Pasig River fun run set

MANILA, Philippines - The Kapit Bisig Para Sa Ilog Pasig (KBPIP) is organizing a fun run on Oct. 10 to help raise funds for the rehabilitation of the two-kilometer Estero de San Miguel, one of 48 tributaries that drain directly into the Pasig River and contribute to its pollution. 

ABS-CBN Foundation managing director and KBPIP project director Gina Lopez said they have tapped the expertise of race directors Eric Imperio, Rio dela Cruz, and Thumby Remigio for the “10.10.10” fun run.

“We always want to grow bigger. So on 10.10.10, we not only decided to put on a marathon, we have also decided to break the Guinness Book of Records by going for 120,000 registered participants! We’re flying in an adjudicator from Guinness, so they can record the event,” she said.

Lopez is confident that the success of fun run and the rehabilitation of Estero de San Miguel – which is behind the Malacañang Palace – will be enough to get the support of President Aquino and the rest of the Filipino public.

The Pasig River cleanup project is a seven-year campaign. For its first year, Lopez said they rehabilitated Estero de Paco.

The KBPIP set up a website, www.101010runforpasigriver.com, for its latest marathon.