A farming community discovers the benefits of organic agriculture
As part of its global volunteerism campaign, Deloitte Philippines once again joined Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in saving the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape (UMRBPL), popularly known as Marikina Watershed.
Hospira Philippines, Inc. recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the donation of their Used Lead Acid Batteries (ULABs) to Oriental and Motolite Marketing Corporation’s Balik Baterya Program through Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP). Hospira is a leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies in the country. The Balik Baterya program aims to…
Company’s contribution since 2013 has reached US$2.3 million Accenture announced additional cash and probono contributions of approximately US$220,000 to support longterm reconstruction efforts in the communities that were heavily affected by typhoon Yolanda, bringing the company’s total support to more than US$2.3 million since 2013. Accenture’s contributions will help strengthen the resilience and economic independence…
Accenture announced additional cash and probono contributions of approximately $220,000 to support longterm reconstruction efforts in Philippine communities that were heavily affected by Typhoon Yolanda, bringing the company’s total support to more than $2.3 million since 2013. This effort is part of Accenture’s corporate citizenship initiative “Skills to Succeed.” Approximately $90,000 was donated to the…
PBSP Shelter project for the victims of typhoon
Aiming to restore the lost livelihood of around 25,000 micro-entrepreneurs affected by super typhoon Yolanda, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided P180 million in seed capital for them through its recently launched credit program. In partnership with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), USAID established the Micro Enterprise Disaster Assistance Fund for…
PBSP directs early recovery response in hard hit areas More than the gift of education, the schools in the country once again provided the much-needed refuge to victims of Typhoon Ruby (International name Hagupit) who had nowhere to go the past few days as the typhoon destroyed their houses and temporary shelters. Eighteen schools of…
A man secures a tarp over his plywood home just outside Manila as Hagupit pushes toward the city. The International Rescue Committee and Philippines Business for Social Progress distributed food supplies last Dec. 8 to families seeking refuge at elementary schools in Malabon and Navotas as Typhoon Ruby struck Metro Manila. Read more: International Rescue Commitee
In San Fernando Central Elementary School in Tacloban City before super typhoon “Yolanda” struck some provinces in the Eastern Visayas region in November last year, around 2,940 students had been trying to fit themselves in only 35 classrooms. Their situation was only one among other schools suffering from congested classrooms and overpopulation. When the whole…
Employees from The Hershey Company Philippines vow to plant 5,000 seedlings to help reduce carbon emissions in Metro Manila For the third consecutive year, employees of The Hershey Company Philippines gathered once again for a trek on November 14, 2014. This was not a trek for everybody’s enjoyment, but to fulfill the company’s goal to…
After the devastations brought about by Tropical Cyclone Winnie and Typhoon Yoyong years ago, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), in cooperation with the local government of lnfanta and Real, Quezon, and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), tookimmediate action to provide relief operations and medical missions for the affected areas. PLDT and its partners initiated a rehabilitation plan to bring back the lush greens in the Infanta-Real Watershed Forest Reserve, one of the areas affected by the landslide. The PLDT TelePuno…
Employees of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) planted 80,000 high-quality hardwood and fruit-bearing trees to rehabilitate a watershed forest reserve in Quezon damaged by a series of flashfloods and landslides in 2004. Known as PLDT TelePuno, the five-year project planted narra and lipote seedlings in the 80 hectares of common watershed between the…
Locals of Infanta and Real, Quezon count the seedling pouches used by the PLDT and PBSP employee volunteers. It was in the dawn of November 29, 2004 when flash floods and landslides woke up the sleeping people of Infanta, Quezon and nearby towns, after hours of continuous rains brought by Tropical Cyclone Winnie. The large…
When Typhoon Haiyan hit the small fishing village of Sua, Marilyn Belga and her family lost their homes and almost their lives. A year later, Marilyn shares her story on how the International Rescue Committee and its partner, Philippines Business for Social Progress, helped her rebuild after the storm. Read more: The IRC, rescue.org, November 14,…
