Metrobank Foundation Inc. and GT Foundation will provide a combined P75 million in grants to 35 social-development partners this year for projects in health, education, livelihood, and disaster preparedness.
The grant package was announced during the annual George S.K. Ty Grants Turnover Ceremony as the Metrobank Group marks its 64th anniversary.
Among the projects is a 10,000-bag-capacity onion cold-storage facility in San Manuel, Tarlac, which Metrobank Foundation is supporting with the Department of Agriculture and the municipal government.
The facility is intended to reduce post-harvest losses, improve farmers’ incomes, and strengthen the onion supply chain.
Metrobank Foundation said its grants will also support medical assistance, healthcare, nutrition, classroom construction in selected Last Mile Schools in Bukidnon, math-learning initiatives, and English literacy programs.
Livelihood assistance will include support for families displaced by Typhoon Tino in La Carlota, Negros Occidental, and the Adopt-A-Fisherman Project of the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation. The foundation will also partner with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation on a hub for research, learning, collaboration, and disaster preparedness.
GT Foundation, meanwhile, will direct grants to scholarships, technical-vocational training, healthcare, and other community initiatives.
Its education programs include scholarships for incoming college students under the GT Youth for Excellence and Service program, as well as 100 new slots under the GT Reformation and Educational Assistance Program.
The foundation will continue technical-vocational scholarship programs with Don Bosco ONE TVET Philippines, MFI Polytechnic Institute, and Toyota Motor Philippines School of Technology. It will also support more than 250 Grade 12 students in the Visayas and Mindanao, Indigenous young women pursuing community-based eco-preneurship, and students taking an associate degree in computer technology.
Healthcare assistance will include surgery and rehabilitation for 60 children with repairable deformities through Tebow CURE Children’s Hospital.
Philip Francisco U. Dy, Metrobank Foundation president and GT Foundation executive director, said the grants are intended to address persistent needs through partnerships with community organizations.
“Addressing challenges of this scale requires more than good intentions,” Dy said. “It calls for strategic investments, innovative solutions, and a willingness to act where the need is greatest.” — Ma. Alyanna Selda
