Commitment of SM Foundation Inc.

on Livelihood
Development: It’s effect to its Benefactor.

Submitted by:

Salvador, Jomilyne S.

Foz, Samantha Faye B.

Boado, Brychelle E.

Tan, David Allen J.

Ngo, Kiet

Bautista, Mikaela
 I. DEFINITION of 'Corporate Social Responsibility'

Corporate social responsibility, often abbreviated "CSR," is a

corporation’s initiatives to assess and take responsibility for the company's
effects on environmental and social wellbeing. The term generally applies to
efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental
protection groups.

CSR may also be referred to as "corporate citizenship" and can involve

incurring short-term costs that do not provide an immediate financial benefit
to the company, but instead promote positive social and environmental
change.

II. Coverage of Livelihood Development Project

DESIRED
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE SKILL DEVELOP PARTICIPANTS EFFECT
OUTCOME

1. Farmers'  aims to upgrade  Kabalikat sa  Farmers   Apply what  the group was
Training the agricultural Kabuhayan they have already
Program knowledge of (KSK) scholars learned in supplying

(Kabalikat sa small-scale are trained on their own vegetables to

Kabuhayan) farmers in order the proper field, the local branches

to produce way of group of a well-
quality, safe, planting pooled known fast-
high-value, and through together food chain.
high-yielding lessons in their Today, the
fruits and modern resources to group
vegetables while farming build a supplies
teaching them to methods and communal produce to
become self- technologies. farm. public
sufficient. markets in
 Region III.

 Designed to help  They are  Resident  Apply what  For 2014, SM

rural households trained on the s of they have Foundation
develop a self- proper skills Nasugbu, learned trained 33
sustainable and animal Batangas about the beneficiaries
livelihood raising and proper in animal
2. Nasugbu through rearing dispersal. animal raising—31 in
various livestock. dispersal. hog raising
Community
and 2 in goat
Developmen
raising. To
t date, 305
residents have
already
benefited from
the project.

We make a table presenting SM Inc. programme and its desired

outcome to its beneficiaries.

III. Past Achievements are Future Plans

March 2014
70th SM Farmers’ Training Program Launched in Guiuan, Eastern Samar
SM Foundation’s Cristie Angeles speaks before farmer-participants at the launch of the farmers’
training program in Guiuan (left). Photo on the right shows the transplanting of seedlings in
Tanauan.
Calamity-stricken Guiuan, Eastern Samar and Tanauan, Leyte are the
latest venues of SM Foundation’s Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) Farmers’
Training Program.
SM Foundation’s 70th batch of the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK)
Farmers Training Program was welcomed last March 31, 2014 in Brgy.
Cogon, Guiuan, Eastern Samar with 100 participants from the barangays
Cogon, Timala, Mayana, Banaag, Banahao, Cantahay, Bagua, Lupok, Hagna,
Tagporo, Surok, Cagusu-an, Alingarog, and Camparang as well as nearby
municipalities of Mercedes and Salcedo.
Guiuan is one of the municipalities in Region VIII badly affected by
typhoon Yolanda, which destroyed their main means of livelihood – farming
and fishing. To help in their recovery, SM Foundation brought the KSK
Program to teach farmers self-sustainable means while their areas are being
rehabilitated. In partnership with Harbest Agribusiness Corporation, KSK
introduced advanced technology on the production of fruits, vegetables and
high-value crops, and as well as imparted entrepreneurial skill to the
farmers.
The Department of Agriculture, Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) and local government units were tapped to make the
program successful and sustainable.
Another KSK program was also launched in Tanauan, Leyte. Farmers
from Brgy. Pago in Tanauan and Barugo, Leyte started their 12-week hands-
on training on the cultivation of high value crops, fruits & vegetable farming.
This in turn will provide livelihood opportunities for the farmers
inasmuch as the coconut farms & rice paddies in the area were completely
devastated by the typhoon. Copra and palay are their main means of
livelihood. According to Cristie Angeles, SM Foundation’s Assistant Vice
President for Livelihood, 127 farmers from 50 neighboring barangays in
Tanauan and 11 farmers from Barugo, Leyte attended the launch and
orientation program given by Harbest’s President, Toto Barcelona.
Capacity building and entrepreneurial skills are also incorporated in the
training. The program includes provision for market linkages in cooperation
with SM Food Group and Supermalls, the Department of Agriculture, DSWD,
local government units and NGOs.
Many of the farmers who finish the training program replicate what
they learn in their own farmlots. To meet the increased demand for their
produce, some farmers have formed cooperatives. Others have ventured into
agribusiness, becoming regular suppliers to supermarkets.

