Recently Globe Telecom, in partnership with ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation and Task Force Davao conducted a farming and vegetable production and livelihood training for the Marilog, Paquibato and Baguio districts of Davao City.

Dubbed as Globe BridgeCom sa Bayan Sustainable Livelihood for Barangays, the program aims to help empower communities in maximizing their local resources and skills to develop their own communities.

Ms. Nileema Noble, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, participated in a panel discussion during the lanching of Globe BridgeCom sa Bayan project. In order to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals, she highlighted the role of the private sector in unleashing the power of local entrepreneurs by using the company’s managerial, organizational, technological innnovation to improve the lives of the poor.

The project aims to provide local community leaders training on entepreneurship and mico-credit financing in selected barangays. Now on its second year, the project is being implemented in partnership with Globe Telecom and ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation.

Other members of the panel discussion included Mr. Gerardo Ablaza, Jr., President, Globe Telecom, Ms. Gina Lopez, Vice Chairperson, ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation, Ms. Imelda Madarang, Executive Director, Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship, and Mr. Ed Morato, Jr., President, ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation.