They’re the women sewers who stepped up at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hand-weaving face masks that have been in short supply, saving countless lives.
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are teaming up with the local government of Pateros to provide fast and reliable connectivity to its municipal and barangay halls, barangay multipurpose centers, and vaccination sites.
With a surge in cases and lockdowns in place, the PLDT-Smart Foundation, PLDT group’s corporate social responsibility arm, has reached out to far-flung communities to provide aid, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gabay Guro, the flagship education program of PLDT-Smart Foundation, recently turned over the Chery Tiggo 2 Grand Prize from Chery Auto Philippines to 36-year-old Teacher Mary Ann from Laguna. She was a first-time attendee of Gabay Guro’s first-ever virtual Grand Gathering last October 2020.
PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc., together with the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), have prepared relief packs for families in Batangas that may be affected by the unrest of Taal Volcano.
As more families and communities struggle through the long drawn-out COVID-19 pandemic, PLDT and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) widen their outreach to indigent communities through the Cebu Caritas, Inc (CCI) Office. As part of the sustainable livelihood program supported by PLDT and PBSP, hygiene kits were distributed at the Caritas Kindness Station in Cebu.
The companies and employees of the MVP group have come together to support the countrywide movement of community pantries. Aid in the form of rice, produce, and other dried goods were mobilized by the group to initially benefit over 8,000 individuals and their families through select pantries that have been set-up across Metro Manila.