By James Paul R. Gomez and Mary Beatrice L. Umlas
As part of its corporate citizenship, Accenture announced the allocation of P240 million for various initiatives to help address food security, support livelihood training and enable the digital upskilling of Filipinos.
“These are all part of our drive to be a responsible business, our commitment to bring about positive change, and improve how our local communities live and work is particularly important during these challenging times,” Accenture Philippines managing director Lito Tayag said.
The IT solutions and BPO company teamed up with non-government organizations such as Caritas Manila, Philippine Business for Social Progress, and Philippine Business for Education to achieve the programs and activities.
For their partnership with Caritas Manila, the organization supervised the allocation of gift vouchers to over 180,000 Filipino families nationwide–assisting them in their everyday essentials.
The NGO also implemented a six-month feeding program for 5,000 malnourished children in communities in the National Capital Region and nearby areas.
Meanwhile, the company’s partnership with PBSP focused on providing livelihood programs to equip communities with entrepreneurship and technical vocational skills.
PBSP aims to provide livelihood training and assistance to about 14,000 families and close to 1,300 individuals through different programs such as Mask4All, Super Carinderia, and Kada-Uno: The Hunger Program Hope Fund.
The NGO also vowed to support 3,000 individuals through entrepreneurship and technical vocational skills training.
Accenture’s partnership with PBEd aims to augment learning gaps after the health crisis led the education sector to shift to remote and online learning.
The NGO launched a volunteer-based community program, Kiddie Learning Train, to teach 1,000 Kinder to Grade 3 public school students and develop their speed with Reading, Math, and Science curricula.
To ensure continued learning despite distance learning, PBEd also pledged to distribute 1,000 tablets to students and teacher-facilitators.
“We are committed to actually playing our part in transforming our global economy to be more responsible, more sustainable, and work for the benefit of all,” said Accenture Philippines’ corporate citizenship executive sponsor Louise Sabariaga.
Accenture Philippines extended its gratitude to Caritas Manila executive director Fr. Anton Pascual, PBSP executive director Elvin Uy and PBEd director Lovelaine Basillote for their continued support.
“We look forward to our continued collaboration with you, our partners in uplifting the lives of Filipinos. As we strive, together we hope we can create a better future for all,” Tayag said.