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BPO firm partners with NGOs for Covid response projects

By Kris Crismundo

July 27, 2021, 4:21 pm

<p><strong>COVID RESPONSE.</strong> Accenture partners with Caritas Manila, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Philippines Business for Education (PBEd) in launching various initiatives on Tuesday (July 27, 2021) to help alleviate hunger and uplift health and well-being, livelihood and education of communities in the Philippines. In photo are (top row, L-R): Elvin Uy, Executive Director, PBSP; Fr. Anton Pascual, Executive Director, Caritas Manila; and Lovelaine Basillote, Executive Director, PBEd. Representing Accenture in the Philippines (bottom row) are country managing director Lito Tayag and corporate citizenship executive sponsor Louise Sabariaga. <em>(Photo courtesy of Accenture)</em></p>

COVID RESPONSE. Accenture partners with Caritas Manila, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Philippines Business for Education (PBEd) in launching various initiatives on Tuesday (July 27, 2021) to help alleviate hunger and uplift health and well-being, livelihood and education of communities in the Philippines. In photo are (top row, L-R): Elvin Uy, Executive Director, PBSP; Fr. Anton Pascual, Executive Director, Caritas Manila; and Lovelaine Basillote, Executive Director, PBEd. Representing Accenture in the Philippines (bottom row) are country managing director Lito Tayag and corporate citizenship executive sponsor Louise Sabariaga. (Photo courtesy of Accenture)

MANILA – Business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Accenture Philippines has partnered with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country to roll out projects that will help alleviate hunger, poverty, and education in communities.
 
In a press conference Tuesday, Accenture Philippines managing director Lito Tayag said the company has partnered with Caritas Manila, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), and Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response projects.
 
Tayag said the company pledged USD5 million, or around PHP240 million, last May to implement projects that will help Filipinos amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
“As a responsible business, Accenture remains committed to making a positive impact in communities in the Philippines during these challenging times. In the true Filipino spirit of bayanihan, we stand together with our partner organizations, Caritas Manila, PBSP and PBEd in continuing to do our part in making a lasting and inclusive impact for communities in the Philippines,” he said.
 
Accenture’s partnership with Caritas Manila involves the distribution of gift vouchers to over 180,000 families, or nearly a million individuals, to assist them in their daily needs.
 
They will also feed 5,000 malnourished children in communities in Metro Manila and nearby cities within the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus for six months.
 
The project with PBSP aims to provide training in entrepreneurship and technical-vocational skills to 3,000 individuals.
 
The PBSP will also assist in providing livelihood training and assistance to about 14,000 families and close to 1,300 individuals through its programs such as Mask4All, Super Carinderia, and Kada-Uno: The Hunger Program Hope Fund in NCR Plus cities, and selected provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao.
 
To address learning gaps during this time of the pandemic, Accenture’s tie-up with PBEd will roll out Kiddie Learning Train, which is a volunteer-based community program that targets to teach students and bring them up to speed with Reading, Math, and Science curricula.
 
About 1,000 Kinder to Grade 3 students from public schools will be benefiting from this program.
 
Accenture also implements projects that will respond to the changing need of the job market amid a faster shift to digitalization.
 
The BPO firm is currently rolling out Skills to Succeed Academy, an online learning program that enhances the employability of Filipino youth; digital volunteering platforms that teach Filipino children how to code through the Hour of Code and Coder Dojo, help map uncharted areas for disaster relief through the Missing Maps, and help in climate change mitigation through Globe Observer; and the Near-Hire Training, which is a 15-day program that enhances basic competencies such as oral English communication skills of trainees. (PNA)
 
 

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