As 2023 begins, PLDT and Smart’s social outreach arm, PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) rounds up its support to help ensure the long-term economic recovery of communities severely affected by super typhoon Odette in December 2021.

More than a year after Typhoon Odette ravaged the homes of Siargao’s residents, the island has since been on a path towards rehabilitation and recovery.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have helped reverse the malnutrition of hundreds of children in Negros Occidental, through their assistance to the Negros Occidental Nutrition Alliance (NONA).

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) unprecedently stimulate countryside economic recovery through collective action towards sustainable agriculture and resilient livelihood programs.  

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. this year further solidify their long-term commitment towards resilience with their #SafeandSmart advocacy.

With the goal of ushering transformative change within communities, PLDT and Smart, through the Better Today PH (Better Today) program, seek to promote wellness, safe spaces, and changemaking for children and the youth in the digital world.

PLDT and Smart recently supported San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan’s mental health summit, a Better Today conversations on digital wellness. It was attended by over 230 youth participants from various universities, including Bulacan State University and Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) recently turned over 9 metric tons of rice to non-profit organization Rise Against Hunger Philippines, as part of its 'Rice Together' program.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) assist more local government units in Luzon towards resilience with the Ligtas Kit. The Group recently turned over Ligtas Kits to the Marikina City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) and the municipality of Baras, Catanduanes.

As part of its advocacy to create safe spaces for children both online and offline, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) through the ‘Better Today’ program, have partnered with Football for Humanity (FFH) to empower youth through sports.