A lot of companies conform to a sense of corporate social responsibility via educational and social programs which intend to benefit the marginalized sector of the population or the society at large. As you have read from my previous posts, one of these is the Philam Group of companies. The group has been an ardent advocate of the importance of giving back to the community. This year, they have pledged to do more by institutionalizing its yearly donation to strengthen its CSR efforts.
Philam Group on “Doing good while doing well”
During the recent exclusive briefing with the press titled, “Doing Good While Doing Well,” Philam Life Chief Executive Officer Aibee Cantos said:
For the past 69 years of philanthropic success, we have been actively enriching the lives of Filipino families through our various CSR programs. This year, we want to do more by pledging a portion of our annual income to ensure our CSR programs continue to expand its reach and enable us to serve more communities.
One of the noted projects of the Philam Foundation, Philam Group’s CSR arm, is the Philam Paaralan, which proposes to build classrooms in calamity-stricken regions around the nation, in coordination with the Department of Education. To date, the program has constructed 101 classrooms for the past four years.
The Philam Paaralan classrooms are typhoon-resilient, fully-furnished and complete with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities that are of the essence in providing schoolchildren a healthy environment conducive for learning.
The Philam Group, composed of Philam Life, BPI-Philam, and Philam Asset Management Inc., (PAMI), has pooled their combined annual donation amounting to Php31 million, which will be used to finance more Philam Paaralan classrooms and other noteworthy projects. A ceremonial check turnover of the Philam Group to Philam Foundation was held during the event.
Also present during the event were AIA Regional CEO Gordon Watson, Philam Foundation President Max Ventura, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro, and Insurance Commissioner Emmanuel Dooc.
In his speech, Commissioner Dooc commended the Philam Group’s selfless act of institutionalizing its annual donation that would benefit more marginalized sectors of society.
DepEd Secretary Luistro also gave a short message, thanking the Philam Group for being a forerunner in providing support to the education sector. The DepEd has been working closely with the Foundation in identifying schools that are most in need of new classrooms.
To close the media briefing, Cantos said:
Given Philam Group’s strong financial position, we want to be able to ‘do good while doing well,’ and we are happy to create a sustainable contribution to the community through the Philam Paaralan programme. In line with our thrust to empower more Filipinos to live longer, healthier and better lives, we want to build more classrooms and give more children a healthy education and a better life for the future.
For more information on Philam Life and Philam Foundation, please visit www.philamlife.com
It is great that they are giving back to the community. Thanks for sharing the news.
This is amazing! It’s great that they are able to do good during this time.
I love seeing companies do good in the world. They should always try to give back with their influence!
This foundation looks like they’re doing amazing things. It’s great that they’re able to help others.
How wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with us!
It’s good when huge corporations give back to the communities in which they operate and make the lives of the residents a bit easier. I can appreciate how typhoon resilient buildings, water and hygiene facilities will foster a more secure and safe learning environment.
Am glad to know that they are doing such amazing work..Thanks for sharing about them with us..this is really amazing and very interesting…
Sounds like a truly wonderful mission!
They are doing great job. I love such initiative.. And thanks to you for sharing this with us
How wonderful for them to be giving back! Sounds like a good community to be part of!
They did a nice thing indeed! Glad you shared this with us, thank you!
It is great to have a company like this in your community. They sound like a socially responsible corporation that invests in the communities they serve.
Wow. Philam is really working so well. The classrooms they provided keeping in mind with the children’s needs is beyond appreciation. Hope they continue to work so well and grow bigger on the grounds.
Philam group work looks really good. Their achievements are good enough.
This is so wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this important information with all of us.
When companies do good things, its always a great thing for a lot of people.
It is always the best for companies to give back to their community when financially able. That makes the difference for me on whether or not I support them.
That’s great! I love when companies go that route and take the intiative.