The items donated by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) include 450 pieces of native Tinalak backpacks, 200 pieces of abaca shoulder bags, 400 t-shirts, 200 pieces of bamboo notebooks, 200 pieces of bamboo ballpens, 200 pieces of customized towels, and three pieces of agong.
PSC Commissioner Charles Raymond A. Maxey led the turnover of the supplies to Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Councilor Peg-Buyyahon Rodolfo M. Mande at the PSC Mindanao Office in Juna Subdivision, Matina, this city.
Maxey said the donation is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to make sports available for every Filipino.
Maxey said they have been conducting the IP Games in different places since 2016. However it was stopped due to the pandemic.
He said the PSC decided that part of the IP Games budget will be used to purchase school supplies for the IP youth.
“We thank the City Government of Davao for honoring our intent to make this turnover of supplies happen,” Maxey said in a report from the City Information Office (CIO).
Mande, for his part, said the donated items will be a great help to the Klata, Matigsalug, and Ovu-Manobo tribes, especially the youth.
He said the items will be distributed to tribal scholars.
Mande said the city government has over 200 IP student scholars in different universities in Davao City.
Apart from Davao City, IP communities in Talaingod town in Davao del Norte, Cebu, and Benguet will also receive school supplies from PSC .
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