COVID-19 Vaccine a Global Common Good, NOW

July 1, 2020

No color, no borders, no social status; Covid-19 exempts no one.

With more than 500,000 dead and 10 million cases around the world, this pandemic has affected everyone, and it will take all of us to find a solution to this problem at hand.

Professor Yunus during the First Social Business Youth Summit, co-presented by NWTF. Manila, Philippines | March 22-23 2019

Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate, world renowned banker for the poor, appeals to everyone of us, to join the cause of making Covid-19 vaccine a global common good.

Apparently, the only way to move forward in this pandemic is for a safe vaccine to be made. A vaccine that is made available for all, especially the vulnerable sectors of our society.

“I believe that everyone should have access to the COVID19 vaccine, especially those who are in the marginalised sector,” Suzzette Gaston, Executive Director, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation.

Gaston added that in times like this we need everyone to work together and share knowledge and resources regarding this virus.

Corazon Henares, Dungganon Bank President, expressed her support to Yunus’ idea.

“We agree that if everyone works together in harmony, by sharing ideas, resources and the knowledge they have, we will be part of the solution to this crisis, and be able to come up with the vaccine faster.” Henares added.

Clinical trials are done in several countries with hopes for a vaccine to finally be made. But what is even more important than the vaccine, is for it to be made accessible to all.

“Access to the vaccine is very important, and sadly not all will have this access. It should be shared with everyone to stop the further spread of the virus, Maria Teresa “Bing” Montelibano chairman of the board, NWTF

Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation and Dungganon Bank Inc. believe in the importance of coming together for a common goal, thus, supports the call to make COVID-19 vaccine, a global common good.

“We also invite our friends, our partners and the rest of you, to join and support this noble cause, we need you, we need every help we can get, together we can make a whole lot of difference,” Gaston said.

Join the movement and plead here:
http://www.vaccinecommongood.org/.

NWTF, Dungganon.

Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation is a non-profit microfinance founded in 1984 committed to the fight against poverty by providing Grameen-based microfinancing and developmental services to the marginalized urban and rural poor of the Philippines. The organization has grown to over 200 branches across the Visayas and parts of Luzon and serves more than 600,000 clients and counting.

Dungganon Bank Inc. provides professional and relevant banking services to the poor including access to ATM and POS machines in the rural areas.*