Rotary Club of Manila distributes fishing boats in Leyte

MANILA, Philippines - The Rotary Club of Manila, the first Rotary club in Asia and most prestigious club in the Philippines, recently distributed 100 fiber-glass motorized fishing boats to fishermen in Merida, Leyte, to support their livelihood project, through the cooperation of the Governor Kai-Japan Fund and Leyte fourth district Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez. Photo shows (seated, from left) past president Cesar Ubaldo, Sharon Hughes Bediones, president Rudy Bediones, Torres-Gomez, Rotary International District 3810 governor Karen Tamayo, president-elect Frank Evaristo, disaster relief chair and secretariat executive secretary Anna Kun Toledo, and Rotarian Hermie Esguerra (standing, right), with Richard Gomez (standing, left), the congresswoman’s chief of staff, and the beneficiaries of the humanitarian assistance project.