BDO Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, has sealed an agreement with Sun Life Financial-Philippines Foundation Inc. for the construction of a new school building in Panalaron Central School in Tacloban City, Leyte.
The memorandum of agreement was signed by BDO Foundation president Maureen C. Abelardo, BDO Foundation trustee and corporate secretary Lazaro Jerome C. Guevarra, Sun Life Foundation president Rizalina G. Mantaring and Sun Life Foundation trustee Alexander S. Narciso.
According to Abelardo, “We are pleased to be partners with a reputable organization that is as passionate as we are in responding to the needs of marginalized members of our society especially those affected by disasters. We eagerly look forward to the completion of the project for the benefit of the schoolchildren.”
The four-classroom, two-story school building in Tacloban is the first partnership project of BDO Foundation with Sun Life Foundation, the philanthropy arm of Sun Life of Canada (Philippines) Inc.
Tacloban is covered in BDO Foundation’s rehabilitation program for provinces affected by Typhoon “Yolanda.” The construction of the school building fulfills the foundation’s disaster response and educational advocacies, and supports the Adopt-A-School Program of the Department of Education.