The Angeles City Government continued to distribute reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to all of the city’s hospitals and frontline offices on January 26, 2022. This is to further ensure the welfare of medical frontliners.
Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. said that among the hospitals that received the environment-friendly protective equipment are Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center, Dr. Amando L. Garcia Medical Center, Holy Family Medical Center, Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Sacred Heart Medical Center, and Angeles Medical Center. The Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and Angeles City Public Cemetery also received PPEs.
Each was allotted 250 PPEs which were produced through the Angeleño First Alternative Livelihood Program launched by the city government amid the pandemic.
The livelihood program aims to provide an alternative sustainable livelihood project, produce reusable PPEs and facemasks for the campaign to preserve the environment, and give the city government its own protective equipment for the city’s health workers in lieu of purchasing, says Lazatin.
The project is being overseen by Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel and Lazatin’s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas with Angeles City Economic Development Investment and Promotions Office (ACEDIPO) and Public Employment Services Office (PESO).
Manuel also shared that the 120 homebased mananahi women hired for the project are mostly solo parents, persons with disability (PWDs), stay-at-home parents, and members of women’s groups.
They are to produce reusable PPEs and facemasks intended for the city’s health workers and indigent residents, with the designs and patterns freely provided by 17 Angeleño designers namely Rich Sabinian, Rosette Ramos-Biag, Danica Zita, Manny Ocampo, Stephen Victoriano, Jhune Angeles, Joey Feliciano, Bhry Adefuin, Jojo Macapinlac, Mich Viray, Carl Miranda, Cholo Ayuyao, Richard Hill, Rop Syquia, Philip Dizon Torres, Marlon Tuazon, and Frederick Policarpio.
Members of the ACEDIPO, led by Officer-In-Charge Irish Bonus-Llego, headed the distribution of reusable PPEs.
