PLDT-Smart Foundation partners with DSWD, UP Diliman to support communities in Quezon City
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PLDT-Smart Foundation partners with DSWD, UP Diliman to support communities in Quezon City

MANILA, Philippines – PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) recently turned over food pack donations to 300 families from the Yakan Tribe, a Muslim community located in Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The foundation also provided relief assistance to 600 displaced construction workers located in the University of the Philippines Diliman.

PLDT-Smart Foundation partners with DSWD, UP Diliman to support communities in Quezon City
PLDT-Smart Foundation partners with DSWD, UP Diliman to support communities in Quezon City

The donations were from PLDT and Smart’s Kapit Kapatid which is an employee-initiated fundraising campaign for frontliners as well as communities severely impacted by the pandemic.

This was done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), University of the Philippines Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Planning and Development, and Your 200 Pesos which is a project that aims to feed families affected by the pandemic. The Your 200 Pesos is led by TV personality and beauty queen Michele Gumabao who also joined the recent relief efforts.

PLDT-Smart Foundation to support communities in Quezon City
PLDT-Smart Foundation to support communities in Quezon City

“During these uncertain times, the PLDT-Smart Foundation aims to provide assurance that help and support are given to underprivileged families and communities affected by the pandemic. We hope that these simple donations will sustain them, especially during this difficult time,” said PSF President Esther Santos.

“Through this joint effort of DSWD, the PLDT-Smart Foundation, the Office of the UP Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development and Your 200 Pesos project by Ms. Michele Gumabao, we were able to reach out to those who are affected by this pandemic. DSWD is fervent in engaging public-private sector partnerships to ensure that relief goods are delivered to the affected people during this health crisis,” said Disaster Response Management Bureau Director Jam Karess Banzon.

PLDT-Smart Foundation in Quezon City
PLDT-Smart Foundation in Quezon City

The PSF has been a certified agency of the DSWD for the foundation’s regular programs, especially for disaster response, and has been a registered Social Welfare Development Agency since 2014.

To know more about the efforts of the PLDT Group in beating the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit http://beta.pldt.com/covid19/.

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Written by Melo Villareal

Melo Villareal is the Online Publisher of Outoftownblog.com. He is an Accountant by profession who left the corporate world at the age of 23 to explore his beautiful country and the rest of the world. Today, Melo works as a part-time Social Media Manager for local and international clients. His full-time work focuses on discovering interesting culture, explore different cuisines and take memorable photos from local and international destinations he's visiting.

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