Convergys’ “Give a Bag of Hope” kicks-off its second year, goes beyond bags to promote literacy

Convergys Philippines kicks-off its “Give A Bag Hope 2” campaign after a highly successful run in 2015—this time with the added value of books as part of the supplies given to school children to help improve literacy.

The campaign is fully employee-driven, where employees donate bags filled with school supplies, and volunteer hours to distribute them to public school Grades 1 to 3 pupils. In its first run in 2015, almost 22,000 kids in 26 schools and communities were given bags of hope, all thanks to an overwhelming number of employee contributions across the company’s 34 sites in the country.

For kids in a town called Marilao, a Bag of Hope springs eternal

For some parents, choosing a school is a no-brainer – usually, the one closest to home is the one. But for two women in Marilao, Bulacan, picking a school for their young ones turned out to be a rather complicated decision. 

No notebooks, no school?
 
Lola Rosalinda Duldulao says her grandson, Lawrence, along with his four other siblings, were put under her care after their parents went on separate ways. As their guardian and grandmother, she says she wants the best school she could afford for her grandchildren, but at the moment, her income as laundry washer is not enough to buy notebooks and pens for them. Lawrence, 11, is one of the top students in fifth grade, but he almost missed his chance to enroll because money was tight.

Convergys Alabang Employees Distribute 1,000 ‘Bags of Hope’ to Alabang Elementary School Students

The first grade students of Alabang Elementary School raise their ‘Bags of Hope’ to thank the Convergys Alabang team
 
The country’s largest private employer, Convergys, recently distributed 1,000 “Bags of Hope” to elementary students in Alabang Elementary School, Muntinlupa City, during a visit on July 31. The public school has been a long-term partner of Convergys in various CSR initiatives, such as feeding programs over the last four years.

60,000 employees, 34 contact centers, one goal of giving Filipino school kids a shot at their dreams for a better future.

Convergys Philippines, the nation’s largest private employer, launches Give a Bag of Hope—a campaign to bring thousands of school bags loaded with supplies to public school children across the country. 

The program empowers all 60,000 Convergys employees in 34 locations nationwide to give public school students a fighting chance at their education through employees’ own donations, as well as referring their friends to join Convergys, to which the company will also donate one bag in behalf of every new employee hired from May to July 2015.