Corporate Social Responsibility
We are a socially responsible organization, committed in promoting world-class high quality online learning.
Online learning via Web 2.0 helps in the global fight against climate change minimizing commuting, paper usage, and construction materials for classrooms. Thus, less fuel consumption, less emission of pollutants, and a smaller carbon footprint.
Online learning also overcomes the mobility barrier which is common to many persons with disabilities (PWD). This enables the PWDs to avail of the learning, and also be sustainably employed in its delivery.
We have carefully selected businesses and business models which allow us to be responsible corporate citizens.
We believe in education, and we believe that leveraging the power of the internet and Web 2.0 allows us to not only deliver effective services in a more environmentally friendly way, but also to reach out to persons with disabilities and the underprivileged communities.
- board of Trustees of ATRIEV Computer School for the Blind (www.atriev.org.ph) 2006-2010
- panel of experts for the ASEAN Institute for Disability and Public Policy
- member of the ASEAN Disability Forum
- panel of experts for the Blind Future Leaders Dialogue
- Invited as a speaker at the International Community for Education for the Visually Impaired (www.icevi.org) World Conference in 2010.
Click here to read a speech delivered by Thomas Ng, at the Economic Empowerment Program on Annual International day of PWDs in Manila on the 25th of November 2009. Here he discusses his experience of working with PWDs, why they are beneficial and good employees and what PWDs can do to better help themselves gain meaningful employment.