FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company brought light to the community of Villa Maria in Porac, Pampanga with a donation of 80 solar-powered lanterns and five solar lampposts. The activity, in collaboration with Hands On Manila (HOM), was in celebration of the annual FedEx Cares Week, a worldwide volunteerism campaign that supports communities where FedEx team members live and work.
Through a long-term community development program called All Lights Village, FedEx provided solar-powered lights to Villa Maria, a rural community with limited access to electrical power, to help improve the overall quality of life of its residents.
This year, 30 FedEx volunteers helped install solar lampposts, distributed solar lanterns, refurbished the day care center and facilitated hygiene workshops for children in the community.
The volunteer activity is the third All Lights Village project sponsored by FedEx. Since its participation in 2015, FedEx has delivered light to 220 families in indigenous communities in Luzon.
“We at FedEx have a long-standing tradition of service to deliver hope to the communities where we live and work through volunteer activities,” said John Peterson, FedEx Express managing director for Philippines, Indonesia, and Brunei. “By giving the community of Villa Maria access to crucial lighting upgrades, we hope to improve safety and security within their community and enable them to share quality and productive time with their families even when the sun sets.”
FedEx Cares is the company’s global giving platform through which FedEx is investing $200 million in more than 200 global communities by 2020 to create opportunities and deliver positive change around the world. Local volunteers supplement and enrich these community investments in their respective markets.
FedEx Corp. began this volunteer tradition in a handful of U.S. cities in 2005 and has since expanded it to 120 countries around the world.