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PBSP works with government, business, NGOs, donor institutions
and poverty groups through multi-sectoral partnerships in
seeking to contribute to nationwide poverty alleviation. The
Foundation adopts various strategies in the pursuit of meaningful,
effective and sustainable change.
It has found its niche in the practice and promotion of corporate
citizenship, through which it has been able to help companies
integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) within their
business operations, and to look at core business policies
and practices in the light of their impact on society, on
the environment and on development in general.
Over the years, PBSP has streamlined its assistance to promote
integrated area development in impact areas where the poorest
of the poor are and where social and physical infrastructures
are present that will ensure the sustainability of the programs.
The Foundation’s projects and assistance provide for
environmental protection and regeneration interventions, particularly
of exploited marine and coastal areas, and denuded upland,
lowland, and mangrove areas and watersheds.
PBSP implements programs based on sound technology management.
The Foundation has pioneered socio-economic technologies that
over time, have become part of the mainstream of NGO and government
development work. To improve productivity of poverty groups,
PBSP has also established technology centers for testing,
validation, and dissemination of agri-based and marine technologies
that promote optimum use of land and sea.
PBSP helps generate jobs and employment by developing enterprises
and providing livelihood through assistance to micro, cottage,
small and medium scale enterprises in the countryside.
As a partner of government, the Foundation actively participates
in strengthening local governance by building the capabilities
of local government units and their leagues to effectively
deliver social services to their constituents.
PBSP has also institutionalized development
management training in order to develop the capacities of
the corporate sector, government, member companies and other
civil society organizations involved in development work.
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“A
Chinese proverb goes that if you give a man a fish, you feed
him for a day but if you teach him to fish, you feed him for
life… Business leaders wanted the funds they would provide
to go to projects that will uplift the people economically
and wean them from a culture of dependence.”
-Washington Sycip
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