Published July 9, 2021, 8:15 AM
From providing off-grid electricity in far-flung sitios, enabling marginalized barangays with skills for livelihood and supporting education in science and technology, Shell companies in the Philippines (Shell) commits to continue and enhance programs that provide positive impact on Filipino communities through diverse grassroots projects.
For its 107-year presence in the country, Shell’s campaign “Let’s Keep Moving the Philippines Forward,” reinforced its advocacy for sustainable capacity-building towards a better future by providing more Filipinos with access to education, resources and opportunities via new technologies.
The campaign was launched with the release of Shell’s latest video featuring community programs such as Access to Energy, integrated bio-farming systems, livelihood projects, and the Shell Eco-marathon through mixed-media artistic renditions of alumni artists from the longest-running student arts competition National Student Art Competition (NSAC). NSAC is among Shell’s pioneering programs for social development in the youth sector and has been instrumental in discovering and developing thousands of Filipino artists in digital arts, oil and acrylic, watercolor, and even sculpture. Since its inception in 1967, NSAC has produced National Artists such as Jose Joya, Ang Kiukok, and Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera.