As a swift response to the need for more appropriate accommodations to house and treat patients affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), SM, through SM Foundation, constructed seven (7) insulated emergency quarantine facilities (EQFs) in Pasay and Quezon City. The facilities, built by the SM Engineering Design and Development (SM EDD) and WTA Architecture and … Continued
(Valenzuela Medical Center) SM Foundation sustains its commitment and efforts in delivering critical medical supplies to hospitals across the country battling the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The donated critical medical supplies to both public and private hospitals—include personal protective equipment (PPEs), N95 masks, surgical masks, alcohol, goggles, face shields, gloves, and ventilators, among others. Frontliners at Valenzuela Medical … Continued
(Mandaluyong City Medical Center) SM Foundation (SMFI), in partnership with Goldilocks, distributed pastry products to around 70 hospitals, medical institutions, and groups in 12 cities that serve as frontliners in our fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The SMFI and Goldilocks acknowledge the hard work and courageous efforts of all COVID-19 frontliners and these … Continued
(Inside the EQF in Villamor Air Base) In a bid to bolster the country’s response in curbing the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), SM Foundation (SMFI) and SM Engineering Design and Development (SM EDD) recently constructed and turned over three emergency quarantine facilities (EQF) in Metro Manila. (EQF in V. Luna General Hospital) Two … Continued
(SM Group representative Janssen Pe formally turned over several COVID-19 test kits, which are for deployment to Baguio General Hospital, to Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong.) In support of mass COVID-19 testing, SM donates local PCR test kits for 4,000 tests to Baguio City. Through SM Foundation, and in coordination with DOH, Baguio Mayor Benjamin … Continued
(Loida Ongteco – de Vera (in blue shirt), an SM Foundation scholar alumna, with her colleagues, ensuring that their stores have adequate stocks of products for their customers during the ECQ.) Amidst the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, frontliners are considered modern-day heroes. While everybody else is staying at home to protect themselves, they selflessly … Continued
CALABARZON—SM Foundation provided medical supplies and personal protective equipment to more hospitals in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (CALABARZON) region to help health professionals in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The hospitals that received these supplies were Mary Mediatrix Medical Center in Lipa City, Batangas; Perpetual Help Medical Center in Biñan City, … Continued
(UP Beta Sigma Fraternity, in partnership with SM Foundation, led the distribution of relief packs to the dorm residents inside the UPLB premises.) SM Foundation (SMFI) and University of the Philippines (U.P.) Beta Sigma Fraternity – Los Baños (LB) Chapter teamed up anew to provide relief packs for 1,200 dormitory residents inside the UPLB premises. … Continued
TARLAC—An SM Foundation Kabalikat Sa Kabuhayan (KSK) farmer-graduate Rosemarie Canda Cajuguiran of Capas, Tarlac shared how her learnings from the program proved to be useful, especially in times like this—amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Since the announcement of the Philippine government in mid-March of the conduct of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to curb the … Continued
With harvest in full swing at farms during this summer season, SM Foundation’s (SMFI) Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) program farmer-trainees are now looking for innovative ways to process their raw vegetables and sell their crops amid the Luzon lockdown brought about by the government’s implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to avoid the spread of the … Continued
(Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital) MANILA—In a bid to support the full recovery of COVID-19 patients, SM Foundation has delivered several intensive care unit-grade ventilators to medical institutions in the country. (Lung Center of the Philippines) Ventilators were distributed to the following institutions: Philippine General Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, Dr. Jose … Continued
TOWNS Foundation and UPMF together with Naval Officers from the Philippine Navy The Filipino Bayanihan spirit shines through amid the coronavirus outbreak as SM Foundation delivered medical supplies to The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service Foundation (TOWNS) Foundation and the University of the Philippines Medical Foundation (UPMF) on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The medical … Continued
