Elderly folks get eyeglasses from North Cotabato gov't

KIDAPAWAN CITY --- Thousands of elderly folks stand to receive free eyeglasses from the North Cotabato provincial government as a Yuletide Season gift-giving project for marginalized sectors.The project, dubbed Antipara para kay lolo ug lola, is bankrolled by the office the provincial governor of North Cotabato.The term antipara means reading glasses in most Visayan dialects. Jessie Enid, the provincial government’s focal person on health and legal concerns, said on Saturday the project was launched last November 15 in Carmen town, where 424 senior citizens received an eyeglass each after examination by volunteer ophthalmologists.Enid said the provincial government is thankful to local executives and private groups helping them push the project forward.Enid said 324 more beneficiaries in Mlang town in northwest of the province received eyeglasses a day after the project was launched in the municipal center of Carmen. sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15171019_475199675984081_2187812674270314317_n.jpg?oh=35f4f12956f03ed73307c29b5aa278d0andampoe=58B5A7DF The project will continue until December 14, to cover all of the 17 towns in North Cotabato and the barangays in Kidapawan City, the provincial capital.The Antipara para kang lolo ug lola is one of the many pro-poor projects under the provincial government’s Serbisyong Totoo initiatives.