SM GROUP TURN OVER HOUSES FOR YOLANDA SURVIVORS IN NORTHERN ILOILO

SM Cares serves as the holistic and cohesive flagship of the group’s CSR programs. The goal is to ensure that SM serves not only as the retail industry leader, but also acts as a catalyst towards positive change in the nation and leading by example when it comes to corporate social responsibility.

The SM Group through SM Cares turn over houses in Northern Iloilo that marked the company’s second leg in the housing project for survivors of super typhoon Yolanda

The project will also roll out in other areas in the Visayas such as in Tacloban City and Ormoc City, Leyte. The first SM Cares Village were turned over in Bogo City, Cebu.

Ms. Annie Garcia, SM Supermalls President, Ms. Marissa Fernan, SM Prime Holdings Inc., Vice President and Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. led the ground breaking ceremony of the SM Cares Housing Project in Brgy. Bacjauan Sur in Concepcion, Iloilo on October 3, 2015. Joining them were Provincial Administrator Raul Banias, SM Foundation’s Linda Atayde and officials of the Municipality of Concepcion led by Mayor Millard Villanueva as well as Monsignor Meliton Oso of the Jaro Archdiocesan Social Action Center, who will be in-charge of the soft components of the project.

(seated 2^nd from left to right ) SM Prime Holdings Inc. Vice President Marissa Fernan, SM Foundation Inc. Executive Director Carmen Linda Atayde, Jose Roberto Tirol, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr., Concepcion Mayor Millard Villanueva,SM Supermalls President Annie Garcia and Iloilo Provincial Administrator Raul Banias pose with the beneficiary representatives of the SM Cares Village in Concepcion, Iloilo. Also in Photo is Brgy. Bacjawan Sur, Brgy. Captain Noni Villarias(leftmost, standing) Msgr. Meliton Oso of the Jaro Archdiocesan Social Action Center(7^th from left, standing).

This project is in cooperation with the family of Roberto and Gloria Lorca Tirol and was represented by by Jose Roberto Tirol, who donated a 1- hectare property to the SM Group as a show of support for the project. The company built a village of 200 houses in the donated lot in Concepcion, Iloilo.

The SM Cares Housing Project is over and above the SM Group’s P100 million commitment for various assistance to communities affected by typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas. The SM Group’s efforts include immediate relief operations, building of housing communities, rehabilitation of schools,  churches,  hospitals and community centers, and providing medical missions.

Each house, which costs P200,000, was built with concrete roofing, high ceiling, proper ventilation and utility-ready provision. The village will have 5-meter wide road network, a concrete perimeter fence, a community center and a basketball court.

SM Cares serves as the holistic and cohesive flagship of the group’s CSR programs. The goal is to ensure that SM serves not only as the retail industry leader, but also acts as a catalyst towards positive change in the nation and leading by example when it comes to corporate social responsibility.