First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC), in partnership with Gawad Kalinga, built two houses in the GK Kalayaan site in Barangay Balagtasin, San Jose, Batangas on June 30, 2006.

At first we thought the activity would not push through as it was raining heavily that week. Luckily, on the day itself the sun was shining brightly as if showing its support for the company’s endeavor to provide housing for our underprivileged kapamilya.

The beneficiary families were very hands-on in helping build the houses, with the other members of the community also pitching in. GK Kalayaan now has 18 houses and a mini store, with a daycare center soon to rise for the young members of the community.

A year has passed since the oil spill in Guimaras and the Lopez family, through the Lopez Group Foundation Inc. (LGFI), continues their commitment to help the victims of Brgy. La Paz, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras.

Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI) monitored the fund raising and recorded more than P6 million donations for the typhoon victims in general, from which more than P1 million was distributed to the 81 employees in Bicol.

Corporate Social Responsibility has become part of the strategic goals of most companies and First Philippine Industrial Corporation (FPIC) is no exception. As proof of this, FPIC’s numerous CSR activities every year include scholarships, donations of books, Knowledge Channel and computers to various schools. We also have the Medical Missions for the barangays, and these are just naming a few of them.

In a single swallow, a calamity could take more than a hundred lives. When a side of a mountain collapsed in southern Leyte, barangay Guinsaugon was transformed from a community bustling with morning activity into a still, barren, mud-field.