Globe
Telecom provides Mercy Corps with information and communications technology
(ICT). Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian organization that implements a cash
transfer and financial literacy program for 25,500 households in the
Philippines that were affected by Typhoon Yolanda, specifically on the islands
of Leyte, Cebu, and Panay.
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| From L-R: Globe SVP for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto, Mercy Corps Country Director Erynn Carter, and Ayala Foundation, Inc. Sr. Director for Programs Rowena Lopez |
“Globe
Telecom’s vision is to provide financial inclusion for the country’s entrepreneurial
poor by giving them access to financial services. At the same time, we want to
reach as many disaster victims as possible. This partnership with Mercy Corps
assures us that those two objectives are achieved,” said Yoly Crisanto, Senior
Vice President, Globe Corporate Communications.
Globe
is providing Mercy Corps with ICT solutions that will aid in monitoring the disbursement
of funds as well as providing financial literacy advisories to individuals through
their mobile phones. The Department of Social Welfare and Development helped
select the families that were invited to take part in the program.
“This
generous donation from Globe will increase the speed and efficiency with which
we can promote economic recovery in areas that were hardest hit by the
typhoon,” said Erynn Carter, Philippines country director for Mercy Corps.
“Most importantly it will help us promote the long-term financial resilience of
affected families.”
Globe
Telecom’s donated services include Text Connect subscriptions, Tattoo Myfi
sticks, tablets, cellular phones, Globe BridgeCom Affinity SIM cards, and
mobile postpaid subscriptions. In addition, Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) is
handling the disbursement of funds raised by the Globe-initiated “Bangon Pinoy”
program, which serves communities devastated by calamities. AFI envisions
communities where people are productive, creative, self-reliant, and proud to
be Filipinos.
