Donate to Bantay Bata with your beep™ Card
“Thank you
po!”
Instead
of the usual beep sound, the cheery voice of a child saying “Thank you
po!” is what you will hear when you tap your beep™ card in any of the Bantay
Bata kiosks located in LRT1 stations.
In lieu of
the cans and personnel manning them, special beep™ card donation terminals
called Bantay Bata kiosks have been deployed at LRT 1 stations at Roosevelt,
Balintawak, D. Jose, Central Station, Gil Puyat, and EDSA Taft, Monumento and
Baclaran. Each tap donates five pesos (P5) to Bantay Bata. Donations are
deposited by AF Payments Inc, operator of the beep system, to the foundation’s
bank account on a daily basis by electronic means.
“We are
pleased to make our technology available to Bantay Bata 163 to make the act of
donating and collecting donations more convenient for all. A simple tap with
your beep™ card at the Bantay Bata kiosk allows you to share your blessings
with the kids of the foundation. Our technology is beneficial not only to commercial
entities but to charitable organizations as
well,” said Peter Maher, president and CEO of AF Payments Inc.
Bantay
Bata 163 is the child welfare arm of the Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation. It gives
hope to abused Filipino children and their families through the support and
generosity of individuals and organizations around the world. The Bantay Bata
kiosks save the foundation operational costs in terms of the deployment of
cans, collection, counting, bank deposit, and the like, thereby allowing it to
reallocate manpower to where it’s needed more.
This
program is done in partnership with Light Rail Manila Corporation, the operator
of LRT1.
More ways
to reload and use
The beep™
card is a reloadable payment card used in all three elevated railways (LRT-1,
LRT-2, and MRT-3) and select buses, PUVs, toll-ways, and retail partners. It is
reloadable and valid for four years.
AFPI
continues to grow its loading network, and has recently installed beep™ e-loading
stations in all LRT-1 stations for those who would like to load their
beep™ cards directly from their debit accounts or e-wallets. It is also
increasing the deployment of beep™ loading kiosks, which provide
cardholders the convenience of unmanned 24/7 loading service.
The
company has recently expanded beep™ acceptance to the Visayas region
through the Topline Marina ferries that travel between Cebu City and Mactan. It
is also partnering with transport cooperatives that are participating in the
government’s public utility vehicle modernization program.
More
information about beep™ is available at its website and official social media
pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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