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Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is the largest corporate-led social development foundation in the Philippines. [1] Founded in 1970, PBSP was the first in Asia to lead the promotion and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR). [ 2 ]
In its broadest sense, social vulnerability is one dimension of vulnerability to multiple stressors and shocks, including abuse, social exclusion and natural hazards.Social vulnerability refers to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts from multiple stressors to which they are exposed.
This is a list of charities in the Philippines. CharityPhilippines.org [1] Angat Buhay Foundation (formally Angat Pinas, Inc.) Bantay Bata 163; Children's Shelter of Cebu; NGITI Association; Fairplay For All Foundation [2] Gawad Kalinga; Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko; SM Foundation [3] Maharlika Charity Foundation; Roots of Health
Children in the Philippines are particularly vulnerable to the effects of poverty and suffer high rates of mortality for those below 5 years old. [15] The UNICEF and World Bank reported that as of 2022, more than 32 million children were living in poverty in the Philippines, including 5 million children living in extreme poverty. [16]
These health conditions of poverty most burden vulnerable groups such as women, children, ethnic minorities, and disabled people. [2] Social determinants of health – like child development , education , living and working conditions , and healthcare [ 1 ] - are of special importance to the impoverished.
The Republic Act No. 10754 is an expansion of the benefits and privileges of PWDs in the Philippines as an amendment to the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons. It highlights the basic and societal benefits and privileges of PWDs. It was signed on December 1, 2016. [11]
The payments that Lagos authorities offered for larger demolished structures, for example, were 31 percent lower than what the World Bank’s own consultants said they were worth. “It was like David and Goliath. There were these little people fighting against this giant,” Chapman said. The bank “really left vulnerable people on their own.”
The Philippines has adhered to the UDHR through the Bill of Rights, and continued to create laws and policies that cater to a specific sector, like the Labor Code and the Indigenous Peoples' Rights. [clarification needed] Besides the UDHR, the Philippines is a signatory to 8 of the 9 UN core human rights treaties, namely: