“Concerned members of the League are working to collaborate on LIFE. We also endeavor to identify, reach out to, and work with other like-minded groups, corporates and government organizations, individuals and civil society groups.“ ~Sebastian C. Quiniones, LCF Board Chairperson and Executive Director, Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc.
The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) announced the LIFE initiative—which stands for LCF's Intervention for Food Security, Nutrition, and Empowerment—on Friday, July 5, 2024, at the CSR Expo at the Glorietta Activity Center, Glorietta Mall, Makati City, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of National Nutrition Month in the Philippines.
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| L-R: Edric Calma, LCF Board Trustee and Vice President, Knowledge Channel Foundation; Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Vice Chairperson and Executive Director, Vivant Foundation; Elena Van Tooren, Managing Director, East West Seed Foundation; Dyan Tee, Assistant Executive Director, Metrobank Foundation; Myn Garcia, Deputy Country Representative, Asia Foundation; Jose Gabriel Dimalanta, Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network Secretariat (SUN Network); Joanna La O, Director for Strategy and Program Innovation, Jollibee Group Foundation; Ramon Derige, LCF Board Treasurer and Executive Director, SEAOIL Foundation; Hon. Jim S. Hataman-Salliman, Governor, Province of Basilan; Angie Sapitula-Evidente, Lead Manager, HAPAGASA Program, Assisi Foundation; Enrique O. Canoy, Corporate Communications Head, RMN Networks; Rina Lopez-Bautista, President and Executive Director, Knowledge Channel Foundation; Sebastian C. Quiniones, Jr., LCF Chairperson and Executive Director, Pilipinas Shell Foundation; Austere Panadero, LCF Board Trustee and President, Zuellig Family Foundation; Patrick Aurelio, CSR Officer, RMN Foundation; Suyin Lui Lee, Philippines Country Representative, Asian Philanthropy Circle; Antonio Lambino, President, Ayala Foundation. |
LIFE is the League of Corporate Foundations' flagship project through 2024 and beyond. LIFE is a League-wide initiative to combat waste and stunting. Stunting can have serious and long-term consequences for affected children, as well as Philippine society as a whole, if these issues are not addressed.
The Province of Basilan is one of the League's initial focus areas. It will collaborate with the provincial government and other interested parties to bring the program to the people of Basilan. Hon attended the launch. Jim S. Hataman-Salliman is the Governor of the Basilan Province.
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| Hon. Jim S. Hataman-Salliman, Governor, Province of Basilan |
The condition is permanent; stunted children who reach adulthood may be less healthy and productive, earning less than adults who were not stunted as children. Stunting is caused by poor nutrition in both young children and pregnant women, including a lack of essential micronutrients like iron and Vitamin A.
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| Mr. Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Vice Chairperson and Executive Director, Vivant Foundation. |
Stunting affects 26 percent of Filipino children under the age of five. Stunted children can struggle to learn, perform poorly in school, and miss many days due to illness.
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| Mr. Sebastian C. Quiniones, Jr., LCF Chairperson and Executive Director, Pilipinas Shell Foundation |
LIFE aims to reduce, if not eliminate, stunting, wasting, and malnutrition in one province at a time, using the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN).
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| Mr. Austere Panadero, LCF Board Trustee and President, Zuellig Family Foundation |
LIFE includes nutrition-specific interventions such as supplementary feeding, micronutrient supplementation, nutrition promotion for behavior change, and nutrition during emergency situations; nutrition-sensitive interventions such as a "Greenlihood Program" (provision of vegetable seedlings to target FK1D groups) and WASH interventions; and enabling mechanisms such as the establishment of a nutrition office that will undertake relevant activities such as the conduct of trainings in nutrition.
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| Ms. Joanna La O, Director for Strategy and Program Innovation, Jollibee Group Foundation |
The LIFE launch coincided with the launch of the inaugural Medal of Recognition, which recognizes outstanding corporate social responsibility initiatives carried out by organizations that are not members of LCF, as well as the celebration of National CSR Week in the Philippines.
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| Ms. Dyan Tee, Assistant Executive Director, Metrobank Foundation |
According to Presidential Proclamation No. 299, the LCF is responsible for leading the celebration of National CSR Week in the first week of July. 2000, including organizing the annual CSR Conference and Expo.
For more information please visit the LIFE microsite at bit.ly/lcflife, or contact Celine A. Santillan, LCF Executive Director, at execdirlcf@gmail.com.
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