Monsanto Philippines’ employees recently visited Elsie Gaches Village in Alabang, Muntinlupa City to bring Christmas gifts to its resid...
Monsanto
Philippines’ employees recently visited Elsie Gaches Village in Alabang,
Muntinlupa City to bring Christmas gifts to its residents and engage them in joyful
activities.The
facility is the country’s largest shelter for orphaned children and adults with
development disorders or disabilities. Over 150 residents of Elsie Gaches
Village joined the program organized by the Monsanto employees.
Corporate Engagement Lead
Charina Garrido Ocampo said: “Concern for others and sharing are part of
Monsanto’s company culture.Together with our local partners, we develop
programs that allow us to give back to various communities where
we are present -- like building schools and housing infrastructure, providing
financial literacy to women farmers, and educating the youth about agriculture
and biotechnology.”
Ocampo explained that for
a time the company focused these social programs in key provincial areas but this
Christmas, Monsanto employees decided to turn their attention to the immediate
community where the company primarily leads its business – in Alabang,
Muntinlupa.
“What is particularly
unique about the activity was that it was employee-led. There are about 50 personnel
in the local office and all of them brought gifts they carefully chose and
purchased for the residents they visited. The company’s leadership is really
just happily supporting what is truly an employee-led effort,” Ocampo shared.
Employees held an entertaining program
to bring laughter to the residents and shared a meal with them. For the kids, a
short animated film was shown of the children’s book Lina’s Town Rises Again
-- a story about a female corn farmer from Sultan Kudarat who helped her community
successfully recover from a devastating typhoon through the use of modern and
sustainable farming methods.The
company also donated several sacks of rice to Elsie Gaches to help address the
daily rice needs of the residents.
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About Monsanto Philippines
Monsanto Philippines is a local unit of Monsanto, a Fortune 500
global power company with a diverse portfolio of advanced biotechnology
products produced in 404 facilities in 66 countries. To date, Monsanto
Philippines has four facilities spread out across the country, which includes
its head office in Alabang, a Refuge-in-a-Bag (RIB) Plant and cold warehouse
located in Bulacan, and an R&D station in Mindanao. The company also has
partnerships with the Philippine government through the Department of
Agriculture as well as the local scientific and academic communities in the
promotion of modern agricultural biotechnology. To learn more, please visit www.monsanto.ph.
About Monsanto
Monsanto is committed to bringing a broad range of solutions to
help nourish our growing world. We produce seeds for fruits, vegetables and key
crops – such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, canola, and cotton – that help farmers
have better harvests while using water and other important resources more
efficiently. We work to find sustainable solutions for soil health, help
farmers use data to improve farming practices and conserve natural resources,
and provide crop protection products to minimize damage from pests and disease.
Through programs and partnerships, we collaborate with farmers, researchers,
nonprofit organizations, universities and others to help tackle some of the
world’s biggest challenges.
