/ Posted on 6 May, 2021 15:47
Beleaguered Philippine travel agents have developed a travelling community pantry that will donate cash and in-kind assistance exclusively to their displaced rank and file colleagues starting this month.
The Travel Agents Pantry on wheels is patterned after the community pantries that recently started sprouting along Philippine streets bearing the sign “take according to your need, give according to what you can afford”, where the needy line up for food and even for transportation fare donated by kind-hearted individuals.
The Travel Agents Pantry has six areas of distribution across Metro Manila
Golden Eagle Travel and Tours president and CEO, Michelle Reyes Victoria, is part of the group that have informally organised themselves to help low ranking travel agencies employees. She said 40 travel agents have so far offered their own resources such as bus and vans for distribution, monetary and in-kind donations. They are also getting more donations