Mighty Corp, Wong Chu King Foundation initiated Parañaque medical outreach

Mighty Corp's CSR arm, Wong Chu King Foundation had donated medicines needed by the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission Inc. Hospital. In this initiative made by the foundation, it will help boost its medical mission for thousands of poor families living in Paranaque City.

The said foundation which aims to perpetuate the memory of Emmanuel Wong Chu King, philanthropist and patriarch of the Wongchuking family. He reached out to the poor and underprivileged sectors with their nutrition, medical, education and livelihood needs.

Meanwhile, the FOLPMI Hospital was administered by the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres has been extended health care to indigents including ward accommodation since 1984.

“While we continue to give free healthcare and surgical needs to poor families, our hospital also offers very low rates for various medical services for those who can afford to pay,” said Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, FOLPMI president.

FOLPMI Hospital maintains an emergency room, an out-patient department and in-patient services, an operating room, laboratory and radiology services, along with   charity programs for the poor.

“Our founder Mr. WongChuKing always had a soft spot for the poor, especially children,” said James Navarette, general manager of the foundation.

They also funded the Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program of Assisi Development Foundation Inc. and provides the nutritional needs of more than eight million children nationwide.

Other partnerships that Wong Chu King Foundation and Mighty Corp has done for the past months such as the agreement with the University of the Philippines Law Class of 1978 and the Payatas Orione Foundation Inc. for a nutrition program for malnourished children at the Quezon City dump.

According to Maamo, the hospital has recently expanded services for indigent patients. They expanded its services to assist the poor communities and squatter areas in Metro Manila and Cavite City along with the 110 indigenous peoples’ communities of the country.

“Aside from general medical and surgical services, we can now provide ENT care, neurology, orthopedics, pediatric care, pulmonary care, dentistry, cleft and craniofacial care and family medicine, among others,” she said.

Mighty Corp continues to help people by CSR projects

Bulacan-based tobacco manufacturer, Mighty Corp, and Wong Chu King Foundation has been actively helping out a lot of people via the company's corporate social responsibility projects. 

According to Bishop Rodolfo Beltran of San Fernando City, La Union said that he praised on what Mighty and the foundation for helping the church to spread the faith in the Philippines and for prioritizing apostolic works and education in its programs and projects.

He added that the foundation donated to church projects funding the education of poor but deserving students in Lagawe, Bontoc. 

“The parents of these students are low-income farmers producing only for local consumption,” the bishop said. “So you can imagine the positive impact this kind of support has for them.” He lauded the outreach project that the foundation and Mighty launched for 65,000 organized tobacco farmers of Northern Luzon last February.

Under the agreement, Mighty Corp donated to the farmers 16 hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 irrigation pumps worth P1.1 million.

“I’m quite happy about all these projects. It’s a big lift for our farmers, not only in La Union but also the whole of Northern Luzon,” Beltran said. “This is something very beautiful as the hand tractors and water 

pumps encourage our farmers to use modern methods of agriculture.”

The foundation was also commended for the renovation of the Basilica Minore of the Our Lady of Piat Church in Piat, Cagayan in 2012, and the renovation of the Diocesan Shrine of Immaculate Conception in Naic, Cavite last year.

Meanwhile, Auxiliary Ricardo Baccay of Tuguegarao City said about the foundation's work as “a step in the right direction. My diocese, like all dioceses, have serious concerns. If WCKF is out to help schools, putting up libraries is the best form of help it can give.”

“For many years, I have personally known Mrs. Nelia Wong Chu King, WCKF chairman of the board of trustees,” said Archbishop Emeritus Diosdado Talamayan of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao City. “She and her family are great devotees of Our Lady of Piat, and 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.”

Archbishop Rolando Tirona of the Archdiocese of Caceres in Naga City, Camarines Sur, described the Wong Chu Kings as an upright family and said it was “highly uncharacteristic for them to be involved in the illicit trade practices of technical smuggling and tax evasion.”

Mighty Corp changes the lives of tobacco farmers in Northern Luzon

The joint project between Bulacan-based tobacco manufacturer, Mighty Corp and an NGO partnered to uplift the lives of farming families in Northern Luzon.

The said partnership was sealed both Mighty and National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives, Inc. officials. The memorandum of agreement was held last February 8 as officials from Mighty retired general Edilberto P. Adan, retired judge Oscar P. Barrientos, and Mario Cabasal, head of NAFTC.

Meanwhile, Wong Chu King Foundation Inc., Mighty's charitable arm handed over at least 16 units of hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 units of water pumps worth P1.1 million to chapter delegations from seven provinces in Northern Luzon. 

 “We are happy that  Mighty Corporation has stood firm on its commitments to help the 65,000 strong tobacco farmers in the Philippines with their pronouncements this year to purchase 10-million kilograms of tobacco leaves and the P10-million outreach projects for tobacco farmers,” said Cabasal after the agreement was signed by the new partners.

“This is definitely a big help to us, tobacco farmers,” added Cabasal.

Mighty Corp boost the morale of tobacco farmers by gain production

Filipino-owned cigarette manufacturer, Mighty Corp sealed an agreement between local tobacco farmers, and National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives, Inc. last February. The said project which aim to uplift the lives of farming families under the theme, “Sama-sama Tayong Pilipino sa Pagyabong ng Industriya ng Tabako.”

The deal was signed by Mighty Corporation President Edilberto P. Adan and Executive Vice President Oscar P. Barrientos with Mario Cabasal, head of the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives, Inc.. Then, a consultative meeting was held between Mighty executives and 200 tobacco farmer-leaders from Northern Luzon.

They announced a pledge for a P10-million fund for three-pronged programs that will help tobacco farmers produce quality tobacco for the company.

Meanwhile, the said program includes irrigation pumps and tractors for the farmers, sending college students via their scholarship grants and the institutional support for the annual search for outstanding tobacco farmers and cooperatives.

“We are happy that Mighty Corporation has stood firm on its commitments to help the 65,000 strong tobacco farmers in the Philippines with their pronouncements this year to purchase 10-million kilograms of tobacco leaves and the P10-million outreach projects for tobacco farmers,” Cabasal said.

“This is a big help to tobacco farmers,” Cabasal added. He elated over Mighty's initiative to buy at least 10 million kilograms of tobacco leaves.

Mighty Corp’s charitable arm, Wong Chu King Foundation, Inc. turned over 16 units of hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 units of water pumps worth P1.1 million that was distributed to the seven tobacco-producing provinces in Northern Luzon.