Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (second from right), along with employee-volunteers from McDonald’s Philippines, leads the Brigada Eskwela 2022 kick-off ceremony. McDonald’s Philippines through its charity of choice, Ronald McDonald House Charities, extended support to schools for the annual Brigada Eskwela, which gathers volunteers from both the private and public sector every year to help prepare public elementary and secondary schools for the upcoming school year. McDonald’s and RMHC since 2015 have been providing meals, cleaning materials and Ronald McDonald Read-to-Learn kits to partner schools.