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Give-A-Gift: Cancer Kid
Last October 13, 2008 the Give-A-Gift : Cancer Kid project was formally launched at Ever Gotesco Ortigas Complex. 24 children stricken with cancer were accepted into a program that will provide a 6-month chemotherapy package for this year.

The launch also coincides with the beginning of the GMAKF Give-A-Gift:Alay sa Batang Pinoy project wherein children with congenital defects are given free surgery , malnourished children are fed and children in far flung areas are given Christmas packages.

» SPECIAL PROJECT
Kapuso AABC Scholarship Initiative (KASI) 2008 The GMA Kapuso Foundation in partnership with Asian Business Academy for Business and Computers Cubao Quezon City launched a 4 month scholarship program dubbed as "KASI" (Kapuso AABC Scholarship Initiative). From the roster of applicants of the said scholarship 52 were granted a free 4-month TESDA accredited certificate course in Visual Graphics and 3D animation.

» OPERATION BAYANIAN
Typhooon Pablo
500 families of Gapan , Nueva Ecija affected by typhoon Pablo were given immediate relief goods last October 7, 2008.

Armed Conflict in the province of SHARIFF KABUNSUAN, Maguindanao
1,490 families were given immediate relief assistance in the areas of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Sultan Kudarat and Sultan Masutra due to armed conflict in the province of Shariff Kabunsuan from October 14 to 16, 2008 in different evacuation sites.

» BISIG BAYAN SPECIAL PROJECT: "Kapuso Project sa mga Supling"
Fifty (50) babies from indigent families born in Dr. Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz Manila were given the Newborn Screening test for free last October 10, 2008. The project is in celebration of the Newborn Screening week for the month of October.

» BISIG BAYAN
For the month of October 196 walk-in indigent beneficiaries were served for their immediate medical needs.

» GIVE-A-GIFT:FEEDING
Ongoing feeding project launched last July 25,2008 at Brgy. Citrus, San Jose del Monte , Bulacan. 278 malnourished children are given free meals for a period of 120 days.

» KAPUSO SCHOOL REHABILITATION PROGRAM
Last September 11 to 14, 2008, the foundation team conducted a site visit and ocular inspection in San Fernando,Romblon. Two schools in San Fernando Romblon on the Island of Sibuyan were visited and assessed for the Kapuso School Rehabilitation program.

Mabini Elementary School and San Fernando Elementary School were destroyed by typhoon Frank last June 2008.

» SPECIAL DONATION
A total of nine (9) personal computers donated by the ICT Department of GMA Network were distributed to schools built or rehabilitated by the Foundation in the areas of Villa Aurora, Nueva Ecija and Quezon. The computers were distributed from September 3 to 10, 2008.

September 3, 2008
• Villa Aurora Elementary School, Villa Aurora , Aurora - 1 PC
• Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (Gabaldon Campus) Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija - 2PCs

September 10, 2008
• Pesa Elementary School, Pesa,General Nakar, Quezon - 1 PC
• Batangan Elementary School, Brgy Batangan, Generak Nakar, Quezon - 3 PCs
• Tudturan Elementary School, Bgy. Tudturan, Infanta, Quezon - 2 PCs

» Project: OPERATION BAYANIHAN
Maguindanao: Armed Conflict
Last September 7, 2008 , the Kapuso Team served 2,300 families in Datu Piang, Maguindanao due to the recent armed conflict of government troops and rebels in Mindanao area. The displaced families received relief goods consisting of food and clothes. 100 School bags complete with school supplies were also distributed to students affected by the conflict.

Compostela Valley: Landslides
Last September 27, 2008, the Kapuso team distributed relief goods to 700 families in the Municipality of Maco, Province of Compostela Valley severely affected by the landslides.



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