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Thursday, March 28, 2024

SMC donations reach P877 million

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Donations from San Miguel Corp. to the nationwide effort to manage the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the country reached P877.8 million, including a personal donation of P100 million from company president Ramon Ang.

“We are reporting on our progress so that people will be assured that help is on the way, that many organizations are mobilizing and working together to support the government and our fellow Filipinos. Together, we will win this battle,” said Ang.

The company reported on the progress of its ongoing initiatives to help medical frontliners, the national government, local government units and other organizations in the third week of the enhanced community quarantine.

It started to operationalize its commitment to donate P500 million worth of personal protective equipment for medical frontliners and teamed up with the Department of Trade and Industry to tap local suppliers.

Sourcing of PPEs through its network of global suppliers is also ongoing.

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A total of P199.4 million worth of canned goods, meat products, biscuits, bread, and coffee are being donated to vulnerable communities through the LGUs, non-profit organizations, charitable institutions, church-based groups and through direct donations. Deliveries to various locations throughout Luzon are ongoing.

The company also more than doubled its initial commitment to donate 500,000 kilos of rice to vulnerable communities. It sourced P1.1 million kilos of rice worth over P38 million. Deliveries to beneficiary communities and families are ongoing.

Ang and his family also donated P100 million to “Project Ugnayan”, a broad coalition of private companies working together to assist government in the fight against Covid-19.

Its Ginebra San Miguel Inc. completed retooling its facilities nationwide to produce 70-percent ethyl alcohol for disinfection. It is now able to produce 100,000 liters of rubbing alcohol daily.

SMC’s alcohol donations to hospitals, the Department of Health, LGUS, PNP checkpoints, and other vital institutions reached 518,340 liters or P38.9 million as of April 4.

The conglomerate also allowed the free use of SMC tollways including Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, South Luzon Expressway, Skyway, NAIAx and the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway for medical doctors and nurses. About 2,000 medical practitioners had availed of the privilege thus far.

SMC Infrastructure provided support to the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines for the checkpoints set up along its expressways. This includes providing portalets, motorcycles, and riders, passenger vehicles, generator sets, tower lights, traffic cones, barriers, tents, water and disinfectant teams.

“We are working with a broad and diverse base of partners–from the national government to the LGUS; our hospitals and doctors, the non-profit groups and charitable institutions; church groups, the PNP and AFP—because we want to make sure that help gets to as many Filipinos as possible,” said Ang.

Ang said SMC’s efforts would continue throughout the crisis. It has also repeatedly assured the public that its vital operations—food production, power, and fuel generation, and the operation of infrastructure—would likewise continue, to assure Filipinos of access to essential goods and services.

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