Heart Evangelista starts sending more than 500 free tablets to recipients
To equip disadvantaged students for the upcoming online classes as part of the academic system's new normal, Queen of Collaborative Creations Heart Evangelista has pledged to gift them with tablets, on Friday, June 5.
Today, June 6, Heart gave an update about the status of her newest charity work. The first batch of tablets, which is composed of 550 pieces, has arrived.
“Worth 550 tablets to kids and students who need it the most,” Heart captioned her post.
Heart Evangelista gives away free tablets for students' online classes
Education Secretary Leonor Briones on May 6 noted that the start of online classes is on August 24, and the decree would apply to both public and private schools.
To mitigate the spread of coronavirus disease, classes will be conducted online until the government allows the reopening of school buildings.
Meanwhile, despite her advocacies and efforts to aid the marginalized, Heart still received hate from critics who targeted her take on the country's “new normal.”
A netizen tagged Heart's new normal ideas which according to the post, is a revamp of fashion trends with the use of fashionable PPEs, masks,and jewelry, irrelevant to what the country really deals with these days.
“Your hashtags and posts are so problematic. The 'new normal' our country is facing is not your normal.
"Wake up, Heart. You have the platform, power and position to do something relevant and different for people.
“Your clothes, coiffed hair, and expensive jewelry don't reflect the realities of what we're all facing right now. It's distasteful and out of touch.
“And I certainly hope you don't intend to keep these as your 'new normal.' Wake up,” Twitter user Pilar Recto said.
Taken aback, Heart retweeted the said post and aired her side.
She wrote, “You have caused me so much sadness. I honestly don't know what to do about myself. Two days you've been at it. I express myself through my art and fashion.
“I have not done anything wrong. Using my image to create hate is wrong. Still, I will wish you well.”
Heart Evangelista to netizen dragging her on social media: 'You have caused me so much sadness'
Alessandra De Rossi defends Heart Evangelista, "Tigilan n'yo si Heart."
Heart has been posting a lot of appealing PPEs on her social media accounts not only to fashionably jump into the new normal trend but to promote safety awareness, too.