Football for Humanity and sports education partner Coaches Across Continents kick-off a series of online training sessions for thirty coaches participating in the community football mobilization program under the #StopOSAEC (Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children) advocacy headed by Football for Humanity (FFH) and Advocacy Partners Asia Inc (APAI). The course promotes a structured curriculum to enhance FFH coaches' knowledge and skills necessary for coaching vulnerable children. These coaches will be offering free fun football sessions to communities where children are at risk of OSAEC, which is a violation under Article 5 of Republic Act No. 7610 (An Act Providing for Stronger Deterrence and Special Protection Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, And for Other Purposes)

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. continue to empower small-holder farmers in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This holds true for some 300 beneficiary families who are set to receive food packages as part of the waste management program launched by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) to mark its 50th anniversary.

The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), through its Project K3, in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme, recently organized a virtual roundtable tackling mental health issues faced by medical frontliners during the pandemic. PDRF is under the shared leadership of PLDT and Smart Chairman Manuel V Pangilinan, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples).

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have been working closely with local government units across the country to provide communications support to their respective COVID-19 vaccination drives.

Strengthening its commitment to create safe spaces online, PLDT and Smart, through its collaborative initiative Better Today, partnered with the Provincial Government of La Union to champion mental health awareness through a conversation series entitled, “Kamusta Ka, eLyU?”.

With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the rise of the digital economy, enabling the rapid adoption of technology has become essential for any country’s development. To ensure that no Filipino is left behind in this tech revolution, PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. remain at the forefront of fostering digital literacy and improving digital citizenship for Filipinos.

Almost two dozen local organizations and a school have benefitted from the recently concluded donation drive of Muenchen Corporation, in partnership with PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart).

PLDT and Smart partner with UK-based humanitarian organization and community sports advocate Football For Humanity (FFH) to promote sports as a preventive and rehabilitative measure against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).

Together with PLDT-Smart Foundation, PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have sent around 1,300 packs of relief aid to communities affected by Tropical Storm Jolina in Marinduque, Quezon, Masbate, and Camarines Sur. Nearly half that, or 600 packs, have been turned over to the province of Marinduque.