustees of the foundation. She and her family are great devotees of Our Lady of Piat. They have erected a chapel in Malolos City, Bulacan, dedicated to Our Lady of Piat, which was blessed by many Bishops led by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales in 2012.”