Quezon City’s emergency responders receive mental health support from PLDT and Smart
In times of crisis and emergency, Quezon City’s frontliners keep communities safe and protected. But who ensures that these frontliners remain strong, supported, and ready when called upon to serve? PLDT and Smart, in partnership with the Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA), recently conducted a holistic stress management workshop for the emergency response frontliners of the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (QC DRRMO) and Quezon City Citizens Services Department (CSD).
Every call counts: PLDT Global equips DMW agents with mental health first aid for OFWs
PLDT Global Corporation’s new Mental Health First Aid program helps ensure that OFWs in distress receive the timely care and support they deserve.
PLDT, Smart, Football for Humanity bolster child-focused digital wellness in Visayas
PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. embolden their digital wellness and child online protection initiatives by holding the Better Today Psychological First Aid program in Visayas, in partnership with Football for Humanity.
PLDT, Smart upskill seniors in Carcar City, promoting digital inclusion, mental wellness
Over 200 senior citizens from Carcar City, Cebu, participated in a mental health awareness and digital literacy training session conducted by PLDT and Smart in partnership with the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs and Passerelles Numériques Philippines.
PLDT, Smart empower youth at Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology through mental health awareness initiative
PLDT and Smart recently supported the mental health initiative of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology. Attended by over 400 youth participants, the uplifting conversations were part of NEUST’s student government-led effort titled “I Matter: Building One’s Mental Health Across Different Bridges.”
Amputee finds a #BetterToday through soccer
“Soccer helped me cope, because after I became an amputee, I lost my confidence. That was the time when I really doubted myself. Soccer helped me build my confidence,” she said. Now, the athlete from Cebu is a member of the World Amputee Football Federation.
#BetterToday: Positivity, courage fuel visually impaired obstacle racer to overcome challenges
Iya is part of PLDT and its Smart’s Better Today: Power Move Project, which aims to champion mental health and wellness through sports and features inspiring stories of Filipino para-athletes and coaches who embody the true meaning of persistence, bravery, and mental resilience.
Football for Humanity para-athletes share what inspires them to become #BetterToday
Community is important in the growth of a person. Like what writer, educator, and humanitarian Helen Keller said, “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” This is particularly true for para-athletes, whose respective communities have been their support as they strive to become better each day.
PLDT, Smart support CDO’s mental health training for youth advocates
In collaboration with PLDT Inc. and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), the city government of Cagayan de Oro recently conducted a mental health training and self-care orientation for Kagay-anon youth leaders.
PLDT, Smart empower Passerelles numériques PH student-scholars through mental health awareness talks
PLDT and Smart, through their Better Today program, partnered with Passerelles numériques Philippines (PNPh) to launch a three-part mental health awareness conversations series for the benefit of the student-scholars of PNPh.