PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), in partnership with the Kababaihan, Kamay ng Kalikasan (KKK), recently distributed over 36,000 protective face masks to frontliners from various organizations and communities to help augment the supply of face masks – necessities in the continuing fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Among the recipients of the face masks were the AFP frontliners, Makati Medical Center Foundation for PNP HPG, and various communities affected by COVID-19. “It is an honor for us to help our beloved frontliners by equipping them with the basic necessities, such as face masks and PPEs, to protect them in their battle against COVID-19,” said PSF President Ma. Esther O. Santos.
“We would like to assure our frontliners that we are here for them and one with them in fighting this pandemic,” Santos said. “If every Filipino will wear a face mask, observe physical distancing and practice proper hygiene, we will all have some protection from COVID-19,” KKK Founder and Commissioner at Philippine Commission on Women, Sandy Sanchez Montano pointed out.
It aims to actively help in addressing the spread of COVID-19 while providing a source of sustainable livelihood for women who need to make a living for their families.
A non-profit organization, the PSF fully serves as the social outreach arm of PLDT, Inc. and its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications Inc. Headed by PLDT and Smart Chairman Manuel V Pangilinan, the PSF created programs focused on education, livelihood and social enterprise, disaster response and recovery, youth arts, and sports development.
AboutPLDT
PLDT is the leading telecommunications and digital services provider in the Philippines. Through its principal business groups – fixed-line, wireless, and others – PLDT offers a wide range of telecommunications and digital services across the Philippines’ most extensive fiber optic backbone, and fixed-line and cellular networks.
PLDT is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE:TEL) and its American Depositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:PHI). PLDT has one of the largest market capitalizations among Philippinelisted companies.
