Made It Through Mum

Converge and Caritas Manila worked together to build an Unang Yakap community in Baseco, Tondo, Manila. Using the funds generated from the company’s silent auction, Converge has taken 14 pregnant and breastfeeding moms under its care to help provide their nutritional and medical needs in the next 1000 days. Beyond empowering the country through fiber broadband services, Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has also been bringing new life into communities in line with its commitments in the name of sustainability. With one of its pledges anchored on creating positive community impact, Converge collaborates with organizations in different sectors, leveraging its capabilities, to create more opportunities for Filipinos to thrive. The welfare and development arm of the country’s Catholic Church, Caritas Manila, bears witness to the company’s efforts in this regard. Since 2023, they have worked with Converge to lend helping hands to underprivileged mothers under its program called Unang Yakap.  ...

Caritas Manila, in partnership with Converge, launched its Unang Yakap community at Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila.  IN PHOTO: Converge employees, composed of women leaders and mentees from the company’s leadership program MentorSHE, together with the volunteers of Caritas Manila. Leading fiber broadband and technology provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. worked in partnership with Caritas Manila as it launched its Unang Yakap community at Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila last August 28.  The project intends to provide sustainable healthcare and nutritional assistance to underprivileged pregnant and lactating moms, including their children, in one of Manila’s most densely populated and underserved areas. Led by its President and Co-Founder Maria Grace Uy, Converge previously staged a silent auction for Caritas Manila’s Unang Yakap, with the support of its women leaders from the company’s women-to-women mentorship program ‘Grace Under Pressure: MentorSHE.’  Converge seni...

Distribution of relief packs through one of BDO Foundation’s partners, Caritas Manila. (Photo courtesy of Caritas Manila’s official Facebook page) BDO Foundation, the philanthropic arm of BDO Unibank, has stepped up to provide relief to over 12,000 families impacted by Typhoon Carina. The foundation, in collaboration with partners like Caritas Manila, Tanging Yaman Foundation, and local government units, distributed 12,350 relief packs across Luzon, reaching communities affected by flooding in Bulacan (Malolos, Calumpit, Bocaue, Hagonoy, Meycauayan, and Obando), Pampanga (Macabebe and Masantol), Ilocos Sur (Vigan), Rizal, and Metro Manila. BDO Foundation donated food packs containing rice, canned goods, and drinking water. “BDO Foundation hopes that through this simple act of kindness, we are able to show our solidarity to our kababayans and to help in giving them hope as they bounce back from this calamity,” shared BDO Foundation president Mario Deriquito. Apart from the relief packs,...

(From left: VP & Head of Enterprise Risk Management Jerome Orfano, VP and Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations Jay-Anne Encarnado, VP & Head of TOCD and HR Operations Enrique Reyes, and VP and Head of Corporate Planning, Transformation, and Sustainability Management Bryan King Kay) Converge holds the first-ever silent auction to benefit the Unang Yakap program of Caritas Manila, which nourish moms and babies. Converge ICT Solutions Inc., a fiber broadband and technology provider, organized a silent auction of high-end items donated by prominent leaders in advance of Mother's Day. The proceeds from the auction went toward providing under privileged mothers and their infants with the necessary resources for their first thousand days under Caritas Manila's Unang Yakap program.  The first batch of the ‘Grace Under Pressure’ MentorSHE program graduates who generously donated items to the Unang Yakap Silent Auction.Twenty-three year veteran in the sports broa...

More than 10 boxes of clothes, shoes, books, toys, and even household items were collected from Converge employees over a month when Segunda Mana boxes were deployed to three Converge offices.  Converge partners with Caritas Manila for Segunda Mana donations in-kind program The first rule of mountain climbing, as hikers and climbers will tell you, is to travel light. You can climb the steep slope and dodge obstacles faster when you have less luggage to slow you down. Similar to this, we should have a "go light" mentality and let go of the things that stand in our way as we get ready to climb the mountain that is 2024 and overcome the rocks and slopes along the way. Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is participating in Caritas Manila's extensive in-kind donations program, Segunda Mana, in the spirit of literally and metaphorically lightening our burdens while also sharing our blessings with those in need. All offices of Converge, from Facilities to Executive Offices pitched in f...

Kids receive their brand new school kits from SM Stationery as they wait for school opening and alternative programs.  SM Stationery recently donated school supplies to ChildHope Philippines and Caritas Manila, to support the education initiatives of these non-government organizations for less fortunate children. While schools are not yet open, ChildHope and Caritas have come up with innovative programs to educate the young. Each of the kits distributed by SM Stationery, the school and office supplies department of The SM Store, includes envelopes, notebooks, crayons, rulers, writing pads, ballpoint pens and pencils. ChildHope Philippines has already helped in the distribution of the school supplies to poor communities in Marikina, and has worked with community and youth leaders to train mothers so that they can teach their kids basic writing, reading and life skills during the quarantine. Jem Tumbaga, Resource Mobilization and Communications Officer of ChildHope Phi...

Caritas Manila will hold its second Celebrity Bazaar on October 18, Thursday from 1-10pm on the 2nd level of the Mega Atrium of SM Megamall.  Entrance fee is P500 per person.  The bazaar will feature pre-loved luxury items up for sale from generous celebrity donors Heart Evangelista, Alden Richards, Ruffa Gutierrez, Dr. Vicki Bello, Scarlet Snow Belo, Cristalle Bello, Bang Pineda, Teacher Georcelle, Toni Gonzaga, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Vice Ganda, Iza Calzado, Divine Lee, Jinkee Pacquiao, Manny Pacquiao and premier designers Michael Cinco and Cary Santiago. Heart Evangelista is this year’s Event Ambassador. Proceeds from this year’s bazaar will benefit the Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program (YSLEP) of Caritas Manila. The program sends and supports less fortunate but deserving students nationwide to their college or university of choice.        The first Caritas Manila Celebrity Bazaar was held 2 years ago with former Miss Universe Pia...

" As Jesus has risen, let us also #ResurrectLove in our relationships, our society and our lives.’ This is the Easter message that Radio Veritas 846, TV Maria, Catholic Media Network and Caritas Manila want to convey in their social experiment video titled, “The Lazarus Project”. Launched on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, the Lazarus Project shows the reaction of people seeing typically subject to judgment: An escort, a gay couple, a homeless man, and a transgender attending a Holy Mass. VIDEO :  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1362151387161477&id=852427891467165&_rdr In the video, Radio Veritas President and Caritas Manila Executive Director Rev. Fr. Anton C.T. Pascual explained the true meaning of Jesus Christ’s resurrection in his Easter homily. “ First of all, God rose from the dead for all of mankind: men, women, even gays. Christ’s resurrection was for all of us. Rich or poor, young or old, in all walks of life, whether you have...