201910.09
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Providing water for waterless communities

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and NALCO Water Philippines (NALCO) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a water system project in Calauan, Laguna. The project titled ‘NALCO Brings Safe Water to Site 2 of Southville 7,’ aims to build a water treatment system that will provide safe drinking water to at least…

201906.13
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An elementary school in Quezon ‘opens happiness’ with Coca-Cola and PBSP

For the longest time, children in Latangan Elementary School (ES), would carry one-liter bottles of water to school every day for their drinking, handwashing and toilet needs. Because of the lack of clean and safe drinking water, there were even instances when some of the students would experience stomach pains and loose bowel movement. “We…

201903.26
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Coca-Cola PH, PBSP provide clean water to Negros Occ school

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…

201902.20
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Quezon residents end their long struggle for water

Quezon residents end their long struggle for water FIRST SPLASH - Kin Lichauco, San Miguel Corp. Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs and concurrent Vice Chairman of San Miguel Foundation (second from left), lead the ceremonial opening rites of the newly-installed potable water system, together with Reynaldo Antonio Laguda (left), PBSP Executive Director and...