SBFI makes progress in education advocacy programs

Security Bank Foundation Inc. (SBFI) continues to make progress last year in its programs advocating for education.

- By CATHERINE TALAVERA

In a statement, the corporate social responsibility arm of Security Bank Corp., said it champions education through investments in public school classrooms, comprehensive training for teachers and school principals, as well as scholarships and other support interventions for students.

"Some of us may feel that the task of addressing the problems of education in our country is so overwhelming, that the efforts we are exerting would hardly make a difference. But I do not agree because I believe in the power of persistent cumulative influence," SBFI chairman Rafael Simpao Jr. said.

"We also believe that it takes a community to properly raise a child. Together, let us be resolved that no matter what challenges we face, we shall not waver in our purpose and be victorious in elevating the learning of our youth," Simpao added.

Under its Build a School, Build a Nation program, SBFI closed 2024 with 845 classrooms donated to 145 schools across 86 cities and municipalities.