The Department of Education mobilizes its employess for relief work. Its personnel and emergency employees in the Central Office are to promptly respond to the needs of its teachers, non-teaching personnel and pupils who suffered the brunt of Typhoon Ondoy.
“The spirit of ‘damayan’ is alive and well at the department where various school divisions not affected by the devastation were quick to launch and send relief goods to the National Capital Region,” Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said. He further adds, “This is ‘bayanihan’ or sense of community that we are talking about inside the classroom. Now we are seeing its concrete expression through these various expressions of compassion.”
DepEd is currently preparing some 10,000 bags of relief goods consisting of rice, milk, coffee, canned goods and basic toiletries.
DepEd is also tapping its private sector partners for possible donation of basic necessities. (DepEd)