Globe celebrates September 16 and 17 with
the Social Good Summit which will examine the role of technology and new media
in addressing difficult challenges that the country faces particularly in the
area of disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). This is by stressing the
company’s well-known “0916” and “0917”
number prefixes.
Dubbed PH+SocialGood: Manila #2030NOW, the two-day Manila leg of
the New York-based initiative to be held at The Mind Museum, will particularly
focus on how technology can be used to deal with climate change and the impact
it leaves behind; how businesses can transform and empower women; how efforts
to collapse the digital divide are helping bring the Internet to everyone; and
finally, how people can help ensure that there will be no casualties when the
next typhoon comes.
“Telecommunications is a vital component of
DRRM, thus, Globe continuously works on ways to limit the impact of any
disruption in its operations especially during calamities. It has a business
continuity management policy in place which prioritizes the safety of the
people and ensures the delivery of products and services even during
disasters," said Yoly Crisanto, Senior Vice President, Globe Corporate
Communications.
While nothing can provide absolute
guarantee that a severely disruptive event will no longer occur, Globe has a
commitment to its stakeholders that it is ready to respond to and recover from
any incident, including those not anticipated.
For instance, despite the massive damage
inflicted by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City which left the area isolated
from the rest of the world, Globe network people were fast to respond to the
emergency through partial restoration of communications services within two
days.
Globe is, likewise, very active in helping
communities affected by disasters not only through quick assistance such as
Libreng Tawag and charging activities and relief operations but more
importantly, by providing them the means to get back on their feet and live
normally again.
The company is currently the development
sponsor of Aklan, one of the 14 provinces severely hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan
in November last year. Through the
project “Bulig 4 Aklan,” Globe has committed to provide education, housing,
health, and livelihood assistance to seven affected towns, namely: Libacao, Madalag, Banga, Batan, Altavas,
Balete, New Washington.
Globe Telecom is a major sponsor of PH+SocialGood: Manila #2030NOW organized by Rappler,
Microsoft, and the Global Center for Journalism and Democracy where
international and Filipino speakers will talk about their passions and how
technology has helped them. Among them are:
Praveen Agrawal, Country Director, UN World Food Programme; Kelli Arena, Executive
Director, Global Center for Journalism and Democracy; Jackie Chang, Product
Partnerships Manager, Facebook; Luli Heras-de Leon, President, Ayala
Foundation, Inc.; and Lucille Sering, Vice Chairperson, Climate Change
Commission.