Aiming to build a more inclusive and compassionate learning environment, members of the University of Batangas (UB) community recently took part in a disability sensitivity training aimed at fostering empathy, awareness, and inclusion within and beyond the campus.

The training, held in observance of National Disability Rights Week, equipped UB administrators, educators, and students to recognize everyday barriers faced by persons with disabilities, and to promote accessible learning and communication practices.

Tech for inclusion just got smarter. PLDT and Smart are harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable more persons with disabilities to access digital innovations. The move expands the PLDT Group’s efforts to reduce inequality and narrow the digital divide.

For this former OFW turned entrepreneur, technology and hard work go together in growing a home-based business.

Initiatives to empower persons with disabilities and help them uplift their livelihoods through technology form part of PLDT Group's IDEATE program or Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy through Technology.

Mayet suffered a debilitating knee injury years ago while working at her previous job, which forced her to find alternative ways of earning a living.

PLDT and Smart, together with ATRIEV, NORFIL Foundation, and the Persons with Disability Affairs Office of Quezon City successfully trained 21 persons with disabilities to enhance their digital skills and introduce them to business opportunities.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart expand their network infrastructure in one of Cebu’s highly urbanized cities, Mandaue City, transforming the landscape for microentrepreneurs and creating new opportunities for growth across all industries.

PLDT, its wireless unit Smart, Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation Integration and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV), and NORFIL Foundation recently conducted a Digital Business Basics Training for persons with disabilities in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, and Bayawan City, Negros Oriental.

PLDT and Smart in partnership with Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired recently supported the Festival of Talents and Disability Knowledge Bowl Tournament Quiz Bee hosted by the province of Cavite.

Thirty-one persons with disabilities in Daanbantayan, northern Cebu, successfully completed an eight-day Digital Business Basics Training (DBBT) facilitated by ATRIEV or Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired. This activity was conducted in partnership with PLDT Inc., Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), and NORFIL Foundation, Inc.