Mighty Corp, Wong Chu King Foundation selected students for scholarship grants

Mighty Corp, Bulacan based tobacco manufacturer, known for their quality cigarettes. They helps a lot of Filipino people thru their charitable works. via Wong Chu King Foundation.

“Education is known to be a powerful equalizer. It gives children from low-income families a fighting chance to uplift themselves and their families from poverty and lead productive and meaningful lives.”, said Edilberto Adan, Mighty president.

Adan announced the foundation’s recent initiative for educational assistance. They gave out at least 100 college scholarship grants to deserving students, which was distributed to the children of tobacco farmers in Northern Luzon.

He added that the said scholarship program is part of the P10-million joint CSR project of Mighty Corporation and the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives Inc.. It aims to benefit 65,000 farmers in Pangasinan, La Union, Abra, Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.

“This is our way of thanking the farmers for helping to make our company what it is today,” said Adan

“We are happy that Mighty Corporation, through its Wong Chu King Foundation, has stood firm on its commitment to help 65,000 tobacco farmers in the Philippines,” said Mario Cabasal, NAFTAC national president, at the signing, attended by top executives of Mighty and 200 farmer leaders. Currently, they have six high school and 14 college students on scholarship in various schools nationwide.

Meanwhile, Retired judge Oscar Barrientos, the company's executive vice president and spokesman, said the foundation offered scholarships to the dependents of active employees but later expanded the program to include dependents of retired employees of the tobacco company and poor but deserving students with excellent academic record.

“Through this program, we hope to help the farmers and their children become competitive in the global market and earn sustainable incomes,” Barrientos said.