Responsible citizenship through education-based programs can help improve the country’s social and moral problems showcasing as an example the recently concluded elections and how everyone got involved in injecting positive change to society. The Committee on Education’s session discussed how engaging the community and the individual can help in nation building.

Despite economic growth, there is persistent poverty in the Philippines. So points out Dr. Arsenio Balisacan in his presentation “Key Constraints to Poverty” during the LCF CSR Expo plenary “Pathways to Change” last July 14, 2010.

For every 100 students who enter grade 1 in the Philippines, only 40 end up finishing high school; and 20 of the 60 who drop out do so before the 3^rd grade.

This is not due to lack of access, since education in the country’s public schools is free up to high school, but more due to lack of motivation on the part of the students and their families.

Globe Telecom has intensified its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs as the Philippines marked CSR month this past July. The company has been running its various CSR initiatives through its CSR arm, Globe Bridging Communities (Globe BridgeCom).