Minelife 2014 Final.pdf MineLife Vol. 2 Issue 1 2014 | Page 19

PGFI Executive Director Paul Buenconsejo and HARRDEC Director Dr. Sonwright Maddul sign the Terms of Partnership for the Social Enterprise Investment Business Program Mr. Buenconsejo, Dr. Pelin Belino, Dean of BSU College of Home Economics & Technology, and Mr. Lesley Dale Umayat, BSU-CHET Extension Coordinator show the signed Memorandum of Understanding for the PGFI-BSU partnership of the Meat Processing Training Program Program participants train for Home-Based Meat Processing Padcal community members attend classroom trainings on Entrepreneurship Appreciation About the Foundation Philex Group Foundation, Inc. (PGFI) was launched in 2010 with the objective of complementing and leveling up the government-mandated Social Development & Management Program (SDMP) interventions, as well as expanding its reach beyond its host communities. Through the SDMP, PGFI and its partners have implemented numerous projects and interventions in education, environment, health, and public infrastructure for the host and neighboring communities. At present, PGFI’s direct beneficiaries are Philex employees and their families (to sustain their livelihood beyond PMC’s intervention) and the residents of neighboring communities. The Official Internal Publication of Philex Mining Corporation Minelife 2014 Final Copy2.indd 19 | 18 5/8/14 9:47 AM