{"id":44310,"date":"2021-07-12T14:51:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=44310"},"modified":"2021-07-12T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T06:51:37","slug":"mvp-group-turns-over-bikes-to-provide-livelihood-opportunity-to-qc-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/07\/12\/mvp-group-turns-over-bikes-to-provide-livelihood-opportunity-to-qc-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"MVP Group turns over bikes to provide livelihood opportunity to QC residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In its continuing commitment to enable Filipinos\u00a0to find work or create their own businesses,\u00a0the foundations of the companies led by Manuel V Pangilinan recently distributed 60 bicycles to disadvantaged residents of Quezon City.\u00a0 The initiative is part of Bike for Livelihood initiative, with the goal of teaming up with local government units (LGU) to facilitate the bicycle donations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest donation goes on top of over 300 bicycles that have been turned over to underprivileged recipients in Pasig, Manila, Caloocan, Batangas as well as contact tracers from the Philippine National Police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working in partnership with Gretchen Ho, who founded the Donate a Bike, Save a Job project in 2020, the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), One Meralco Foundation, Metro Pacific Investments Foundation and First Pacific Company Limited aim to donate at least 500 bicycles this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To help them in their online business, residents from Quezon City also received 100 Smart phone retailer kits from First Pacific and 100 Pocket WiFi devices from Smart Communications. Shown in photo at the turn-over ceremonies are, from left:\u00a0Robert Alexander Campos,\u00a0Smart Communications Senior Manager for Customer Dev’t Strategies and Support; Gretchen Ho, Bike for Livelihood initiative partner; Menchie Silvestre, Alagang Kapatid Foundation Inc. Executive Director; and Ma. Esther O. Santos, PLDT-Smart Foundation President.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The donations also included 100 Smart phone retailer kits from First Pacific and 100 Pocket WiFi devices from Smart Communications. These digital tools will help small business owners\u00a0connect to the market through online apps and platforms, the new normal for businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the launch of the Bike for Livelihood in June, Pangilinan, who initiated the project, said it could help support livelihood and transportation needs in the recipients\u2019 respective jobs.  \u201cThe best solution to poverty is livelihood. If you could provide [people] with a means of making themselves a livelihood, whether by delivering food or medicine or water, I think that\u2019s something we should support,\u201d he said. \u201cI do hope they would use it for their families, so they can uplift their way of living. At the end of day, that\u2019s what we\u2019re all here for. Social orientation is embedded in our Group’s DNA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting beneficial projects, such as Bike for Livelihood, the MVP Group foundations always work as a family, according to PSF President Ma. Esther O. Santos. \u201cWe try to pool our resources together,\u201d she said, adding that, \u201cThe more companies, the better because we can reach out to more people in more communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they turned over bicycles to various LGUs, Santos observed the cheerful reception for the project, \u201cPeople really welcome this initiative, in fact, they tell us it is what they need, especially in these times of the pandemic when bikes are the ideal transportation because apart from promoting social distancing, they also boost health and wellness,\u201d Santos said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initiative is part of the donation drive of First Pacific\u2019s 40th anniversary celebration, with the PSF taking the lead in the activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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