AMID the pandemic and aside from its pandemic-mitigation projects, Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc. (BCFI), the corporate social responsibility arm of Solaire Resort and Casino, continues its other social projects.

One such project is the construction of five Pagsasarili Family Care Centers for each of the five Aeta sitio (rural sub-villages), located within the municipalities of Mabalacat, Pampanga and Bamban, Tarlac — Sitios Calapi, San Vicente, Sto. Nino, Burog and Marcos Village — all within the Sacobia Mountain vicinity.

With funding from BCFI, the centers will be one-stop-multipurpose structures where Aeta residents of the said sitios may avail of social services such as daycare education, livelihood training, feeding programs and health services. The centers will also showcase Aeta culture.

In line with one of BCFI’s pillars on the protection of the environment, all the centers will be equipped with solar panels and rain-harvesting capability to support the centers’ water and power requirements.

The Clark Development Corp. will handle the centers’ operation in partnership with OB Montessori and the local government units of Mabalacat and Bamban.

This is just one of the publicprivate-partnership projects of BCFI and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., which have been jointly undertaking projects in recent years, covering environment protection and health, education and cultural heritage.

Filipina Laurena, BCFI executive director, said, “This one-stop-multipurpose facility, which will make social services accessible to our Aeta brothers in mountainous or far-flung, marginalized areas is, perhaps, a first of its kind.