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AFP Mobile Kitchen feeds families in Quezon City
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) through its Mobile Kitchen project provided hot meals for lunch and dinner to individuals and families in need at Barangay Socorro, Quezon City on Thursday, April 29.
“The AFP Mobile Kitchen is one of our soldiers’ humanitarian actions to help and provide assistance to our less fortunate kababayans as our nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,” AFP Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana said.
A total of 3,000 food packs were given to Camp Aguinaldo’s immediate neighbors during noon and evening meals. The beneficiaries which included street sweepers, pedicab drivers, and families living in nearby slums were identified by the Socorro Local Government Unit.
The AFP has been conducting community-based efforts through the Kapwa Ko Sagot Ko campaign since the pandemic started in March of last year. It seeks to alleviate the plight of poor communities greatly affected by the pandemic.
The AFP Mobile Kitchen as part of this campaign is staffed by soldiers with culinary training while civilian volunteers help in the preparation of meals. It is the asset’s first operation under the newly-activated AFP Logistics Support Command led by Brigadier General Fernando Felipe.
The project is a joint undertaking of the AFP Civil Relations Service, Joint Task Force-NCR, and the AFP Quartermaster General. The 7th Civil Relations Group and 11th Civil Military Operations Battalion provided manpower as personnel from the Quezon City Police District assisted in the traffic and implementation of health and safety protocol during the activity.
The food was sponsored by the AFP-DND Sojourners Club, Master in National Security Administration Regular Class 52 and the Tanging Yaman Foundation.
The activity further enhances the overall government effort to assist citizens during the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in NCR. It is also a bid to maintain COVID-19 protocols which limit the movements of civilians and to help arrest the spread of the coronavirus.
“The AFP will continue to partner with well-meaning individuals, organizations and companies to sustain the noble initiative for our citizens. We welcome those who wish to contribute and be part of the AFP’s Community Kitchen whether through the use of military resources or donations,” General Sobejana said./// (Photos from 7CRG, CRSAFP)
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