As part of its commitment to support Filipino Para athletes and help uplift Parasports in the country, the country’s number one carmaker Toyota recently turned over a 29-seater Toyota Coaster to the Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC), the sports association for physically impaired athletes that are tasked to spearhead developing sport competency for Filipino persons with disabilities.
The donation was made under Toyota’s global corporate initiative: Start Your Impossible, which aims to promote inclusivity and sustainability by opening opportunities to Para athletes and helping them seek avenues that can help them realize their dreams.
“We are proud to be a part of this advocacy because it allows us to help change people’s lives by enabling them to overcome challenges and reach their aspirations,” said TMP President Satoru Suzuki during the turnover ceremony held at the PPC grounds in Pasig City.
The Toyota’s Start Your Impossible initiative also aspires to raise the public’s awareness and appreciation of the potential of people with disability, a cause being championed by PPC’s
President Michael Barredo.
“Ever since we started, having a bus or van to be used by our officials, coaches, and athletes to move around was one of the top priorities on our “wish list”. Toyota’s donation of a coaster, will help alleviate one of the most difficult challenges persons with disabilities face day-to-day which is mobility,” said
Barredo.
Last year, TMP chose the PPC and its Asian Para Games swimming gold medalist, Ernie Gawilan to be the primary beneficiaries of last year’s Toyota Classics, a benefit concert series that aims to support charities across Asia.