February 28, 2020
HFI’s symbolic check donation to further the training of Sisters of Mary School students was handed over to SMS representatives. (L-R) From HFI, Atty. Maricar Bautista and HFI President Maria Fe Perez-Agudo; from SMS Girlstown Biga Campus, Principal Sr. Gertrudes Dayag and Local Superior Sr. Mela Sim.
Sustaining its commitment to contribute to empowering underprivileged Filipino youth through education, H.A.R.I. Foundation, Inc. (HFI), the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI), turned over a generous cash donation to its newest partner, the Sisters of Mary School (SMS).
Said HFI President Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo, “Through this donation, we reaffirm HFI’s advocacy for education as the most effective and long-term way of empowering our youth. But this is not just a one-off CSR campaign, H.A.R.I. Foundation partnered with the Sisters of Mary School Girlstown and Boystown because of the excellent voc-tech training that they receive in high school. Once they graduate, we can further hone the skills of their best students who wish to undergo the automotive training courses that we offer at Hyundai Dream Centre-Philippines.”
Hyundai Dream Centre Philippines (HDCP) is a world-class training and education hub built to provide underprivileged but talented young people with the highest caliber of training and education in automotive technology. HDCP graduates now count to 80 that are currently employed as technicians and service professionals at Hyundai dealerships in the country.
The Sisters of Mary Congregation was founded in 1964 in Busan, South Korea by Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, an American diocesan priest, with the aim of providing free educational and vocational welfare to underprivileged youth, medical care to the sick and the dying, and shelter service to the homeless and helpless. Venerable Aloysius founded the Sisters of Mary in the Philippines in 1985.
There are now two graduates from Sisters of Mary Boystown Cavite already in training in Course 2 at Hyundai Dream Centre-Philippines. HFI intends to increase the number of SMS graduates to its succeeding batches of scholars.
“This education to employment program fulfills our aim to give dignified careers to our youth. Unlike other programs that stop at graduation, we strive to bring these skilled technicians to our growing number of Passenger Car (PC) and Commercial Vehicle (CV) dealerships. This, in turn, benefits our customers who deserve world-class quality services,” Ms. Agudo concluded.
HARI has over 50 PC and CV dealerships across the country.
ABOUT HARI FOUNDATION, INC.
Since its establishment in 2006, HARI Foundation, Inc. (HFI), the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI), inspired by the global vision of the Korean automotive giant to create a happier, greener, healthier, and wealthier world, has been driving the advancement of the Filipino through various philanthropic endeavors across the country in the areas of education, environment, healthcare, heritage and culture, youth development through sports, women’s and children’s rights, and road safety.
Fully aware that poverty is more than just the lack of resources, but of options to pursue a better life, HFI has streamlined its CSR vision to a more focused, long-term, multi-disciplinary, and multi-stakeholder solution that would entail partnering up with various public and private institutions.
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