Convergys Philippines recently distributed 1,000 school bags to the Barrio Luz Elementary School pupils during a visit last Aug. 3.
The public school, which is located nearby Convergys centers in Asiatown IT Park, was chosen to be the partner of three Convergys Cebu sites i2, i3 and Cebu 5-The Link.
The “Give A Bag of Hope” campaign, launched by Convergys Philippines in all its sites in May 2015, is a nationwide employee-driven program that seeks to address a basic challenge faced by public elementary school students—the lack of school supplies.
Employees can donate through several ways: aside from a monetary pledge and actual donation of school supplies, each successful referral also results to a bag of hope donated in the name of employees and new hires.
“This activity shows an outpour of goodwill and bountiful blessings to schoolchildren, through the generosity of Convergys employees,” said school principal Helen Estoconing.
Convergys Cebu 5 site director Jennifer Chua said, “More than a thousand employees from three Cebu sites donated to make this activity possible. We also appreciate the hundred volunteers who joined today’s distribution. As the public school is at the heart of the community where our employees and their kin live and work, they can clearly see the impact of their good work.”
The company aims to provide more than 20,000 Bags of Hope to students across the Philippines, as visits to partner schools of various Convergys sites continue throughout August.
For more information about Give a Bag of Hope, visit the Convergys Philippines Facebook page.