AC Motors under Ayala Group of companies donates 10 Kia 2500 vans to the Provincial Government of Batangas as part of its continuing support for Taal –affected communities in Batangas Province to be used for official functions.
The Ayala group reaffirms its commitment to providing assistance for towns and under the care of Taal, Balete, Mataas na Kahoy, Alitagtag, San Nicolas, Talisay, Agoncillo, San Luis, and Lemery.
The vehicles were donated through the efforts of AC Motors, which handles the Ayala group’s investments in industrial technology.
President Arthur Tan of AC Industrials, “through our automotive and motorcycle distribution and retail group AC Motors—partnered with Kia Motors Global by way of Kia Philippines to donate 10 brand new Kia 2500 light trucks as well as relief goods. With the help of volunteer employees from the Ayala group and our friends from the motoring media—who wholeheartedly decided to join this CSR drive, we distributed the relief goods to evacuation centers in the province, and delivered the Kia K2500 units.”
Last January, Ayala Foundation partnered by AC Motors for relief distribution a convoy of 30 vehicles, composed of AC Motors employees and volunteers from the motoring media, distributed hygiene kits and sleeping kits to six evacuation centers based in different barangays.
Meanwhile, the Ayala group also announced that it will provide much-needed support for public school teachers and students who are getting ready for the opening of classes this October.
The “Brigada ng Ayala”, will distribute health and hygiene packs, as well as provide support for online learning, to public schools nationwide, as a unified response to the Department of Education’s Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela program.
In Batangas, 89 DepEd schools all over Batangas will receive learner’s kits for its students, while teachers will receive their “teacher’s kits,” which contains a Globe SIM pack with PhP1,000 allowance for mobile data. Health and hygiene kits called “Ayala EduCare packs,” which contain face masks, rubbing alcohol, a face mask, hand soap, and instructional materials on protecting oneself from COVID-19.
Governor Hermilando Mandanas said that “Ayala has been traditionally consistent in its commitment to corporate concern for the good and welfare of the community, always an active part of helping society specially during time of real need. This social conscience has been innate and part of the DNA of Ayala. And we in Batangas are so proud that Ayala has its roots in our province, and Ayala still shelters Batangas in both in good and difficult times. Ayala—Magiting.”
Ayala Foundation President Ruel Maranan said, “The partnership of the Ayala group with the Province of Batangas extends over many years, and we are privileged to continue supporting with the provincial government’s efforts to create productive, creative, self-reliant citizens who are also proud of their Filipino identity. We continue to stand behind every magiting na Batangueño, who stays resilient and hopeful in the face of different challenges.”