Bulacan-based cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corporation or Mighty Corp has announced they will provide educational assistance, consisting of 100 college scholarship grants, to poor but deserving students who are children of tobacco farmers in Northern Luzon though their corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm Wong Chu King Foundation (WCKF).
During the formal signing rites for the project at a hotel in La Union recenty, Mighty Corp President Edilberto Adan said, “Education is known to be a powerful equalizer. It gives children from low-income families a fighting chance to uplift themselves and their families from poverty and lead productive and meaningful lives.”
Adan explained that the new scholarship program is one of three components of a P10-million joint CSR project of Mighty Corp and the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives (NAFTAC) that aims to benefit 65,000 farmers in Pangasinan, La Union, Abra, Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.
He pointed out that the said projects are their way of thanking the farmers for helping Mighty Corp what it is today. He also said that this is to show that the company has stood firm on its commitment to help tobacco farmers in the Philippines.
Mighty Corp Executive Vice President and Spokesman Oscar Barrientos explained that WCKF initially offered scholarships to the dependents of their current employees but later expanded the program to include dependents of their retired employees who have excellent academic record but could not continue school because of financial reason.
Based in the agreement, the project includes agricultural production assistance, consisting of 16 hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 irrigation pumps worth P1.1 million; and institutional support for the annual search of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) to recognize outstanding tobacco farmers and cooperatives.
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