Mommy Manila

Shopping can be more rewarding when you are spending for a meaningful cause. This November 11, share your blessing by joining Shop to Give , shop your favorite items on Lazada  and donate to the kids of UNICEF .

Filipinos are very resourceful, they can make useful things through their own ingenuity. This year marks an important milestone for Filipino Inventors Society (FIS) as they celebrate their 75th Diamond Anniversary this November. More than 200 inventors will gather together to celebrate the Filipino Inventors Society (FIS) Diamond Year anniversary in a fellowship night at the SEDA Vertis North Hotel, to be attended by 200+ inventors all over the country with other distinguished guests.

More than just providing a place for good food and relaxing staycation. Companies in the hospitality are strengthening its advocacies of helping communities who are in need. F1 Hotel Manila carried out its first corporate social responsibility last September 2, 2017. “F1 Cares: Community Engagement Programme”, which was led by the hotel’s execom, was done to highlight the company’s great compassion towards social awareness. Being an institution that values its responsibility not only to the company, but also to community’s environmental and social wellbeing, F1 Hotel Manila reached out to organizations that help the elderly and deaf community. The hotel chose two community organizations for the “F1 Cares” campaign. Talking Hands, a deaf education center, is an organization that provides programs and services to children with hearing-impairment and their families through the project: ESTE- Ending Silence Through Education Programs. GRACES, or Golden Reception & Act...

Malnutrition remains to be one of the top problems in our country today. An estimated seven million children across the Philippines currently experience hunger and malnutrition, painting a bleak picture amid rosy economic growth figures. This public health problem is largely driven by inadequate access to nutritious food, lack of nutrition education, and poor health and sanitation services. According to SWS 4th quarter survey in 2015, 2.6 million families experience voluntary hunger.

Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) announced its 2017 launch of Young Leaders Build . The campaign is Habitat’s largest youth movement in the Asia-Pacific region. Organized for the sixth consecutive year, the regional campaign is driven by dynamic and socially responsible youth to ensure decent housing for all in a region where one in eight people live in slums, according to the United Nations. 

Hello mommies, I would like to share this news from Philam Life. Mark Tucker, AIA’s Group Chief Executive and President, said “AIA has delivered an excellent set of results with record VONB growth of 37 per cent on a constant exchange rate basis in the first half. The strength of this performance reflects the disciplined execution of our growth strategy, the resilience of our operating model and our commitment to building a high-quality, sustainable business for the long term. This has enabled us to deliver a strong and consistent track record of year-on-year growth notwithstanding an uncertain global macroeconomic and capital market environment.

One million Filipinos officially joined the country’s rally to be a fully-insured nation as Cebuana Lhuillier —the Philippines’ leading microfinancial company—provides free microinsurance through its National Pilipino Protektado Day campaign.   Helping Filipinos be more disaster-resilient and prepared against various calamities, Cebuana Lhuillier has declared July 21 as the National Pilipino Protektado Day as part of the company’s advocacy to build disaster-resilient communities and help the Insurance Commission achieve its vision of protecting 80% of the Filipinos with microinsurance by 2020.    

I love listening to stories of giving back and sharing the blessings. Today, a lot of companies adhere to a sense of corporate social responsibility through educational and social programs that benefit a marginalized sector of the population or the society at large. They find ways, small or big to reach out to the community, specially to those who are in need. One of these is the Philam Group of companies , which has been a staunch advocate of the importance of giving back to the community. This year, they pledged to do more by institutionalizing its annual donation to intensify its CSR efforts.

Calling it the “untapped sector”, the Secretary General of the United Nations International Maritime Office (IMO) pushed for the increased involvement of women in the seafaring industry saying they are the key to the growth of the industry.

On Saturday March 19, we will be celebrating Earth Hour , a global awareness and campaign for our the environment. There will be several activities within the country including al l 56 SM malls. SM malls  in China will also participate in turning their lights off at exactly 8:30 PM on March 19. This is the 9th year that SM has supported the world’s largest public campaign for the environment. The Philippines was one of the top 10 countries with the highest number of participants in 2015.   This year’s theme, “ Shine a Light on Climate Action ”, reiterates Earth Hour’s goals of not only getting public support for climate change mitigation and adaptation but also getting individuals and groups to do their share beyond the one-hour symbolic switching off of lights.     “We invite the public to visit the nearest SM mall in their respective areas on March 19 and be part of this global movement,” said Liza Silerio, Director of SM Cares Program on Environment and Sust...

British School Manila held a fund-raising event, " A Taste of Culture "  #WeAreInternational . It was a get together over good food from our the world, great performances from BSM students and parents, the spectacular Parade of Nations, Marching Band, Majorettes and Festive Higantes. Over 1,600 people joined the biggest fund-raising event in the Service Learning calendar, and sold over 3,700 raffle tickets. BSM is hoping it will all help them reach their fund-raising target of one million Pesos!

The leading low cost airline, AirAsia launched the #Green24 Climate Change Awareness as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. The airline group simultaneously conducted a 24-hour climate awareness movement that aims to educate and promote climate action in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Air Asia Leads #Green24 Climate Change Awareness

Have you seen one of the Philam Paaralan classrooms? They were built as a way of honoring the men and women in uniform who had served the country with honor and distinction as represented by the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office and the Public Safety Savings and Loan Association . Philam Paaralan Classrooms To Honor War Veterans “Through this project, the Philam Foundation aims to bridge this generation and the Filipino heroes who served in the war as we work hand-in-hand with Philippine Veterans Memorial and Historical division to build classrooms, ” Philam Foundation President Max Ventura said. 

Over 3,000 families from the Visayas are set to benefit from a sustainable lighting project ushered by the Gawad Kalinga (GK) and Schneider Electric Philippines. Recently, members of GK attended three separate training in Roxas City in Capiz, Cebu City, and Ormoc  City in Leyte on the installation and maintenance of Schneider Electric’s portable off-grid solar lamps. The GK members will then pass on their learning to families and communities in Capiz, Iloilo, Antique, Negros, Leyte, Samar and Bantayan Island—most of whom are survivors of typhoon Yolanda.

About three days ago, we celebrated World Down Syndrome Day. Here's sharing a heartwarming video... try not to cry.. Kids with Down Syndrome tells future moms what to expect from their child and telling them not to be afraid.

Habitat for Humanity Philippines (Habitat), Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), and Zalora Philippines (Zalora) launched a promo that encourages BPI Cardholders to help Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) survivors by shopping online. “People have the heart to help, but sometimes don’t know how,” says Habitat CEO & Managing Director Charlie Ayco. “This partnership with BPI and Zalora is a good and easy way of doing so as we now move towards rebuilding the lives of those affected by Haiyan.  We have a long way to go and every amount helps in giving these families back their homes.” ends Ayco. Habitat aims to distribute 30,000 Shelter Repair Kits and build 30,000 core shelters for those affected by Haiyan depending on availability of funding.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF’s) Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program advocates learning through play in education centers throughout the Philippines for children aged 3 to 5.   The World Health Organization recommends that children between the ages 5 and 17 should have at least 60 minutes of physical play daily for proper physical and mental development.   Operating on the research-supported idea that play, particularly physical play, promotes not only good health but also boosts a child’s mental development.  The Department of Education, Play Pilipinas and Johnson and Johnson (Philippines) , Inc. have come together to advocate the role of play in child development through a campaign called “ Di Lang Laro ang Laro ”.

When I started blogging, one of my favorite topic is about advocacy, corporate social response. Perhaps, knowing that someone is willing to help gives us hope .  The recent blog post I shared in one of my website is about " Girl Talk,Your Voice Your Move " , a campaign from Modess Philippines wherein young girls had the opportunity to speak out for the recent May election. Modess Philippines compiled these shout outs  and put it into a special edition publication called Girl Talk then sent it to our senators. I hope our senators got their copy of this book.  Not so long, I met some of our public officials, including some of our senators. Certainly, a short interview would not be enough to get to know them but it also leave us an impression of what kind of person they are - are they accommodating, sincere and do they speak well.  Mrs. Hanepbuhay ,  Senator Cynthia Villa r,  is one of the senators I met few years before the election through the ...

Last Mother's Day Ceelin, the leading children’s Vitamin C brand, came up with a Mother’s Day tribute that highlighted their campaign for this year, "Pamana". With the word’s direct English translation being inheritance, Ceelin’s Pamana campaign highlights the sacrifices moms have made, as well as the values and lessons they have left their children to help shape the people they are today. 

The fight against hunger has been a major initiatives of many organizations both private and non-private sectors such is the  United Nations  World Food Programme .