'Project Pagsulong'

MANILA, Philippines - The PLDT KaAsenso, PLDT-Smart Foundation, The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Alumni Community (TOSP-AC) and RFM Foundation are supporting ‘Project Pagsulong’, a P1-million youth challenge to be launched for budding Pinoy entrepreneurs, 18 to 30 years old. The program encourages young individuals to put their heads together, and come up with workable and feasible business ideas that could eventually transform into social enterprises – the pillar of a solid economy.  ‘Project Pagsulong’ is part of the PLDT KaAsenso program to empower and enable progressive micro-businesses and start-ups, to increase their profits and maximize savings with the right communication and information tools. This challenge is designed to be sustainable and impact-oriented; grants are awarded to the winning teams in phases as the project is implemented. Esther Santos, PLDT-Smart Foundation president, said ‘Project Pagsulong ‘is part of our social enterprise approach in helping reduce poverty in the country.’