Just months after the completion of their training, SM Foundation’s Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) Farmers’ Training Batch 74 now helps supply fresh watermelons to SM City Cagayan De Oro (CDO) Supermarket and Savemore stores. In October 2014, 120 farmers from Opol, Misamis Oriental graduated from their 12-week training under the KSK Program. KSK-graduate Carol Yu, who volunteered … Continued

The La Trinidad Main Health Center in Benguet, which caters to 16 barangays, has been renovated and accredited with PhilHealth for its out-patient benefit package (OPB). This means that the 21,425 households comprising these barangays can now avail of treatment in the Health Center. Thanks to SM Foundation and BDO Foundation who undertook the complete renovation, quality … Continued

Last month, SM Foundation turned over its 66th school building to the Tacloban City National High School in Leyte. The newly-constructed and fully-furnished 2-storey, 4-classroom building was a joint undertaking among partners SM Foundation, SM Prime Holdings, Inc., and BDO Foundation. Included in the turnover of the new school building were 200 student armchairs, 16 wall fans, four blackboards, … Continued

The San Roque Elementary School in Tanauan, Leyte received a 2-storey, 4-classroom school building from partners SM Prime Holdings, Inc., Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Inc., PSE Foundation & SM Foundation (SMFI). The donation was complete with 200 armchairs, 4 sets of teacher’s tables & chairs, 4 blackboards, 16 wall fans and assorted textbooks with each … Continued

The turnover of the new 2-storey, 4-classroom school building by project partners SM Foundation, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) was met with cheers and smiles of gratitude from the students of San Roque Elementary School in Tanauan, Leyte on February 27, 2015. PSE President Hans Sicat and the students of San Roque Elementary School … Continued

One hundred and twenty (120) SM scholars from Leyte and Samar enjoyed a lunch treat at the Shylaer’s Sizzling Steak Restaurant in Savemore Tacloban City with SM Foundation representatives last month. Out of the 120, one hundred scholars were the recipients of additional scholarships under SM Foundation’s Yolanda Rehabilitation Program in 2014. To date, SM … Continued

Over a year into the recovery of the Visayas region after Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), 141 farmers from the calamity-stricken area of Balangiga, Eastern Samar finished their 12-week training under SM Foundation’s Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) Farmers’ Training Program. KSK farmer-graduates from Eastern Samar share their story of hope after being part of SM … Continued

Felicidad T. Sy Foundation, Inc. (FTSyFI), SM Foundation‘s division for its religious affairs, held its third Lectors’ and Commentators’ (Lecoms) Formation for SM employees last February 23 at Arzobispado de Manila, Manila. The formation program was conducted by Rev. Fr. Genaro O. Diwa, SLL, Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Commission on Liturgy (CBCP) of the … Continued

SM Foundation, represented by Executive Director Debbie P. Sy and Executive Director for Health and Medical Programs Connie Angeles, turned over a renovated and refurbished 60-bed Basa Airbase Hospital to the Commanding Officer of the Hospital, Colonel Augustus de Villa. A memorandum of agreement was signed by the partners witnessed by Brigadier General Enrique C. … Continued

SM Foundation and partners Forever 21, Global Hope Inc., and TTokamsa Mission Church recently turned over two 2-storey, 20-classroom school buildings to Pedro E. Candido Memorial High School in Hernani, Eastern Samar. A fifth-class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Hernani is comprised of 13 barangays with a population of 8,070. Three hours away … Continued

SM Foundation turned over its 63rd school building, a newly-built and fully furnished two-storey, four-classroom school building, to Ibajay National High School in Kalibo, Aklan on December 16, 2014. The building included 200 student armchairs, 16 wall fans, eight blackboards, four teachers’ desk sets, and four toilets. The school buildings of Ibajay National High School … Continued

SM Foundation launched its 86th Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) Farmers Training in Sitio Sagpat, Brgy. Poblacion West, Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac on February 3, 2015. Participants included marginalized farmers and Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries from nearby municipalities and barangays. Now on its 8th year, SM Foundation KSK Farmers’ Training Program continues to equip small-scale farmers with the … Continued