To survive, any business or corporation must be useful to the society it serves.


— Oscar M. Lopez
Chairman, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc.

 
 

For more than a century, the Lopez family has practiced the concept of private business reaching out to their communities and the nation, not only in times of calamities, but as customary behavior. It is a behavior they have accepted as the norm. See Lopez History

Through the years, philanthropy has shifted to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), focusing on equipping communities to stand on their own. The beneficiaries are treated not as dependents but are educated to become active partners for social development.

The CSR initiatives of the Lopez Group are aligned with the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (or MDGs) in poverty alleviation, education, environment, and health. The Lopez Group is also a champion in advocacy through its worldwide media outlets.
 
Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc.

Knowledge Channel Foundation

5/F Benpres Building, Pasig City, Philippines
Telephone: (+63 2) 910 2033 – (+63 2) 910 3181
Website: www.knowledgechannel.com.ph

The Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) is committed to bring quality education to all Filipinos by using television as an effective and efficient teaching tool. Through its flagship project, the Knowledge Channel, students from the poorest areas in the country as well as teachers are exposed to educational TV programs. Through Knowledge Channel, KCFI hopes to equalize the learning field regardless of economic and social status. Its programming matches the Department of Education's elementary and secondary curriculum requirements. It also airs adult continuing education and livelihood programs. Knowledge Channel is provided to schools for free through cable or wireless technology. To ensure effective utilization of the intervention, Teacher and Principal trainings are conducted at no cost. Calendar Guides and Lesson Plan Guides are also provided to all school beneficiaries. Knowledge Channel is viewed by more than 3 million cable television users in 59 provinces nationwide. To date, the channel is available to 2.7 million students in some 1,617 public schools in 44 provinces nationwide.