More than 500 hopeful youth gathered together for the first SM Foundation Technical-Vocational Scholarship General Assembly on Sunday at the Mall of Asia Complex. This year, SM Foundation gave 1,000 technical-vocational scholarship grants nationwide which is a big jump from its previous average of 100 a year. The assembly started with a blessing of a … Continued

SM Foundation continues its support for our men and women in uniform as it turned over its 116thFelicidad Sy Wellness Center- the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Health Service Dispensary in Silang, Cavite on June 23. This is its 17th soldiers’ ward rehabilitated and its third PNP medical facility renovated to date. The newly-renovated dispensary … Continued

More than 500 hopeful youth gathered together for the very first SM Foundation Technical-Vocational Scholarship General Assembly on Sunday at IMAX Cinema, Mall of Asia. This year, SM Foundation gave 1,000 technical-vocational scholarship grants nationwide, a big jump from its previous average of 100 a year. The assembly started with a blessing of a holy … Continued

New partner in education. MONARK Foundation, Inc. is now among one of the partners of SM Foundation in its education advocacy. A memorandum of agreement was recently signed between the two in line with SM Foundation’s recent announcement of supporting an additional 1,000 technical-vocational students under its scholarship program for 2016. Monark Foundation will be … Continued

SM Foundation’s support to programs geared to improve the quality of education in public schools was recently recognized by the Department of Education (DepEd). SM Foundation officials (in photo, l-r) Elena Horn, Debbie Sy, Carmen Linda Atayde and Eleanor Lansang are shown with former Education Secretary Armin Luistro during the inauguration of the Sidhay Monument … Continued

Wearing proudly their blue T-shirts that made them stand out from the rest of MOA habitues, 600 SM Foundation college scholars in the NCR region came to the Mall of Asia Arena for the annual Scholars General Assembly. They were warmly welcomed by SMFI Executive Director for Education Mrs. Carmen Linda Atayde making them feel … Continued

Education continues to be at the forefront of SM Foundation’s initiatives as it recently took part in the construction of the three-storey Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) Library building at the University of Pangasinan-PHINMA campus in Dagupan City. Named after the Former President Fidel V. Ramos who led the project, the library is expected to help … Continued

SM Foundation continues its support for our men and women in uniform as it turned over its 116thFelicidad Sy Wellness Center- the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Health Service Dispensary in Silang, Cavite on June 23. This is its 17th soldiers’ ward rehabilitated and its third PNP medical facility renovated to date. The newly-renovated dispensary … Continued

“I couldn’t ask my mother for the box of donuts she promised when I finished elementary with honors. I couldn’t even ask my father for money to use for my projects and research paper in high school,” SM Foundation Scholar Joebert Palma, Jr., recalled. Joebert grew up in Davao as the eldest among four siblings. … Continued

SM Foundation turned over its 75th school building to Lucban Elementary School in Baguio City on July 5. The two-storey, four-classroom school building is fully furnished with 4 toilets, 200 armchairs, 4 sets of teacher’s tables and chairs, 8 blackboards, 16 electric wall fans and 4 wall clocks. Lucban Elementary School is one of the nine … Continued

SM Foundation turned over a two-storey, four-classroom school building to the Northern Tacloban City National High School (NTCNHS) on April 24 in partnership with Deutsche Bank. This came just days after SM Cares, a division of SM Foundation, turned over 400 disaster-resilient houses to Typhoon Yolanda victims in the same area. In 2013, Typhoon Yolanda … Continued

SM Investments Corporation (SM), the country’s largest conglomerate, has reported significant progress in its sustainability practices which involves its operations, social development programs and environmental conservation efforts. These efforts are disclosed in SM’s 2015 Environmental, Social and Governance Report released on April 27 during the company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. Among its key initiatives in 2015, climate … Continued