July 2019

Manila Water Foundation (MWF) joined Ayala Foundation Inc. (AFI) in the turnover of the final Deed of Acceptance of donations to the Provincial Government of Pampanga.

Committed to being of service to our fellow Filipinos especially in times of need, MWF worked hand in hand with AFI, Apl.de.Ap Foundation, and Project Malasakit by Kara David in supporting victims of the April 22 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon.

Manila Water Foundation (MWF), together with Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) gave joy to 100 children at the Christian Mission Service Philippines (CMSP) Children’s Village where an inauguration ceremony took place to mark the turnover of a 5-faucet hygiene facility under the Foundation’s Lingap program and the rehabilitation of 6 artesian wells under MWF’s Ahon Tubig program on July 6 at Naic, Cavite.  

To help sustain the children’s learning from the event about proper hygiene, MWF also donated books and hygiene kits after a short hygiene education session.

LINGAP ESKWELA IN LAGUNA: Remember the sixth graders who raised funds for a WASH project last May? Yesterday, these teens have turned over hygiene and drinking facilities to help students in a public school in the South!

More and more kids learn about proper hygiene practices!

Today, more than 100 kids with their parents learned about the 7 steps to proper handwashing and 7 steps to proper toothbrushing in a Health in Our Hands session at Fairview Philippines Stake. 

Health in Our Hands, the Foundation's hygiene education program, is brought to many places all over the country to teach Filipinos on proper hygiene techniques to promote good health.

On July 17, our Dumagat brothers and sisters learned about proper handwashing and toothbrushing, and received hygiene kits to help them practice their new learnings with their families. 

Catch the full episode at Damayan Ngayon on PTV 4.

The Development Marketplace of the Young Leaders for Good Governance (YLGG) is a platform for the YLGG fellows to widen their linkages and meet institutions that share the same collaborative mindset and pursuit for development that they have, whether it be in the form of joint convening or funding opportunities. 

On July 19, MWF joined the YLGG Development Marketplace to invite fellows to pitch for a Lingap project grant which includes a provision of a 5-faucet hygiene facility and Health in Our Hands (HiOH) session on proper handwashing and toothbrushing with hygiene kits. 

More than 2,500 students and staff of Southville 5A Integrated National High School (SINHS) in  Biñan City, Laguna can now live a healthier lifestyle through the five-faucet hygiene and drinking facilities under the Foundation's Lingap Eskwela program, in partnership with Laguna Water.

In celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month, Manila Water Foundation (MWF) inked agreements with its partners from government, private sector and NGOs under its disaster response program Agapay in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing event held at SEAMEO INNOTECH Building, Quezon City on July 30, 2019.

The links between water and sanitation are undeniable, that is why Manila Water Foundation (MWF), through its Integrated WASH Program found the need to educate its partner communities on the risks of open defecation and improper waste management to their water source.

On July 26, MWF conducted a session on groundwater contamination with the members of the community’s Water and Sanitation Groups as the first phase of its Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) campaign. 

Learning about groundwater contamination

Manila Water Foundation (MWF) was awarded as a finalist in the first-ever League of Corporate Foundations’ (LCF) CSR Guild Awards for Outstanding CSR Project in Health- “Clean Hands - A Recipe for Health: MWF’s Global Handwashing Day Program”, and Outstanding CSR Project in Environment - “Working Together Towards a Clean Boracay” on July 5 at the PICC, Pasay City.