A tuberculosis survivor leads group that helps patients deal with the disease Ma. Cristina Brigaste was so good at taking care of patients at a government hospital that not once did she think she would one day be a patient herself. So just imagine her nightmare when she found out she had tuberculosis. Since then,…
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Janette Loreto-Garin (left) receives the ceremonial key for the 17 service vehicles donated by Switzerland-based non-profit organization, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, led by its Head of High Impact Asia, Dr. Urban Weber (center) during the kick-off ceremony for the observance of World TB Day on…
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…
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Gov. Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba is set to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Department of Health (DOH) Caraga Region to support the program of the agency in the delivery/implementation of the Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) related services in the province. The…
Pampanga hit the exact national tuberculosis (TB) treatment success rate of 90 percent in 2014 and exceeded the target of 90 percent with a 91 percent case detection rate for the same aspect last year. This was noted by the Innovations and Multisectoral Partnerships to Achieve Control of Tuberculosis (Impact), a United States Agency for…
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…
Cathay Pacific Airways, U freight Philippines and Transglobal Consolidators, with the collaboration of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) recently brought Christmas cheer as well as fun learning to the students of Poo Elementary School on Olango Island, LapuLapu City. After building the first library on the island and turning it over in June…
Pinamahalaan kamakailan ng Nestle Philippines, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), at ng Asian Institute of ManagementRamon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIMRVR Center forCSR) ang pagdaraos ng Creating Shared Value (CSV) Youth Forum, isang pagtitipon ng mga top undergraduate student mula sa limang nangungunang unibersidad sa Metro Manila. Binuo ang forum upang mapalalim pa ang pagkaunawa ng mga estudyante sa CSV bilang mahalagang approach sa pagbuo…
Representatives from some of the top companies in Davao City will gather on January 13 in a forum at the MyHotel to discuss health opportunities in the workplace. Organized by Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the “iFLY Program: Keep Fit, Live Well, Stay Young” forum will present the benefits of a company-based health initiative…
Immediately after the storm, help came pouring in from concerned locals, international aid organizations, and governments from around the world.
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…
Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc. (CCFPI), in collaboration with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Department of Education (DepEd), recently turned over a two-storey, six-classroom school building to school officials of the Yolanda-torn Marasbaras Elementary School (ES) in Tacloban, Leyte to help bring back a better and more conducive learning environment to its schoolchildren. Leading the turnover…
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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…
Some of the most inspiring people who want to make a positive change in the world flock to social enterprise, according to Gretchen Phillips, former senior adviser on development and foreign assistance of the US Department of State. “The investments we’re making today are going to set the course of the country for the next…
