Disaster relief led San Miguel Foundation’s nationwide initiatives in 2025

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San Miguel Foundation (SMF), the social development arm of San Miguel Corporation, said disaster relief accounted for the largest share of its activities in 2025 following a series of major calamities, even as it sustained community programs in health, nutrition, education and food security nationwide.

 

The foundation reported reaching about 192,000 marginalized and displaced Filipinos during the year, with disaster response generating the highest number of beneficiaries due to the scale of its relief operations.

 

SMF’s nationwide Team Malasakit employee-volunteer network distributed food, water and other essential supplies to at least 156,760 people affected by multiple typhoons, earthquakes in Cebu and Bacolod, and a major fire in Tondo, Manila.

“We deployed as much assistance and volunteers as we could to respond to our countrymen in times of need, while continuing to strengthen programs designed to provide longer-term support,” said SMC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang.

 

Participation increased across SMF’s Better World Centers, which anchor its community programs in some of the country’s most underserved areas.

 

At Better World Tondo and Better World Smokey Mountain, SMF delivered food assistance alongside education, livelihood and health interventions for families in urban poor communities, including learning support for children and skills training for parents.

 

At Better World Cubao, the foundation ran year-long programs for women, including learning sessions, mental health discussions and digital literacy classes, supported by volunteer engagement. The center also hosted medical and laboratory services for women through the government’s Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Services (BUCAS) Center, operated in partnership with Quirino Memorial Medical Center.

 

“This helps close gaps in access to healthcare for underserved communities,” Ang said, noting that a fully operational BUCAS Center is now serving patients at Better World Smokey Mountain.

 

Healthcare services expanded nationwide, with SMF’s Better World Clinics growing to nine sites in 2025 and serving active patients through consultations, diagnostics and medicine distribution.

 

Nutrition programs were sustained through the First 1,000 Days initiative for mothers and infants, implemented with local governments, while food security efforts continued through the Backyard Bukid program, which supports community-based food production.

 

SMF also continued feeding and education programs in institutional settings, including at the New Bilibid Prison, where meals and learning support were provided during the year.

 

Volunteer engagement across SMC’s business units totaled about 57,000 hours in 2025, supporting hundreds of outreach activities nationwide.

 

 

PHOTOS:

SMC Chairman and CEO Ramon S. Ang visited Cebu, where Team Malasakit employee-volunteers distributed food packs for earthquake victims.

   

Team Malasakit prepared hot meals for typhoon Uwan victims in Quezon City, under Better World Diliman’s food rescue initiative.

 

 

Better World Bilibid funded a fully-equipped computer room and upgraded other facilities at the school operating at the Medium Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison.

 

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