According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the amount will go to the construction of two classrooms in Tangaoan Elementary School in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur.
“Despite the planned closure of the Philippine Consulate in Saipan in October, including the (Philippine Overseas Labor Office), we are happy that the OFW community, composed mostly of students from Tangoan, Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur, was still able to raise donations for the construction of two classrooms," DOLE International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) Director Ma. Celeste Valderramasaid.
Raising the amount was the Saipan Simbang Gabi Group, which turned over the amount to the DOLE's Classroom Galing sa Mamamayan Abroad Project.
DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz lauded the Saipan Simbang Gabi Group, an OFW community, for the gesture.
"This is a heart-warming gesture. It shows how our OFW community in Saipan is responding to the challenge of helping the country even while they are abroad," Baldoz said.
POLO Saipan officer in charge and welfare officer Julie Fabian and Consul General Medardo Macaraig received the check donation at the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) last April 20.
Saipan Simbang Gabi Group president Marcelino Pacson said it took them three years to collect their donations from parishioners.
The Saipan Simbang Gabi Group is a non-profit organization named after the parishioners of Mount Carmel Cathedral who carry on the Simbang Gabi (dawn Mass), a Philippine tradition.
The Classroom Galing sa Mamamayang Pilipino Abroad is a classroom building project of the DOLE and Departments of Education (DepEd) and Foreign Affairs (DFA), and Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc.
It seeks to relieve the critical shortage of classrooms in the country, especially in depressed areas in dire need of classrooms. — LBG, GMA News
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