Bayanihan in action: Jackery answers the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation’s call for emergency power in Sarangani

Key officials from the Municipalities of Malapatan and Glan in Sarangani received Jackery portable power stations and solar panels at the Malapatan Incident Command Post.

Whenever communities are in need, the timeless spirit of Bayanihan reminds us that there will always be hands ready to lift them up. Following the recent earthquake that struck off  Mindanao, relief efforts have quickly mobilized to support heavily affected areas, particularly within the province of Sarangani.

Because electricity is one of the most critical needs in the aftermath of a disaster, Jackery Philippines responded to the urgent call for assistance from the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), the country’s primary private-sector coordinator for disaster risk reduction and management.

Education outcomes up in Sarangani

Parents in New Canaan, one of the most remote and unvisited barangays in Alabel, Sarangani dream that their children graduate from college or at least finish Grade 6. But Analie Eday, a lumad like them, knows that as an education worker, her first order of the day is for the children to learn how to read because that is the parents’ more frequently mentioned and telling aspiration everytime she talks to them.

So what motivates Analie: “I am offended at seeing my fellow lumads exploited simply because they do not know how to read and write. That is motivation enough for me,” she said.