Members of LSGH ’73 recently trooped to the Tagnaya Annex of the Concepcion Elementary School in Bgy. Concepcion, Puerto Princesa City, bearing daily essentials for students from the Batak and Tagbanua tribes of Palawan.
LSGH ’73 continues to uplift lives, holds outreach mission in Palawan
By BOBBY MENDOZA
THE fiercest defenders of the underprivileged are not just armed with shields and blades, they also come wielding food, clothes and hearts of gold.
LSGH ’73 proved this once again with their latest outreach mission.
The silent philanthropists changed lives anew, this time in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.
Members of LSGH ’73 recently trooped to the Tagnaya Annex of the Concepcion Elementary School in Bgy. Concepcion, Puerto Princesa City, bearing daily essentials for students from the Batak and Tagbanua tribes of Palawan.
The original school was destroyed by typhoon Odette a couple of years ago. The Department of Education (DepEd) initially lacked rehabilitation funds and told the teachers and parents that the facility may have to be shut down.
As an alternative, the students would then be forced to walk more than five kilometers — each way back and forth — every day to the Concepcion Elementary School along the main road.
Heroic members of the community pooled whatever resources they can get to build another “DIY” school on land donated by one of the parents.
The rest is history.
LSGH ’73’s Outreach Mission 2025 group leader is Roy Rafols. The members are Carl Benton, Bobby Mendoza, Nino Velasco, Jojo Claudio, Melch Enriquez, Dennis Florida, Noli Aleje and Manny Acuna.
A true selfless act indeed always sparks another. For their humanitarian crusade, LSGH ’73 was escorted by the Marines through NPA-infested areas.
“LSGH ’73 has been helping this school for years now. It is one of the number of elementary schools in Palawan populated by IPs that LSGH ’73 has been helping for years now. It is LSGH ’73’s way of paying forward and ensuring a certainty of hope amid numerous uncertainties. By reaching out, we don’t just extend lifelines for a day, a week or a month — we change lives and generations for the better forever,” said Rafols.
