MANILA – Converge and Project Angel, a Pampanga-based community of good Samaritans partnered and donated 45 units of tablets, eight units of computers, and food to Aetahanan, a halfway house for Aeta students living and studying in Pampanga.
The donation aims to help the students cope with blended learning when classes are held online and in-campus. To date, there are about 45 students staying at the dormitory.
“This donation is part of our broader support
for marginalized communities in Pampanga. We recognize that one of the most
effective ways of helping under resourced students cope with online education
is through digital empowerment and we’re doing that with the Aeta community
here in Pampanga. We’d like to thank Project Angel for being our partner in
this endeavor and bringing our support closer to the children,” Converge VP and
Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations, Jay-Anne Encarnado
revealed.
The Aetas sheltered by Aetahanan live in various communities in Pampanga such as in Barangays Sapang Bato, Sapang Uwak, Camias, and Villa Maria. These barangays are mostly ancestral lands and are at least three hours away by foot from the town where their school is.
“Project Angel is proud to co-sponsor this donation with Converge, especially as the Aeta community in Pampanga still struggles with online learning. As we build a better home for our Aeta brothers and sisters, we will continue to support them by giving them access to digital devices,” Converge Learning and Development Partner, Human Resources Department and Project Angel proponent, Christian Villarin said.
Converge biz
centers become collection points for e-waste
Fiber internet provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. started deploying collection boxes for electronic waste in three business centers in Pampanga province as it launched its #CountdownToZeroWaste campaign in its hometown Angeles City.
With this campaign, Converge hopes to make headway with its sustainability commitment to have zero output to landfill by 2030 by enjoining its employees, customers, and other stakeholders to donate their unused or broken gadgets, small appliances, and other electrical wastes.
Through partnerships with government-accredited
waste recycling companies, the donated e-wastes are hauled, processed, and
recycled into new materials such as bricks, chairs, and others, in accordance
with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) standards.
According to Converge Head of Workplace,
Premises and Fleet Management Solomon Joya, the zero-waste campaign is
two-pronged as it also aims to further expand the corporate social
responsibility (CSR) programs of the company.
“Proceeds from the zero-waste campaign will be reverted back to our CSR
programs to help communities where we operate,” he said.
Converge VP and Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations Jay-Anne Encarnado bared that this is the continuation of the program launched in November 2022 and now in Pampanga.
There are a lot of ways we have to think about
committing to zero waste and one of these streams is e-waste, Ercarnado added
that as an ISP, Converge has a lot of e-waste, at least 64,000 kilos worth of
cables and there are computers in Clark too.
According to Joya one of the pillars of Converge’s sustainability commitment is reducing its waste, one of the ways to do that is to target zero waste to landfill output by 2030, which is aligned with the broader United Nations sustainable development goals.
More e-waste boxes are expected to be rolled
out within the year with its next leg to be held in Nueva Ecija in February.
Under the zero-waste campaign of Converge, old tarpaulins used for marketing and other corporate events are being recycled into sustainable tote bags through a partnership with women-led social enterprise Kreations PH. (Photos: Converge FB)
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