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MANILA, Philippines &#; Former social welfare secretary Mita Pardo de Tavera passed away last Tuesday after a battle with leukemia. She was

Interment will be on Friday after a Mass at 1 p.m.

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at the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati City.

Born to the illustrious Pardo de Tavera clan, “Mamita,” as she was called by people close to her, devoted more than six decades of her life to serving the needy.

After graduating from the University of the Philippines in with a degree in medicine, Pardo de Tavera worked at the Philippine Tuberculosis Society.

It was an eye-opener for her. In a interview with Woman Today, she said, “That’s where I saw the imbalances, the wide disparity between the poor and the better-to-do.”

Pardo de Tavera later became executive secretary of the PTS. She led the organization until

In the s, she founded the Alay Kapwa Kilusang Pangkalusugan (Akap), an org Brookside Baby: Hugging a memory of Mita Pardo de Tavera PANE