Converge, CDC give e-learning equipment to Aeta students

CLARK FREEPORT—Converge ICT Solutions Inc., in partnership with Clark Development Corp. (CDC), recently turned-over electronic learning materials to Aeta students under the CDC-OB Montessori Pagsasarili Family Care Program.

Converge’s CEO Dennis Anthony H. Uy and Chairman Jose P. De Jesus, CDC’s Chairman Atty. Edgardo Pamintuan, President and CEO Manuel R. Gaerlan, Director Nestor Villaroman Jr. and Director Gen. Emmanuel Salamat led the distribution of 60 learning tablets and nine large-format displays to select Aeta students.

Said materials will be used by the students to efficiently continue their education via e-learning modules amid the current pandemic.

In his speech, Gaerlan thanked Converge for its support and encouraged parents of the students to continue valuing their children’s education: “We have seen the improvement of the students through this program. We started from 50, and now we have 80 students and counting.”

CDC’s CEO added, “The students are lucky to have OB Montessori as a partner, and I hope the parents will continue to guide their children to help uplift their life in the future. [May there be more kind-hearted companies] like Converge to help us with our CSR [(corporate social responsibility) program].”

For his part, Uy expressed elation over their partnership with the state-owned firm: “It is a great honor to partner with CDC in this kind of CSR for indigenous peoples [IPs]. We see that these young people, our next generation, will be our future.”

Mary Grace Marquez, parent of one of the students of the “Pagsasarili” program thanked CDC and Converge for the help that they have provided.

Also present during the activity were CDC’s Vice President for Administration and Finance Mariza Mandocdoc, Assistant Vice President for External Affairs Rommel Narciso, OB Montessori-Angeles’ Manager Audrey Paras and Bamban, Tarlac Municipal Administrator Carlito Policarpio.

The Aeta Pagsasarili Family Care Center was created through the partnership of CDC and OB Montessori. It is a project under the CSR Program of the state-owned firm, and was launched in July 2019 to provide an early-childhood and adult-learning program for IPs from nearby communities of the free port.