Globe SVP for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto, Mercy Corps
Country Director Erynn Carter, and Ayala Foundation, Inc. Sr. Director for
Programs Rowena Lopez
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Mercy Corps,
a global humanitarian organization recently gets information and communications technology (ICT) support from Globe Telecom in implementing a cash transfer and financial
literacy program. This will be for the benefit of the 25,500 households in the Philippines that were stricken by
Typhoon Yolanda, particularly inLeyte,
Cebu, and Panay.
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.
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.
Since 1979, Mercy Corps has been helping people in
the world’s toughest places. With a network of experienced professionals in
more than 40 countries, Mercy Corps partners with local communities to put bold
ideas into action, helping people recover, overcome hardship and build better
lives.
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