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PLDT and Smart, in partnership with ATRIEV, NORFIL Foundation, Voice Philippines, and the municipality of San Mateo, Rizal, conducted a free Digital Business Basics Training for 25 participants who are persons with disability or carers of persons with disability.

PLDT and Smart in partnership with DA-ATI turned over a FarmTech training kit to the Integrated Carcar Rice Irrigators Association in Carcar City, Cebu, to help enhance the digital literacy of farmers.

PLDT and Smart continue to foster inclusion and provide opportunities to persons with disabilities across the country by expanding the reach of their digital trainings, as part of their IDEATe program or Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy through Technology.

Over 1M OSAEC URLs and online content blocked since June 2021

PLDT Enterprise and Smart empowered over 70 local MSMEs in Iloilo City through the #eBizNovation Buy Local Bazaar with Tiktok Shop Philippines and DTI Iloilo.

Schools in Agoncillo, Batangas, are turning to the PLDT and Smart-supported Central Visayan Institute Foundation Dynamic Learning Program to mitigate class interruptions amid intense heat this summer.

PLDT and Smart, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute and the Mennonite Economic Development Associates, are set to equip cacao farmers with digital technology while promoting sustainable farming practices for the cacao industry in Mindanao.

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.”

PLDT and wireless unit Smart ramp up sustainability initiatives by teaming up with the SM Group through the SM Electronic Waste Collection Program. Under this partnership, PLDT and Smart will be deploying e-waste collection drop boxes in all existing 85 SM malls nationwide.

Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, with the support of PLDT and Smart, recently held a forum which highlighted apps, tools, and research initiatives on climate action in the Philippines.