Citi Philippines celebrated the 20th anniversary of Global Community Day with over 2,000 volunteers in June, collaborating with seven community organizations. The event began in 2006 and aims to harness employees’ drive and dedication to give back to local communities in over 80 countries and territories. Over the past two decades, GCD has become an annual tradition, reinforcing Citi’s strong culture of service and helping teams build deeper relationships with local communities and each other. World Vision Philippines, ChildHope Philippines, the Philippine Business for Social Progress, GMA Kapuso Foundation, PAWS, CARA Welfare Philippines, and Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation organized the activities.
Citi employees, friends, and family shared their time and talent to help various communities in the Philippines.
Citi volunteers repainted classrooms and cleaned school premises at Longos Elementary School in Malabon, benefitting 1,300 students. Classrooms were also cleaned and readied for the incoming school year at CAA School in Las Piñas City to help over 2,200 students.
One hundred sacks of garbage were collected at a coastal cleanup to benefit 30,000 households—another coastal cleanup at Baseco, where 99 kilos of recyclables were collected.
Citi volunteers spent their Saturdays with homeless youth in Pandacan, Manila, to make and create art with 120 children, paint t-shirts and canvas bags with 100 children, and play traditional Filipino games like tumbang preso and sipa with 150 children. Some Citi employees also volunteered to mentor 65 teachers on the basics of Microsoft Excel through a virtual class.
Volunteers prepared food, cooked, and packed 500 meals at the SOS Rescue Kitchen for 500 residents. Likewise, a feeding program, storytelling sessions, and art workshops were held at two Gawad Kalinga villages in Caloocan to benefit 300 children.
One thousand eight hundred bags with school supplies were packed at the GMA Kapuso Foundation warehouse in Quezon City. 800+ hygiene kits were also filled and donated to GMA Kapuso Foundation by Citi volunteers. Meanwhile, ChildHope Philippines received 51 boxes of hygiene kits, snack packs, and school supplies.
Twenty-five boxes of pet food, care items, and cleaning and office supplies were donated to support rescued animals at PAWS. Lastly, nine sacks of pet food and 17 boxes of pet food and care items were donated for the rescued animals of CARA Welfare Philippines.
Citi Philippines CEO and Banking Head Paul Favila is proud of the high engagement of volunteers in the Philippines, adding, “I wish to say ‘Thank you’ to our Citi volunteers for giving up their free time and those who donated to our community partners. This annual tradition shows our dedication to give back to the communities where we live and work and reaffirms our commitment to the future.”
