Filipino Rotaractors donate COVID-19 test kits to UP NIH

Regina Grace Reyes, Rotaract Club of Calumpit

Turnover of COVID-19 test kits donation by Pilipinas Rotaract MDIO represented by Chair Louie De Real and Chair Elect Manuel Joseph Franco (sixth and seventh from the left) to UP National Institutes of Health (UP NIH) represented by Dr. Karen Sotalbo (fifth from the left)

Ignited by the eagerness to extend humanitarian aid during this COVID-19 pandemic, the Pilipinas Rotaract Convention 2021 Organizing Committee, mainly composed of Rotaractors from Rotary International District 3770, in partnership with the Pilipinas Rotaract Multi-District Information Organization, conducted a fundraising campaign entitled Project #SAMPU Sama-Sama sa Mas Pinatibay na Ugnayan Laban sa COVID-19 from April 14-27, 2020.

The campaign initially aimed to raise an amount of Php 160,700 to purchase 100 GenAmplify™ COVID-19 rRT-PCR Detection Kits in support of the mass testing program. GenAmplify™ COVID-19 rRT-PCR Detection Kit is the low-cost test kit invented locally by a team of scientists from the University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health, the Philippine Genome Center, and the Manila HealthTek, Inc.

With humble hopes of purchasing only 100 COVID-19 Testing Kits, the donation drive surpassed its target in just four days after the launch of the campaign. This was through the ripple effects of donations coming not just from Filipino Rotaractors but also from Rotarians and even family and friends outside of Rotary. At the end of the campaign last April 27, the team was able to raise Php 259,484 which funded the production of 161 COVID-19 test kits turned over to the University of the Philippines – National Institutes of Health last July 6, 2020. The donations came from 73 Rotaract Clubs, 4 Rotary Clubs and other donor groups and individuals across the country.

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ROTARACT CLUBS

1. Arellano University - College of Nursing

2. Aseana Manila

3. Atimonan

4. Bacoor

5. Balintawak

6. Baywalk Manila

7. Caloocan

8. Calumpit

9. Carmen Valley

10. Carmona

11. Cavite Aguinaldo

12. Cavite Economic Zone

13. Cavite State University Rosario

14. Cebu Fuente

15. Cubao

16. Dasmarinas City

17. Daet North

18. De La Salle University

19. Dolores

20. Downtown Batangas City

21. Downtown Davao - Tecarro College Foundation, Inc.

22. Downtown Ibaan

23. Downtown Olongapo II

24. Freeport Zone

25. Holy Spirit

26. ICC Balayan

27. Imus

28. Kabataang Maynila

29. Kankabato Tacloban

30. Kuliat

31. Intramuros

32. La Consolacion College Manila

33. Lakambini Atimonan

34. Legazpi

35. Los Banos

36. Lucena South

37. Mabalacat-Clark

38. Magdiwang

39. Makati Legaspi

40. Malabon East

41. Manila

42. Manila Metro

43. Mariveles Freeport

44. Metro Bacolod

45. Metro Iloilo

46. Metro Lucena

47. Metro Mauban

48. Metro Sorsogon

49. Meycauayan Jewels

50. Midtown QC

51. Miraculous Medal - Sucat

52. Pasay Cyber City

53. Pasay Maharlika Kalayaan

54. Polytechnic University of the Philippines

55. Quezon City Central

56. Quirino Manila Central

57. Raha Sulayman Volunteers

58. Sablayan

59. San Antonio de Padua

60. San Francisco Del Monte Malaya Achievers

61. San Jose

62. San Jose Del Monte

63. San Pedro East

64. Santiago

65. Sta. Maria

66. Tayabas Central

67. Trece Martires

68. University District Manila

69. University of St. La Salle - Metro Bacolod

70. University of the East - College of Dentistry

71. Uptown Iligan

72. Valenzuela

73. Zamboanga City West

ROTARY CLUBS

1. Calumpit

2. Lakambini Atimonan

3. Mandaluyong West

4. San Pedro Magic

OTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

1. Don Canama Group, Inc.

2. Gamboa Family Foundation

3. Mek-O Snackbar