TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite Sep 24 (PIA) -- Botika-on-Wheels (BoW), the Provincial Government's initiative rolled out in the municipality of Noveleta on September 7 - 10, 2020 giving out maintenance medicines to senior citizens and vitamins to children.
About 1,563 Senior Citizens benefited from the activity while 1,817 children in the municipality received vitamins to help boost their immune system.
BoW is the brain project of the Office of the Governor that aimed primarily to help the vulnerable group of Senior Citizens who are not allowed to leave their houses as well as caring for the children's health during the pandemic, as it brings the health services closer to the people in the barangays.
Since its initial roll out June 5, 2020 the program benefitted about 11,684 Senior Citizens and 2,987 children in 180 barangays in the different areas in the province.
BoW had visited the municipalities of Maragondon, Naic, Kawit, and Noveleta and Cavite City as it continues to serve the people in the province during the pandemic. (Ruel Francisco/ PICAD)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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