MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Sept 15 (PIA) -- The 133rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, Philippine Army, here, has donated 45 sets of high quality armchairs for a Madrasah school in Maguing town, this province.
The armchairs were made out of the illegally cut lumber confiscated during the conduct of checkpoint operations along the main highways of the province.
The donation, which took place, last Sept. 9, at the 103rd Bde headquarters, was part of the continuous support of the unit to the local government agencies in the province.
Col. Danilo A. Lucero, Commander of the 103rd Bde, said it is one of the few programs and efforts of the Haribon Brigade and the Army, as a whole, to address the current needs of the Madrasahs and in pursuit of respect to the local culture in the province.
Meanwhile, employees of the Madrasah have expressed appreciation to the men and women of the Brigade for the armchairs.
“I am very glad and thankful that our soldiers under 103rd Infantry Brigade were kind enough to donate a number of armchairs which is really of big help to our Madrasah students,” said Ibrahim Macauday, a native of Maguing town and an employee of the Madrasah.
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