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ELENA ENCIO: A CHAMPION FOR THE SCHOLARS
In 4 decades of helping Filipino youth find a path towards realizing their own potential, one thing PSFI scholars find with the chance to finish their education is a shot at a welcoming family, one that understands where...
#MovingFurther: A Celebration of 40 Years of Progress
In August 1982, PSFI was established to help the country’s out-of-school youth and uplift the lives of Filipinos. 40 years later, with the expansion of programs into 6 thematic areas aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the good work...
Planting the Seeds of Progress: Romano Reyes for SAKA
Through programs that uplift and empower individuals and communities, PSFI plants the seeds of progress. By nourishing and providing them with care and guidance, these seeds can grow, flourish, and eventually bear fruits to help those around them. Sanayan sa...
Breaking the Chains of Poverty: Elizabeth Estabillo for SKIL
Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) , prides itself in creating programs that address the challenges Filipinos continue to face everyday, all of which are in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). When the foundation was...
A Heart to Heart with Raven Aguan on PSFI PROTECTS
In facing relevant societal issues, it is important to have people who are compassionate and actively engaged, those who have the capacity to understand the struggles another individual may be experiencing and the willingness to lend a helping hand. This is...
The Heroes Behind ‘Movement Against Malaria’
Malaria continues to be a worldwide concern, with the World Health Organization reporting 241 million global cases in 2020. The disease is caused by a parasite carried by infected mosquitos and is more prevalent in rural areas. Luckily, there are available...
Power and Empowerment: 2 Stories from Project SINAG in Palawan
Today, there are still many communities throughout the Philippines that have no power, and this problem with electricity and lack of access to energy is something that needs to be addressed and improved. This problem affects families—from how they perform...
More than Just a Scholarship: Alex Aberion and her Journey with Shell-PhilDev
Ultimately, people seek good education to get greater opportunities later in life. From there, they choose the paths that define their story and work towards greatness in their own respect. While education remains to be a privilege for many in the Philippines, the...
A Shared Passion for Education: Ronald Po and Shell NXplorers
Jose Rizal was right, ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan. The youth will always have the potential to change the course of the future—they can learn from the mistakes of the past and make solutions beyond society’s wildest dreams. In the early stages of their...
Promoting Sustainable Development in Tagbilaran
From the years 2006 to 2012, PSFI has been working with communities in Tagbilaran, implementing projects that adhere to sustainable development goals relevant to the 14 barangays in the area. Now, almost ten years later, the Foundation saw the need to...
Celebrating 39 Years of Empowering Communities
For 39 years, Pilipinas Shell Foundation (PSFI) has been actively empowering communities all over the Philippines. Established in 1982, the foundation set course to make a sustainable and inclusive future by helping those who’ve been strongly affected by...
The Future Starts in Your Community: Meet The Top 6 Community Enterprises Of Shell Livewire 2021
Shell LiveWIRE is Shell’s flagship enterprise development program with the vision to strengthen local economies by promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and meaningful employment. It is a partnership between Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, Pilipinas Shell...
MagzWheel Furniture: Turning the Wheels of Sustainability
It’s common knowledge that rubber tires don’t decompose. Instead, they stack up on landfills where they can serve as breeding spaces for mosquitoes and rats, among many other critters. When not thrown away, tires are disposed through the process of burning, which...
Losing a home to Taal
Maricel used to call Taal island her home. That was before the main crater on the volcano island spewed a tower of ash some 15 kilometers into the sky last January 12, raining ashfall in parts of Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan, Rizal and as far north in Metro...
Powering the People: PSFI inaugurates Micro-Grid Hybrid Power System in Brgy. Maytegued, Palawan
Barangay Maytegued is one of the islands of the municipality of Taytay in Palawan. It is home to about 700 people who has had no access to a stable and reliable source of energy since it’s been inhabited. According to Florence, one of Maytegued’s community leaders,...