March 2016
Farming hope: Creating sustainable food sources in fields and in
backyards

Addressing the challenge of providing a healthy and sustainable food source

for communities, SM Foundation continues to constantly improve and evolve its
sustainable agriculture program Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) Farmers’ Training.

As such, SM Foundation introduced its Urban Farming and Gardening Training

course in 2015. Like the KSK program, it also aims to help promote food security as
well as provide an extra form of livelihood for the participants but targets the
marginalized sector in the urban setting.

Farming Hope aHarbest Agribusiness, SM Foundation’s constant partner in its

KSK programs, conducted the training. The project was envisioned to help teach the
participants the concept of smart farming using the limited spaces or backyards of
their households. The end objective was to bring nutritious food to every table of its
participants.

Last year, SM Foundation’s last training of the year was held in Bagobantay,
Quezon City, a short distance from SM North EDSA. The 12-week program taught
the participants how to utilize space for backyard farming by using recycled
containers as planting pots which can easily be replicated in their own backyards.

Crops that were grown during the training included lowland and upland
vegetables and fruits such as bitter gourd, eggplant, green beans, lettuce, okra,
radish, squash, sweet potato, tomato, watermelons and melons, to name a few.
A total of 467 individuals from Manila; Bacoor, Cavite; and Quezon City
completed the training last year.

Future Plans

SM Foundation also continued to conduct its regular KSK trainings,

effectively rolling out 17 trainings nationwide. The 12-week program teaches
participants new and doable agricultural technology and methods through
modular lectures and hands-on training on high-value crops. It also ingrains
into them the importance of providing healthy and safe food for their own
table.

Aside from agriculture training conducted by Harbest Agribusiness, SM

Foundation also partners with the Department of Social Welfare and
 Development which conducts values formation and entrepreneurship
trainings for the farmer-participants.

Including its Urban Farming and Gardening Training, SM Foundation

has conducted a total of 20 KSK trainings benefitting 2,670 farmers and
interested participants for 2015.

SM Foundation capped off the year by ending 2015 with its 100th KSK
training. By end of 2015, the program was able to train a total of 12,750
farmers from 2,123 barangays in 551 municipalities and cities from various
locations throughout the country.
In a steady phase, SM Foundation continues to strengthen its initiatives
to support its goal of enabling people to attain food security in the various
communities it serves.

IV. Effects to its Benefactors

Started in 2007, the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers’ Training
Program is a dual technology training in high-value crops in vegetable
and fruit farming intended to provide updated agricultural technology
to participants thereby empowering them, not only to earn more
income but also to be self-sufficient. The training is funded by the SM
Foundation. Its program partner, Harbest Agribusiness Corporation,
provides manpower and agriculture specialists who impart modern
techniques in farming in the lecture sessions. The seedlings used in the
actual training are also provided by Harbest while the demo farm is
from the local government.

V. Companies Perspective on Developments

 SM Foundation recognizes livelihood development as a key component
in improving lives in communities. Since 2007, SM Foundation's Farmers'
Training Program (Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan) has been helping marginalized
farmers become self-sufficient by equipping them with updated knowledge in
doable agricultural technology.

Another livelihood initiative of SM Foundation is the Nasugbu

Community Development Program which offers trainings in specialized skills
and animal raising and dispersal to the residents of Nasugbu, Batangas.

VI. Analysis of their Contributions

VII. Conclusions