THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas, through the Simbahayan Community Development Office and Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the leaders of the Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Kababaihan ng Baseco.

The MOU was signed by the president of the community organization, Marianita Esmolo, and the administrators of UST Faculty of Arts and Letters, Prof. Marilu Madrunio, and Regent Fr. Rodel Aligan.

Simbahayan Director Froilan Alipao and community collaborator Dr. Maria Carinnes Alejandria turned over the signed MOU to the leaders of the organization on October 4, 2020 .

“The MoU stipulates the continued support such as but not limited to materials, financial resources, and expertise of UST for the projects of the Baseco community, which shall be subjected to regular assessments and evaluation for improvement purposes,” the university said.

“It also formalizes what has for years been sustained engagement between Alejandria and fellow Thomasians with the Baseco community where community development projects such as education campaigns on tuberculosis, provision of clean water, and the maintenance of a community pharmacy, known as Klinika Tomas, have been sustained,” it added.

The SNKB committed to actively pursue the community development projects with UST until 2022.