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Strategic Partnership Building
Business Consensus
Group (BCG)
Formed the National Business Consensus Group composed of:
1. Nestle Phils.
2. Pilipinas Shell
3. Central Azucarera de Don Pedro
4. Petron Corporation
5. Monark Equipment
A STEP-UP Champion in Each
City
1. Marikina – Nestle Phils., Inc.
2. Quezon City – Monark Equipment and Mabuhay Vinyl Corp.
3. Taguig – Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.
4. Malabon – PLDT
5. Muntinlupa – Central Azucarera de Don Pedro
6. Navotas – Petron Corp.
7. Pasig – First Philippine Holdings
8. Caloocan – IBM Philippines
28 Private Sector Organizations Support
STEP-UP
| 1.
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Nestle
Philippines |
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Corporate
Champion for Marikina City; Goya Plant--a venue for various
training; fire prevention training in Marikina and other cities
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| 2.
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Pfizer |
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Medical
mission in Pasig
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| 3.
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Monark
Equipment |
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Corporate
Champion for Quezon City; scholarships for 12 out-of-school-youth
in Pasig and Quezon City for Automatic and Heavy Equipment Operation
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| 4. |
Boysen
Pacific Paints |
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Training
on Basic Painting; free paints (white); discounts on purchases
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| 5.
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Mabuhay
Vinyl
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| 6. |
A. King |
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Building
grant for 8 multi-purpose centers
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| 7.
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PLDT |
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Corporate
Champion for Malabon; telephone lines for key institutions in
Pasig; medical mission and classroom rehabilitation in
Malabon
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| 8.
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Prime
Seal |
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Estimates
of infrastructure projects at discounted rates
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| 9.
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Pilipinas
Shell |
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Corporate
Champion for Taguig; P450,000 livelihood funding for BPTHAI
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| 10.
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Philippine
Daily Inquirer |
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Feature
stories on Step-Up
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| 11.
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Central
Azucarera De Don Pedro |
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Corporate
Champion for Muntinlupa
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| 12. |
Manila Times |
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Feature
stories on Step-Up
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| 13. |
Petron Corporation |
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Corporate
Champion for Navotas
|
| 14.
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Daily
Tribune |
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Feature
stories on Step-Up
|
| 15.
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First
Philippine Holdings |
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Corporate
Champion for Pasig City; gift-giving on Christmas 2003
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| 16.
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Business
World |
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Feature
stories on Step-Up
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| 17.
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IBM
Philippines |
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Corporate
champion for Caloocan
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| 18.
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Graphic
Magazine |
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Feature
stories on Step-Up
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| 19.
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Credit
Suisse First Boston |
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P471,000
scholarship for 20 elementary students up to sixth grade
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| 20.
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University
of Asia and the Pacific |
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Venue for
STEP-UP orientation
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| 21.
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Blu
Print Magazine |
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Grant of
P750,000 for infrastructure and water system projects
|
| 22.
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De
La Salle University |
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Student
volunteers conducted computer literacy sessions; computer donations
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| 23.
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Mercury
Drug |
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P250,000
grant for water system in Muntinlupa
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| 24.
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Mirant
Philippines
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| 25.
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Manila
Electric Company |
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Technical
assistance in fixing electrical connections
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| 26.
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Phil.
Communication Satellite Corp. |
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Grant for
infrastructure projects
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| 27. |
Deutsche
Bank A.G. |
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P850,000
grant for 2 classrooms in Taguig
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| 28.
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Don
Bosco Technical School |
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Multi-Sectoral Groups Formed and Strengthened
1. Socialized Housing Program Committee (SHOPCOM) in Muntinlupa
2. Taguig Multi-Sectoral Group (TMSG)
3. Malabon Multi-Sectoral Group
4. Pasig Multi-Sectoral Group
Partnership with 23 Homeowners Associations
Comprehensive “Poverty Indicator” Survey for baseline
and priority needs of communities
Training 22 HOA Partners on Organizational and Financial Management
Loan Assistance for House Upgrading
and Micro-Enterprises
Housing
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Policies
and Guidelines for Housing Loan Assistance |
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Housing designs to suit community demand and needs
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Approved P13.91M worth of projects for 237 households in
Tinig HOA, Hillsview HOA, and Pinagsama HOA
|
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P14M row
housing loan assistance for 212 households of Champaca III HOA
(on-going negotiations) |
|
P15M housing loan assistance for 280 households of Ana Maria
Heights HOA (on-going negotiations)
|
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P2M housing loan assistance for 100 Households of Nabigla-PO
HOA Partnership with Habitat for Humanity Philippines
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Entrepreneurship Development
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Policies
and Guidelines on Livelihood Loan |
|
Livelihood
training for 18 Communities (meat processing, decorative candle
making, vegetable production, cupcake making, taho and tokwa
making, non-baked food products, fish culture) |
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Sub-contracting of decorative candles
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On-going
livelihood activities as a result of trainings conducted |
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On-going
negotiations for reflexology training for 18 HOAs. |
Manpower Skills Development
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Skills
Inventory survey |
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Institutional
Demand Survey to determine manpower services required by companies
and businesses |
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Pilot-tested
manpower service cooperative in 2 HOAs (Nabigla-Po HOA and LPLU
HOA) |
|
Scholarships
for 18 out-of-school youths in Monark Foundation Automotive
and Heavy Equipment Operation Course |
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Painting
and carpentry training with Boysen for 24 individual beneficiaries |
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Training
in masonry, plumbing, carpentry and electrical works for 20
people in partnership with Don Bosco Technical Institute |
Grant for Community
Infrastructure
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Road and
Drainage Construction in Pasig LPLU HOA |
|
FLOVI Homes
Multi-purpose Center in Malabon |
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Fencing
Project in LANDASKA HOA in Caloocan |
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NAGBIGLA
PO HOA in Quezon City Multi-purpose Center |
Risk Reduction Management
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Action
planning workshop to incorporate risk reduction in the overall
poverty reduction scheme of the program |
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Data-gathering
of City Disaster Mitigation Plan |
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Explored
possible partnership with NDCC, PNRC, IIRR and Nestle Phils.
|
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Initiated
dialogue with MERALCO to improve/legalize electricity connections
of the communities
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STEP-UP Fund Counterpart
Business Sector - P7,542,689
Civil Society - P 18,669,750
PBSP - P 1,744,350
LGU - P 1,239,013
Communities - P 2,059,249
TOTAL - P 31,255,051
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“I
am proud of the project because unlike many for so-called
poverty reduction, here the help is pinpointed… there
is accountability, there is a scorecard. We are departing
from the mentality of a dole out.”
|
Juan
B. Santos,
Former
PBSP Trustee and Chair of STEP-UP Program, Chair
Nestle Philippine |
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