𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑀. 𝑆𝑢𝑦𝑎𝑜 – 𝑃𝐴𝑀𝑅𝐸, 𝑃𝑃𝐼𝑂

Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Agusan del Sur bagged the number 1 spot as the top performing among all chapters in the country last year.

Of the top ten chapters nationwide, Agusan del Sur is the only chapter with positive rating of 105 percent while the chapter ranking second got 93 percent and the rest were below 90 percent.

Reports from PRC Agusan del Sur showed that last year, the actual resources collected from membership was ₱3,488,860; government donations and support for training services, ₱76,000; corporate donations and support for PRC activities, ₱73,000; individual and walk-in donations, ₱34,700; merchandise and souvenir items, ₱13,825 and; bank interests, ₱4,231 totaling to ₱3,690,606.

Other collections while rendering program-related services like blood processing fees, various training fees and ambulance services reached ₱23,154,620, making a grand total of resources of ₱26,845,236.

The targeted resources last year were pegged at ₱25,552,881, the reason why the chapter registered a 105 percent performance rating.

This year, the target resource generation requirement assigned to PRC Agusan del Sur chapter is ₱38,061,020.

Last year, the chapter spent on welfare services like trainings and welfare assistance, international humanitarian law dissemination activities and fund generation operating expenses the amount of ₱11,884,924, saving some ₱1,385,168 against the approved target of ₱13,270,093.

The organizational development expenses for chapter management and staff development utilities, maintenance and operating expenses, fixed assets and manpower cost and remittance to the national headquarters also reached ₱8,125648 against the approved budget of ₱7,652,764, a little short of ₱472,884 against the actual expenses incurred.

But overall, the approved budget of ₱20,922,857 against the actual expenditure of ₱20,010,573, translated to a 96 percent budget utilization for the chapter.

On April 22, 2024, during the Monday flag raising ceremony held at the D.O. Plaza Sports Complex in Patin-ay, Properidad, PRC Agusan del Sur handed over to Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. a plaque of appreciation to recognize the support the provincial government extended in achieving its accomplishments last year.

Liza Gilot, a member of the Board of Directors highlighted the achievements the chapter garnered last year.

The citations include PRC Agusan del Sur being the number one nationwide on membership, number one on target resources for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, and number one in blood program having a unique implementation where the provincial government shoulders the expenses for blood processing, giving Agsurnons free blood for their patients.

With the operational plan formulated by the Board of Directors and the PRC workforce, the PRC Agusan del Sur chapter is again hoping to put colors to its 2024 performance. | (: 𝐽𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑠/PAMRE)