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classrooms are not conducive for learning, Before the school year started in June 2018, Laguna
especially during the rainy season as the class- team also participated in the one-week Brigada
rooms are poorly separated by improvised curtains Eskwela program, wherein the team helped in the
provided by the school. The site’s CSR project aims clean-up drive of PES, BES, SPED and Calamba City
to build more presentable and more sturdy Central School.
classroom partitions, such that classes may be
conducted in a more convenient and comfortable The team also launched a fund-raising activity in
atmosphere. It is envisioned that this project will May called Project:LOVE where from the proceeds,
also help the students learn better, and allow the Laguna purchased school supplies that were do-
teachers to interact with the students without nated to the pupils of PES. The project was a suc-
any interruption by minimizing noise from other cess - with about 350 pupils from Kindergarten to
classes. With the funds raised by SPi Global Laguna 2nd grade receiving school supplies packages.
and the school’s Parents-Teachers Association, the
project is expected to start in January 2019 and Aside from the educational CSR programs,
will be completed in March. the team organized a tree-planting activity in
coordination with the City’s environmental
Our leaders expressed their enthusiasm and department. More than 100 fruit-bearing tree
appreciation for the proposed project, upon seeing seedlings where planted by 70 Laguna employees
the difficulties and challenges being experienced around the Brgy. Pansol watershed. “Doing small
by both students and teachers. “It really breaks my things can achieve big things that make a
heart to see these young people to be educated in difference in saving the planet,” said Celeste Geli,
these conditions, so I really urge Laguna team to one of the volunteers during the activity.
continue to drive this project,” Ratan said.
For the Laguna team, CSR activities were
In accordance with the company’s objective of memorable experiences for all the volunteers.
creating sustainable and focused CSR programs Although participating in the programs require
through IT, Laguna team also identified SMART great personal effort, it had allowed Laguna
classrooms and implemented various CSR employees to apply their interpersonal skills, had
activities that will showcase and benefit youth given them a chance to meet people with
welfare and education within the community. different mindsets and backgrounds, and most of
all, nurtured in them the sense of responsibility in
With the help of ASPiRE University, around giving back to the community. For the team, with
30 Laguna employees were trained to conduct commitment and determination, the CSR program
computer skills workshops. The Train the Trainer will continue and further grow.
module included:
1. One (1) week basic ADOBE Photoshop training
for graduating CMDC students with vocational
AUTOCAD courses.
2. Basic MS Word and Excel training sessions
for Grade 5 and 6 pupils of BES
3. Basic MS Word training sessions for Grade 3
pupils of PES
