Maynilad Water Services, Inc. provided (Maynilad) sanitation supplies and refurbished computers for 14 public schools in the west concession area supporting the ‘Brigada Eskwela 2020’ program of the Department of Education (DepEd).
Maynilad provided 10 refurbished desktop computers to Ramon Magsaysay High School in Manila that teachers will use in their class through the distance learning method.
The water concessionaire also donated fifteen computer tablets for the Schools Division Office of Caloocan City to be distributed to the city’s poor students.
The company also donated 1,878 one-gallon bottles of liquid hand soaps and disinfectants and more than 4,800 washable face masks to various schools.
“We sought to provide some of the top items in the ‘wish list’ of DepEd for this school year, which are computers for distance learning and sanitation supplies. Besides these donations, Maynilad will continue to help DepEd strengthen its W.A.S.H. (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) programs in schools through sustained water education among the youth,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez.
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Maynilad gives aid to public schools
The company continues to provide various relief donations during the pandemic in collaboration with sister companies under Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan.
Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. would also give a 30-day grace period and a three-month installment payment scheme for consumers with unpaid dues during tight quarantine periods.
MWSS Regulatory Office (RO) said the order is in “solidarity with the spirit and intentions of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2).”
The MWSS RO ordered the water concessionaires to grant all consumers a 30-day grace period to settle their water bills that fall due within the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and Modified ECQ (MECQ) periods.
They are also ordered to impose a three-month installment scheme for all cooperatives; micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs); and domestic customers after the grace period.
“The said directives will provide customers ample time to update payments for water bills that fell due within the 04 to 18 August 2020 MECQ period without incurring interests, penalties, and other charges,” it said.