Bata,
a world-renowned shoe brand with over 6,000 retail stores across the
globe, partnered anew with SM Foundation (SMFI) in donating 1,800
pairs of shoes for the front -liners of the Philippine General
Hospital. This is part of Bata's Global 1 Million pairs donation
project.
“Due
to long and often times back-to-back work shifts, a number of our
health workers are experiencing foot and back pain,” says SM
Foundation Executive Director Debbie Sy. “The need to constantly
disinfect their shoes also results in faster wearing out of their
footwear. With this, SMFI and Bata wanted to provide our health
workers with quality footwear to address this need and provide them
with comfortable footwear and protection while at work and doing
their rounds.”
“Bata
Philippines donated these shoes as our way of saying thank you to our
front-liners for the help that they have extended to the country
during the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Bata Philippines General
Manager
Arlyn Guanlao.
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PGH Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi expressed his gratitude to SM
Foundation and Bata, “I'd like to thank SM Foundation for being
ever supportive of our COVID-19 fight here in PGH. You have covered
the whole spectrum of our needs from ventilators and now sneakers.
Thank you to Bata shoes for having shared their different kinds of
sneakers which I'm sure would go a long way into making our front-
liners feel appreciated and comfortable when they work.”
Since
the onset of the outbreak, Bata through its “Bata Heroes”
initiative has been working with its long-standing foundations,
charitable partners, government agencies, and other organization to
respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through
the years, SMFI and Bata have been collaborating on social good
projects. In 2018, they teamed up to construct a new school building
for Telabastagan Integrated School in San Fernando, Pampanga. More
recently, in March
2020
for the distribution of 400 pairs of shoes for the students of Looc
Elementary School in Nasugbu, Batangas.
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