GRMF executed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Red Cross and the Tacha Fund for Children based in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this MOU was to establish coordinated efforts in both the disaster relief and rebuilding as partner organizations following the siege of Marawi, on the island of Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. The Tacha Fund has tapped the pharmaceutical resources of a U.S. firm, MedPharm, through its Chairman and GRMF Board Advisor, Andrew Koval, to donate a significant amount medicines and medical/surgical supplies to the Marawi victims and refugees through the Global Risk Mitigation Foundation.
In addition to the provision of medical supplies, the Foundation will be assisting the Philippine Red Cross potentially in a number of areas including disaster management, psychological counselling for conflict victims, counter-terrorism, new educational programs, and economic rebuilding programs for this war-torn urban area.