15 Facts about Ana Patricia Non, the woman behind the Maginhawa Community Pantry

Who is Ana Patricia Non?

The woman behind the famous Maginhawa Community Pantry “Magbigay ayon sa kakayahan, kumuha batay sa pangangailangan (Give what you can, take what you need)."

In this post, we are sharing 15 facts about Ana Patricia Non. 

 

Photo from Ana Patricia Non

 1. She had set up a bamboo cart packed with vegetables and food products on Maginhawa Street in Quezon City on April 14, 2021 – and opened a community pantry where the poor who needed food could get some for free.

2. She describes herself “naughty 26-year-old woman” who takes care of her “mental and physical health.”

3. Her friends call her “Patreng,”.

4. She is a graduate in Visual Communication from University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts.

5.  She was an entrepreneur, running a small furniture shop before the pandemic.

6. She graduated high school at Paco Catholic School.

7. She is Godly woman; She would go to Laguna before the Holy Week to “serve the Church.” She would also visit the Summer Children’s Camp in the same area in Laguna.

8. She is “down to earth, wise and close to the people.”, “She takes time to get to know people around her,”.

9. She is shy when facing a camera. But when she speaks to volunteers, she “speaks from the heart,”.

10. She also gives student volunteers “some allowance and mobile data to support their studies.” “She also provides vitamins and PPEs (personal protective equipment) to the volunteers,”.

11. She had also been involved in projects that provided healthy meals to lactating mothers and children amid the pandemic,

12. She had participated in a “bigas (rice) drive” for jeepney drivers displaced by the lockdown which was initiated by the UP Artists’ Circle Sorority.

13. Before the media found her, Patricia said she led a “simple” life, following a routine of exercise, work, cooking, watching Netflix, and playing mobile games.

14. She is already supervising a hub at 108 Maginhawa St. where goods from anonymous donors are dropped off and then distributed to community pantries situated in different barangays in Diliman, where most recipients come from.

15. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte had compared Patricia to Noble Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai and Noble Prize nominee Greta Thunberg.

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Source:https://mb.com.ph/