 |
| (L-R) Raph Resus, host. Narcisa Placido, Director HR Operations and Talent Acquisition FWD PH, Roche Vandenberghe - FWD Life Philippines Head of Marketing and community care and country lead, Angel Laygan - De La Salle College of Saint Benilde's School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies, Twyla David - Humanity & Inclusion's Inclusive Employment and Entrepreneurship Project Coordinator |
FWD Life Philippines and Humanity & Inclusion celebrated the beginning of its Forward Together Project with a media event, an interactive visual language activity, and Mystery Manila escape room challenge participated by volunteers from both organizations as well as members of the media, held on October 17, 2018 at Hole in the Wall, Century City Mall in Makati City.
FWD Life Insurance, the most exciting insurance brand in the country, together with its partner Humanity & Inclusion (formerly known as Handicap International, an independent international aid organization), celebrated the beginning of the Forward Together project, helping young people with disabilities find employment opportunities in the Philippines and beyond.
Through the regional partnership initially announced by the insurer in the first half of 2018, both
organizations will work towards advocating equal opportunities and empowering people with
disabilities in Asia. With FWD Group investing USD 1 million, the Forward Together project will train at least 380 youth with disabilities in the Philippines and Indonesia and help them secure sustainable employment or business opportunities.
 |
| Angel Laygan - De La Salle College of Saint Benilde's School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies. His disability is speech, but that does not stop him from spreading his advocacy on sign language education. |
“FWD Life Philippines aims to end the stigma that disability corresponds to inability,” FWD Life
Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Grimes said. “Through our partnership with
Humanity & Inclusion, we hope to provide a platform for people with disabilities to showcase their
strengths and abilities. We want to encourage everyone to help create a future with a difference for
people with disabilities with opportunities to become valuable and equal contributors to the community.”
“Developing countries are encouraged to invest in youth, but unfortunately, young people with
disabilities are usually overlooked in employment and entrepreneurship opportunities,” said Bryan
Andrew Marsalis, Humanity & Inclusion Regional Operation Coordinator. “That is why we are very
delighted to have such strong support from FWD Group in our advocacy of improving the lives of
youth with disabilities. Through this project, we will work with selected employers – including FWD
Group – across the two target countries to improve their capacity to employ youth with disabilities.”
“At FWD, we are committed to promoting social inclusion and active participation of persons with
disabilities, and are very excited to kick start our work with Humanity & Inclusion,” said FWD Life
Philippines Head of Marketing and Community Care Country Lead Roche Vandenberghe. “With the
Forward Together project, we are enabling businesses and organizations such as ours to become
catalysts for quality job creation.”
###
Monch "Monchster" Henares is a feature writer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer's "Road Talk", media blogger @ MonchsterChronicles, tech and motoring specialist, inventor, and automotive engineer. He managed the motorpool for a limousine company in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He is now based in Manila, Philippines and is the President of BuidMeUp Corp.
You may e-mail him at monchnrs@gmail.com
To follow him on Facebook
Instagram: @monchsterh
Youtube: Monchster NRS
No comments:
Post a Comment