AdU raised P1,549,298.85 for the less privileged and stood by its catchphrase “School for the Poor"

By Mat Jefferson Richter |

The compassion of the university to aid in flattening the curve has symbolized its Vincentian way of providing empathy as they supplied transportation, dormitories, and meals to the frontliners by raising PHP 1,549,298.85 since the 15th of March.

Adamson University extended its help by distributing the relief packs to its different adopted communities outside Metro Manila and along Luneta, Kalaw, United Nations, and San Marcelino. With the help of the program “Program COVID” assisted by the university, including the generosity of the student bodies, 500 hot meals have been continuously distributed daily for the past 4 weeks of April 23, 2020.

The university is known by its popularized line “school for the poor”, the Vincentian way. In the time of a pandemic, the university’s acts of compassion and empathy toward the less privileged prove that their tagline concerns not just the student bodies, but also the poor in general.

The recipients of relief packs and donations are the streetdwellers near the university, the adopted communities in Rizal, Bulacan, and Laguna, and Malate construction workers. However, now that the community quarantine has extended up to May 15, 2020, the university strongly appeals once again for generosity.

The university has been transparent with regards to where the donations are lent to. They keep track of how much they have raised from time to time and document the event.

“On our fifth week, we continue to serve 500 hot meals daily. Weekly relief goods are distributed not only in our parish’ community but in our adopted communities outside Metro Manila” said Adamson University’s representative.

Meanwhile, the university is also planning to give rebates with regards to the tuition fees of its students to aid in lessening the financial burden of the parents amid quarantine.

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