The consumers’ cooperatives in Japan, through the Alter Trade Japan and Alternative People’s Linkages in Asia, recently donated a 5,156 square-meter lot in Brgy. HumayHumay, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, where a school will be established, Gilda Caduya, Alter Trade Corporation president, said yesterday.

Caduya said the donation will answer the need for a relocation site, after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau declared the HumayHumay Elementary School area as susceptible to landslide.

AJT president Makoto Ueda attended the turnover rites and gave the deed of donation to Mario Andong of the Department of Education Schools Division of Negros Oriental.

Ueda said the organization recognizes the importance of education in the development of a community, and added that he is hopeful that the new school site will be the right place for educating students.

Guihulngan Mayor Ernesto Reyes said the city will include in next year’s budget an appropriation for the construction of the school, since a lot has already been donated.

A tree-planting activity was conducted at the site, where a barangay hall and health center will also be constructed.*LTG

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