Over 200 employee-volunteers from seven companies joined PBSP’s 12th Ready for School (RFS) kick-off ceremony at the Malabon Elementary School in Malabon City last May 18, 2019. Part of this group are 50 first-time volunteers from three new companies who worked with long-time RFS volunteers in covering books, repainting school chairs and blackboards, and cleaning…
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) reaffirmed its partnership to strengthen the implementation of the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP). PBSP and MOH-BARMM recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that enables them to continue to work together to support…
Almost two years after the liberation of Marawi City from ISIS-inspired terrorists in October 2017, evacuees from ground zero or the most affected area of the siege still remain displaced in transitional shelters and in other nearby towns. The problem of unemployment and the delay in rebuilding their homes continue to be a challenge. Some…
For mother Romalyn Nicolas, being able to provide for the needs of her three children is the best fulfillment in life. But armed with only a high school diploma, she couldn’t find a stable job that could augment the meager income of her husband who runs a buy and sell business for used items. Determined…
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that around 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day. Most of these cases happen in developing countries like the Philippines where there are inadequate healthcare services for mothers, especially in poor communities. The Philippines was unable to reach its Millenium Development…
World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Takeshi Kasai challenged the health sector during the recent 7th Conference of the Union Asia Pacific Region (APRC) to mobilize all their healthcare providers and step up their efforts against active tuberculosis by coming up with a coordinated, planned, and carefully monitored campaign that can save thousands of lives and…
Joan Mararac had big dreams when she was young. She wanted to work abroad to earn money for her family then come back to the Philippines to set up her own restaurant. However, getting pregnant prevented her from pursuing her dreams. She stayed in the country instead, taking care of her two kids. Determined to…
Employee-volunteers of the Lima Organization of Pollution Control Officers (LOPCO) and around 20 upper trainable clients (mentally-challenged individuals) joined the T-Shirt Monoprinting activity in Elsie Gaches Village in Alabang, Muntinlupa City on April 11, 2019. Through this activity, the clients are able to express their selves through art by crafting the design of the print…
For the first time, a 300-meter swim for young swimmers aged 11 to 13 will be included in the 12th Olango Challenge, the country’s premier open-water swimming event in Pacific Cebu Resort, Lapu-lapu City, Cebu. The Olango Challenge is an open-water swimming event jointly organized by Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Philippine Swimming,…
Two years after Marawi had been besieged by the Maute Group, there are still thousands of families living in tent cities. Those who returned to their homes live among the ruins, lacking in funds and livelihood to rebuild. Project Marawi Tibayanihan aims to train a crew of skilled workers to help rebuild their city. It…
Almost two years after the Marawi Siege, evacuees in transitional shelters still need access to basic health services. Some evacuees experience illnesses and are unable to avail of essential services. The health centers, which are still affected by the siege, are far from transitional shelters. To improve the situation, various organizations, including the Philippine Business…
Did you know that the human hair can strengthen cement bricks or that you can use cigarette butts to make paper? These are just some of the innovative investigative projects that senior high school students of Pasay City South High School came up with during the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Boot Camp organized…
Telstra Foundation Philippines, in partnership with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) recently conducted the ninth session of an 11-day boot camp for senior high school (SHS) students of Pasay City South High School in Pasay City. The activity aims to encourage students to pursue careers in the Science and Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)…
Roslyn Chavez, a housewife from Bantayan island in Cebu, believes she can contribute to the family’s daily financial needs if she could manage a sari-sari store in their area. With four children who are still studying and a husband who works as a construction worker, a sari-sari store is one of the easiest options she…
As a mother, it was painful for 32-year-old Judith Anor to find her children short and underweight for their ages, but with only her husband’s income as a construction worker to depend on, making ends meet was tough. They mostly live on rice, salt, vegetables, and dried fish to cut down expenses, but even that…
The Hershey Company (THC) and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) recently recognized the top students of Manila Daycare Center 5 and 6 in Baseco, Manila. THC and PBSP adopted the daycare center to provide good food and nutrition to malnourished children through the “Nourishing Minds-The Filipino Way” project. When the supplemental feeding started, 37…
At the heart of the roundtable event co-organised by the Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA) and the organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which welcomed around 50 participants from Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and PPSA member-companies and partners in Makati City. The OECD works with governments, business and civil society on international standards on responsible…
On her first year as principal of Cunalum Elementary School (ES) in 2015, Jessica Castrillo had to stop pupils from drinking through the school’s water tank and other surrounding sources when one of her kindergarten pupils got ill. After drinking from the tank, the girl suffered from vomiting and severe bowel movement for more than…
One of the challenges in reducing Tuberculosis in the Philippines is the low notification and low utilization of the GeneXpert machine, a confirmatory diagnostic tool for TB that is recommended by the World Health Organization. In 2017, notification of Drug-Resistant TB (DRTB) cases was only at 84 percent despite the availability of 335 GeneXpert machines….
About 90 frontline health service providers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) recently attended a training on how to administer Progestin Sub-dermal Implants (PSI) through the ARCHES Project or “Improving the Availability of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.” The project aims to improve the availability…
