RAFI
President Roberto “Bobby” Aboitiz (seated, center) signs the
agreement for the donation of P1.6 M to the Emergency Rescue
Unit Foundation. To his right is Dr. Pek Eng Lim, ERUF BOT
chairman; and to his left is Dr. Kenneth Chan, ERUF BOT vice
chairman. (Standing, L-R) RAFI Chief Operating Officer Dominica
Chua, ERUF BOT Treasurer Mona Li, ERUF BOT member Dr. Jesus
Ravanes, and ERUF’s Brenda Salvaña witnessed the agreement
signing. |
RAFI donates P1.5M
for ERUF’s training center
By Ramon Aboitiz Foundation
Inc.
August 30, 2015
CEBU CITY – To help
train emergency responders, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. donated
P1.58 million to the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (ERUF) for the
construction of its five-room training center at the North Reclamation
Area, Cebu City.
Calling the people of ERUF
“angels,” RAFI President Roberto “Bobby” Aboitiz said RAFI would
gladly help the foundation, which “has been making miracles for the
last 29 years.”
“This is another one of the
steps towards creating a better community. This (donation) is not the
only time. Whenever we can (donate to ERUF), we will,” he told ERUF
officials who accepted the check last August 11.
ERUF said the center would
provide “training for emergency medical and pre-hospital care and
rescue and rehabilitation services to the needs of the community.”
RAFI Chief Operating Officer
Dominica B. Chua said RAFI is also outfitting a Hino truck to serve as
ERUF’s mobile triage costing P1.91 million. She praised the foundation
for being a “reliable intervener in terms of emergency.”
She also said that with
climate change now being the new normal, everyone should help equip
ERUF.
Dr. Pek Eng Lim, ERUF Board
of Trustees chairman, assured that they “will continue at what we do
best,” adding that theirs is the only group in the Philippines
accredited by the US and HongKong as emergency responders.
ERUF was also among those
that responded and went to Tacloban City in the aftermath of
super-typhoon Yolanda in November 8, 2013.
According to the Memorandum
of Agreement that the two foundations signed, the training center
“will develop, professionalize and standardize the provision of
pre-hospital emergency care for patients needing treatment.”
“After Yolanda, everybody
has ambulances. We support by training them,” said Mona Li, ERUF BOT
treasurer.