San Miguel Foundation to Provide Meals to PDLs at Bilibid and Correctional Institution for Women
On November 18, 2024, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), San Miguel Foundation (SMF), and Philippine Jesuit Prison Service (PJPS) Foundation Inc. signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the supply and distribution of meals to the Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs), held at the Office of the Director General, National Headquarters, Muntinlupa City.
The MOA was signed by BuCor Director General, GENERAL GREGORIO PIO P CATAPANG JR., AFP (Ret.), CESE, CCLH, together with the SMF Executive Director, Ms. Maria Raquel Paula G. Lichauco, and PJPS Foundation Inc. Executive Director, Fr. Firmo N. Bargayo, Jr., SJ, witnessed by the PJPS Associate Director, Ms. Maria Catherine Guana and CT/SSUPT DOROTHY C BERNABE. The event was also attended by ASEC GIL T TORRALBA, C/CSUPT CELSO S BRAVO, CT/CSUPT FE R MARQUEZ, C/SUPT ROGER O BONCALES, and PJPS Staff.
The MOA specifies the principal terms and conditions under which the parties agreed that SMF to provide supplementary lunch and dinner meals consisting of “ready-to-eat” food products for 31, 600 PDLs of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) and Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) through the PJPS, which will be in charge of quality control of the delivered meal packs from November 2024 to December 2027. Any meal packs that remain undistributed will be allocated for use of PJPS during their weekly preaching activities.
Furthermore, BuCor will be responsible for supervising the security and integrity of the delivery process, thereby ensuring that food is distributed safely and systematically.
The partnership will be essential for the effective implementation of the initiative, ensuring that it serves the PDLs by adequately preparing and supporting them in their future reintegration.
