Going organic
A farming community discovers the benefits of organic agriculture
Philippine Business for Social Progress provides self sustaining programs
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) continues to advocate poverty abolition in the country, and underscores the importance of the business sector and the government to scale up its campaign for this purpose. PBSP’s Livelihood and Enterprise Development programs are designed toward achieving collective impact in strengthening and upgrading the value chain of priority sectors,…
Philippine Business for Social Progress provides self-sustaining programs
As the nation commemorates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) underscored the need to support the cause of poverty abolition in the country, which has been its mission and purpose since its inception. PBSP also realizes the need for a concerted effort from the business sector and government to…
Biz and social change
Corporations traditionally exist for their self-interests. The classic mission of governing corporate boards is to make their stockholders happy by providing them more returns on their investments. But the concept of corporate social responsibility had changed this old-school role of corporations – from merely profit-churning machines into instruments of social change. The idea is not…
Quezon City’s Award winning Housing Program is Precedent setting (Philippine Star)
Quezon City’s socialized housing program is set to be conferred the prestigious Galing Pook award of the country’s best governance programs and the award from the Home Development Mutual Fund for the city government as one of the Top 20 Developers in the Philippines. The program is precedentsetting in scale and deeply rooted in terms…
Brother Philippines gives boats to Malapascua fisherfolk
Photo shows employee volunteers of Brother International Philippines during the turnover of boats to Malapascua fisherfolk . Prior to the turnover, employees painted the boats as part of their volunteering work. To help address the livelihood concerns of fishing families in Malapascua affected by Typhoon Yolanda, Brother International Philippines turned over boats to 10 fishermen…
Bistekville II residents undergo capacity building through livelihood skills training
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in partnership with Greenspan and Bravo recently started conducting a livelihood and basket weaving skills training for Bistekville II in Barangay Kaligayahan, Novaliches, Quezon City. The Basket weaving training is one of the components of Model Development on Socialized Housing Project 2 implemented by PBSP. The said livelihood development…
Livelihood
Bistekville II residents undergo capacity building through livelihood skills training
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in partnership with Greenspan and Bravo recently started conducting a livelihood and basket weaving skills training for Bistekville II in Barangay Kaligayahan, Novaliches, Quezon City. The Basket weaving training is one of the components of Model Development on Socialized Housing Project 2 implemented by PBSP. The said livelihood development…