DONATION. A Navy troop hauls essential supplies donated by Citizen's Support Your Navy Foundation, Inc. (CSYNF) to the Philippine Navy on Wednesday (April 8, 2020). The donation consists of alcohol, disinfecting cleaners, latex gloves, safety goggles, carbon batteries, trash bags, and packs of ready-to-cook meals. (Photo courtesy of Naval Public Affairs Office)
MANILA – A non-government organization donated on Wednesday assorted medical items and other necessities to Philippine Navy (PN) troops helping the government contain the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Navy public affairs office chief Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas, in a statement late Thursday, said the Citizen's Support Your Navy Foundation, Inc. (CSYNF) donated 30 gallons of alcohol, 120 one-liter bottles of disinfecting cleaners, 600 latex gloves, safety goggles, 1,000 carbon batteries, 9,500 trash bags, and a thousand packs of ready-to-cook meals for the use of sailors, marines, and reservists serving at the front-lines.
CSYNF executive director Czarina Sacaguing-Balatao turned over the items to the PN, she added.
"Additional bottles of medical-grade disinfectants and gallons of alcohol were also donated for utilization of different PN offices and facilities," Roxas added.
CSYNF is a private, non-stock organization that undertakes socio-economic upliftment programs and welfare projects for hero soldiers and their families.
It is currently chaired by former PN flag-officer-in-command, retired Vice Admiral Eduardo Maria Santos.
"These donations shall help guarantee the safety and welfare of our PN front-line troops as they aim to save lives while putting theirs on the line against this invisible enemy," Roxas said. (PNA)
