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
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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…
Education stalwarts – Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Insular Foundation and the Department of Education partner for the construction of a classroom building to help Typhoon Yolanda survivors in Leyte. In photo during the Memorandum of Agreement signing are: (from left) Rafael C. Lopa, PBSP Executive Director; Vicente R. Ayllón, Insular Life Chairman of the Board…
Filipinos never expected the damage brought by super typhoon Yolanda. People in Luzon and Mindanao helplessly watched as the typhoon ravaged the Visayas region on Nov. 8 of last year. Immediately after the storm, help came pouring in from concerned locals, international aid organizations, and governments from around the world. According to recent reports, a…
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,…
Senior officials of a nonprofit organization based in the US, which helps finance worldwide projects, took part in the planting of 5,000 mangrove propagules in a recent coastal-reforestation effort by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) on Bantayan Island, Cebu. GlobalGiving Director of Programs Britt Lake and Senior Unmarketing Manager Alison Carlman joined officers…
The students of Marasbaras Elementary School have their own sad stories to tell about Typhoon Yolanda but the new school building donated by Coca-Cola Foundation/Coke Atlanta in partnership with Philippine Business for Social Progress gives them something to look forward to each day. It has been a year since Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), one of the…
Roundtable discussions among Ramon Magsaysay Laureates, Local Government officials and various international and local organizations including Hapinoy Hapinoy participated in the Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute’s (RMTLI) Dialogues on Asian Solutions 2014 Series. RMTLI is an initiative of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF). The prestigious foundation, named after the late President Ramon Magsaysay, is…
MANGROVES FOR BETTER COASTAL COMMUNITIES. GlobalGiving Director of Programs Britt Lake (left) and Senior Unmarketing Manager Alison Carlman (right) plant mangroves at barangay Kaongkod, Madridejos on Bantayan Island, Cebu. Almost a year after Typhoon Yolanda swept areas in the Visayas region, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) continues to revitalize coastal communities and uplift the…
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means everyone can access the quality health services they need without financial hardship. WHO: All people, including the poorest and most vulnerable. WHAT: Full range of essential health services, including prevention, treatment, hospital care and pain control. HOW: Costs shared among entire population through pre-payment and risk pooling, rather than shouldered by the sick….
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,…
To help protect the environment from indiscriminate disposal of sulfuric acid coming from old batteries, a power-generating company based in Misamis Oriental signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a recycling company and a non-governmental organization on Friday. Steag State Power Inc. (SPI), Oriental Motolite Marketing Corp. (OMMC) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress…
I got my first Drug Sensitivity Test (DST) result in Nov 11, 2004, that was 3 years after I started receiving TB treatment under the management of different private physicians. Sputum tests were overdue not because they were not available but because I was not referred by my first doctor to undergo such tests right after…
The Hershey Company has always been supportive of people’s well-being towards achieving a better life and a bright future, which likewise supports greater effectiveness in its good business performance. The Hershey Company approved a financial grant through its partner, United Way Worldwide, to provide shelter repair kits for 25 families affected by typhoon Glenda (international…
