SM Cares programs on PWD and Children, in partnership with UNICEF, Tanghalang Pilipino, and the Camera Club of the Philippines, celebrates the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week which started July 18, 2016. The objective is to raise awareness and help create an inclusive environment for Children with Disabilities (CWDs) by highlighting their abilities instead of their disabilities. This will be dramatized via informative and educational activities for mall-goers through Tanghalang Pilipino’s stage play entitled “Sandosenang Sapatos,”, and the Camera Club of the Philippines’ photo exhibit entitled “See What I Can Do” that depict the everyday lives of Children with Disabilities.
VP Leni Robredo together with UNICEF Philippines, SM Cares and the Camera Club of the Philippines officially opens the SEE WHAT I CAN DO Photo Exhibit #ThisAbilityPH
The NDPR event was launched at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia on July 18. Vice President Leni Robredo was the guest of honor.
SCHEDULE
| VENUE | PLAY | EXHIBIT |
| SM Mall of Asia | July 18 & 23Music Hall | July 18 – 23 |
| SM City Clark | July 24Event Center | July 18 – 23 |
| SM City Cebu | – | August 13 – 19 |
| SM City Davao | – | August 22 – 28 |
This initiative is just one of the collaborative efforts of SM Cares and UNICEF since being partners in 2008. This is to further the advocacy of SM to uphold the rights and welfare of children and persons with disabilities (PWDs).
National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week to raise awareness and help create an inclusive environment for Children with Disabilities (CWDs) by highlighting their abilities instead of their disabilities. This is being dramatized via informative and educational activities for mall-goers through Tanghalang Pilipino’s stage play entitled “Sandosenang Sapatos” in SM Mall of Asia
Alexandra Margarette Tallod delivering her Speech in front of VP Leni Robredo and distinguished guests
VP Leni Robredo leads the celebration of the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week held at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia. The event is a partnership of SM Cares with UNICEF and Tanghalang Pilipino. #NDPR2016 #smcares
Covered event and Photos by Mommy Leira Pagaspas of Dulceleirs.com
SM Cares, a division of SM Foundation Inc., is the corporate social responsibility arm of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. As a responsible mall developer, SM ensures that its CSR programs serve as a catalyst for positive change for the community.
SM Cares has six advocacies, mainly are programs for: Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, Children and Youth, Women and Breastfeeding, Overseas Filipino Workers (The SM Global Pinoy) and Environment.
SM and UNICEF have worked together in various projects such as the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene or the WASH Project wherein a portion of the sale of SM’s bottled water goes to the organization’s efforts to provide clean drinking water to various provinces in the country. To date, it has already helped more than 113,000 school children across the country.
To know more about SM Cares’ programs for Children, and PWDs, you may visit: www.smcares.com.ph or www.facebook.com/
Kudos to SM for having social responsibility, they care 🙂 So that’s where the proceeds of their bottled water goes, I’ll support them by buying from those establishments.
Yay SM for doing this! It’s great that since they have it in malls, people would know more! Thank you 🙂
Nice to know SM takes its social responsibility seriously. 🙂 I hope SM Cares will continue funding and supporting all their six advocacies.
This is a very good campaign by SM! It only shows that they really care for children with disabilities and is serious with this initiatives. I love their objective of “highlighting their abilities instead of their disabilities”. Great job SM!
This is such a great campaign by SM. I hope they’ll have the play here in Cebu too. Being able to help hundreds of thousands is a huge thing. Bravo! We’ll try to visit during the exhibit.
I just admire companies putting money and effort for their corporate social responsibility initiatives. Surely anything SM gives will be given back to them 10 times more.
I will certainly look into these benefits. I am sure it will help my son in the future.
Very nice advocacy!
I only have praises for initiatives like this that raise awareness about such a worthy cause!
Wow, good thing bumabawi ang SM, they should also consider environmental concern to keep up their social responsibility.
Kudos SM for caring and yes I agree, they should also look at environmental responsibility next.
This is a great initiative! I just watched a football program for kids who has to use walking support and the effect is pretty awesome.
I love this: highlighting their abilities instead of their disabilities. I really believe that everyone, with or without disability has something (talent/gift) to offer or share. We just have to look closer and see what they can do rather than on what they cannot. Thank you for sharing.
What a great campaign by SM and Unicef. I’m really glad they’re doing what they can to help CWDs. We really need more programs like this.
Kudos to SM for advocating causes like this. I guess this is their way of giving back. 🙂
Oh, the VP was there! I like her!
Kudos for SM Cares and Unicef for having such a campaign. I hope they come up with more programs like this.
I’m happy they have this kind of advocacy or campaign not just to help disabled people but to let them know we are here to support them. Knowing that people appreciate for what you are is a big deal.