Foundation Implements Programs: Improves Lives in SOCCSKSARGEN Region

Continuing on their efforts on health and livelihood, BingoPlus Foundation (the social development part of DigiPlus Interactive) is taking their social development work down south, particularly in General Santos City. Choosing this place amongst places that needed help must have been a hard task especially for what they plan on doing.

This means they will be bringing KalusuganPLUS and KabuhayanPLUS which are some of the programs they have successfully implemented in other areas which need access to public health, job opportunities too. After all, they wouldn't be just giving out things, but have them learn to fish correct?

This not only would affect individuals, but more of families and communities. Sanitation facilities were awarded to different barangays like San Isidro, Tinagcan, Ligaya, Bawing and Calumpang. This area alone houses 3000 people, so now they all have access to clean water and proper sanitation which is important in urban living. Some of these towns actually have indigent families from the Badjaos, a sea/shore dwelling tribe in the region. This also coincides with the local government unit's efforts especially in health and sanitation, to prevent folks from getting sick from waterborne diseases which happens a lot in the SOCCSKSARGEN region.   
 
KabuhayanPLUS also gives them proper training so they could achieve skills and use it to earn a living. They even teach people dressmaking and tailoring. They get TESDA certifications which they can use later on if they want to pursue something in the industry. This has also given single mothers/parents opportunities to earn, to put food on their table... and for their families.   

From beyond providing aid, this foundation's programs will not only give them what they need now, but beyond that. It would give them hope, and a future that is stable, healthy, and still living.

Foundation Builds PLUS Center for PWD's in Cebu

Exciting news regarding a few more projects of DigiPlus' BingøPlus Foundation as they build a new PLUS Center specifically for sports and physical rehab. The groundbreaking event was held recently in Cebu.

This is a place for Persons with Disabilities so they could work out, do rehab work, so they could function as productive members of society. This was funded with Php 2 Million with the help of Philippine Accessible Disability Services Inc. to empower PWD's so they could also engange in sports, health services and even employment.

According to DigiPlus VP for Investor Relations Celeste Jovenir (BingøPlus Foundation COO) "The PLUS Center will be a place for PWD's so they could become athletes, leaders and more in the future. We are working with PADS to develop world class athletes, to provide training and healthcare so they could do more in sports and related industries."

They also partnered with the City of Mandaue Cebu, Cebu Doctors University, various organizations dealing with the Rehabilitative Sciences, and PWD Federations in Cebu. This will be free for those who are recovering from the effects of strokes, paralysis, and other conditions. This will also become a place where Doctors could train, and provide needed care for those who need therapy among other services. The LGU's and local organizations express their thanks as the foundation will help and benefit thousands of people, the impact of this will surely be insurmountable.

You may check their website to know more about this cause and their CSR work.

Foundations Address Hunger, Sanitation Needs in Eruption Stricken Areas

There is still prevalent hunger in the country and we have to address it. Aside from that, there is a deep concern about sanitation especially when the uneventful things happen. Recently, BingoPlus Foundation took initiative in bringing in over a thousand groceries, food packs and sanitation kits for evacuees in Negros Occidental because of the eruption of Mount Kanlaon. This was done with local government officials of La Castellana and the Nikki Cares Foundation. 

This was in support of the First lady's "Lab for All" medical program where BingoPlus Foundation organized volunteers and logistics in a medical mission for a little over 8000 indigents in the region. They also did this for those in General Santos City, giving 500 folks needed flu vaccines specifically in Purok Mapailubon, plus necessary sanitation facilities to be utilized by different barangays in the area.

They also launched and funded a Dressmaking Training Center for residents of San Isidro, together with their government partners TESDA and DOLE. This is through their KabuhayanPLUS livelihood program which has several projects across the country. This is part of their Barangay Bigayan initiatives which addresses community issues whether it is for service, health and infrastructure needs. They are also moving to put in something for emergency preparedness rather than just doing post disaster responses. This is why DigiPlus President Andy Tsui wants to do in every emergency they have to go to. This is their vision for BingoPlus Foundation which he heads.