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Globe 2012 annual report
bridging communities
Promoting Active Citizenship for Disaster
Risk Reduction (DRR) and Environmental
Conservation
“Doing a Globe of good” characterized the i-Give program
in 2012. Active citizenship through volunteerism was
imbedded in every Globe BridgeCom program by providing
opportunities for both employees and stakeholders to
become volunteers.
The i-Give program, which champions volunteerism as a way
of life within Globe Telecom, was launched in 2012 and has
slowly changed the face of volunteerism within the company.
By providing numerous opportunities where employees can
take part in Globe BridgeCom programs, employees were
encouraged to do their part and give their time, talent or
treasure.
Globe Telecom’s disaster relief response also elicited support
from Globe employees. Aside from Libreng Tawag stations
in 11 evacuation sites, volunteers assisted the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during their
repacking efforts for Habagat victims. President Benigno
Aquino III also lauded Globe volunteers for their vigorous
participation in the repacking and distribution of goods in
flood-stricken areas of Metro Manila and Luzon wherein 200
Globe employees participated in the said activity.
Globe BridgeCom also conducted distribution of food, water,
and clothes to about 5,300 families in Fairview, Payatas and
provided hot meals to feed 500 individuals in Marikina as well
as setting up of a soup kitchen at the Malolos Central School,
and mobilized donations in cash, in-kind, or via GCASH.
Skill-based volunteering was also introduced: employees
lent their skills as their form of volunteering. Through
volunteaming, employees may craft their own CSR program
to support their own advocacies and in turn get a chance to
receive financial support from Globe BridgeCom. In 2012,
1,715 Globe employees reached out to communities and
went beyond their comfort zones, logging in a total of 7,943
volunteer hours. Globe employees also raised a total of
₱778,410 for various partner NGOs, beneficiary communities
and advocacies.
i-Volunteer, an online volunteer-matching facility, was also
launched in December 2012 to pave the way for building a
culture of engaged and active volunteerism. The website
highlights opportunities for employees seeking volunteer
activities outside of Globe-initiated programs.
Globe also nurtures passionate eco-warriors and were
given opportunities to help. Both the Globe Cordillera
Challenge and the Globe Arakan XC allowed employees and
stakeholders to bike for nature, in support of the reforestation
efforts in the Cordillera region and the forest corridoring
program of the Philippine Eagle Foundation respectively.
Globe is also blazing trails in environment conservation by
utilizing ICT tools in implementing an E-governance plan
that hopes to keep Taal Lake and its peripheries garbage
and waste-free and help support the livelihood of fisher folk
communities.
Aside from relief operations, Globe also utilized ICT tools to help both public and
private organizations conduct emergency response activities especially in difficult-toreach
areas. Similar disaster relief operations were also conducted in Mindanao during
Typhoon Pablo in December 2012.
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