Don Bosco Youth Center – Tondo provides skills training for out-of-school youth to give them a chance to improve their lives. The students, some of whom are Jollibee Group Foundation scholars, come from 17 of Manila’s poorest barangays. ​

The center may have closed because of the ECQ but it hasn’t stopped serving families in the community. Along with student volunteers, they have been tirelessly bringing much-needed food packs from donors like Jollibee Group down to extremely poor families, many of whom derive income from informal work.​

Though difficult, there is something about distributing packs from house to house that gives them joy, said Diana Pangadlo of Don Bosco Tondo. “Sobra silang magpasalamat, kaya pasalamat din kami sa mga donors at may naihahatid kaming tulong (They are very grateful to us, so we are also thankful for the donors because we’re able to send help).”

Photo courtesy of: Don Bosco Youth Center – Tondo