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Initiative: An update on Intel’s CSR efforts in the Philippines

What’s in store for the third quarter?

Site’s volunteer numbers, as of latest count

True to our reputation as the site with the highest volunteer participation rate, Intel Philippines once again leads in the global effort to log in one million volunteer hours (in celebration of our 40th anniversary, of course!). As of June 16, we have already recorded 122,000 volunteer hours! Less than 30,000 hours more to go and we meet our site goal of 150,000 hours for 2008 (ooops, there’s a stretch GOAL!)

A total of 1,900 Intel employees from Information Technology, Security, Corporate Services, CVAT Teams 1-4, CPLG, Finance, CVAT Staff, CVAT MI/MSE, Quality and Reliability, Platform Components Group, Philippines site staff, and Corporate Affairs have already volunteered.

PCG BRIGADA ESKWELA

On June 11, 2008, the Platform Components Group Product Development Engineers (PDE) and Quality & Reliability Engineers (QRE) teams made another milestone in the history of PCG in the Philippines: 50 employees of PCG, including the Vice President of Digital Enterprise Group and General Manager of PCG, Tom Macdonald, led the volunteerism activity in General Artemio Ricarte Elementary School in General Trias, Cavite. Brian Walker and Glenn Robertson, PCG Business Operations Manager and Tylersburg Manufacturing Program Manager, respectively, also joined.

General Artemio Ricarte Elementary School is a small town school in General Trias, just beside the City Municipal Hall where almost 1300 pupils all over the vicinity are enrolled. The school still lacks rooms to accommodate the large number of pupils going there. Rooms are fully packed with students and the additional room would certainly help them cope up with the lack of space.

The team’s mission on that day was to “fix” the Kindergarten room. And “fix” it they did, as the almost abandoned Kindergarten Room was dramatically converted to a room conducive for learning! During the day-long activity, the volunteers repainted the walls, cabinets, tables, ceiling and restored the lightings and electrical fixtures in the classroom. Brian, Glenn and Tom also conducted English and Math lessons to Grade 3 and Grade 4 pupils.

Here are some snippets of how the volunteers felt during that day…

“It was a great opportunity to give back to the community in Cavite. I'm personally proud of our team for making a difference in the lives of our young people,” Tom Macdonald.

"It was a great experience to be able to help refresh the old class room by wall/cupboard/floor painting and rewiring the electricity," Ween Keen Wong, Tylersburg Early Involvement PE from PG7.

“When I first arrived at the school where we were volunteering at, I was introduced to the principal of the school in the computer lab area which was our ‘home base’ for the volunteer effort. She introduced herself as Mrs. Del Mundo. Later in the day after I taught a class about the math principles on the power of 10; then, she showed me her office and proudly showed me all the awards, plaques and trophies that Intel has given the school. I could tell she was touched by the generosity of the Intel people. To show her appreciation to me, she gave me a small porcelain figurine smiling rat that was sitting on Chinese money. I am keeping it on my desk at work as a memory of that day,” Glen Robertson

"It always feels good to be helping out in the community where people need assistance - especially in schools. It was great to see the whole team pitching in to fix up the school and it was a lot of fun teaching the students,” Brian Walker.

The teachers, led by their principal, Mrs. Del Mundo expressed their appreciation through a heartwarming letter, a part of which read, "Who would think that Yuppies (young professionals) from INTEL would do the job? But in their faces we could see the joy and pride. There were also foreign employees who taught some lessons to selected classes that gave more excitement to the students; these experiences they will always remember for it is unusual for them to have foreign teachers … I am not only thankful for the material things they bought, but for the gestures and the services they rendered, too, as their actions set an example to our students. Unconsciously, these students could only see and somehow they would eventually acquire the good deeds of the people from INTEL PHILIPPINES."

Once again, PCG has shown camaraderie and spirit of "bayanihan".

Technology has a heart: The CV IT Outreach activity

The site’s Information Technology (CV IT) group had a community outreach activity on May 23, 2008 at the Home of Joy Orphanage. Located in KM 36, Governor's Drive, Brgy. Sampaloc IV, Dasmarinas Cavite, the orphanage is home to abandoned children.

A total of 30 volunteers from the group joined the 38 orphans, including a number of infants. Some P25,000.00 worth of donations, including rice, milk formula, diapers, medicines and vitamins, canned goods, baby soap, shampoo, laundry soap, and assorted clothing were among the items given. The Jollibee mascot was also there, and several parlor games made the simple and short event successful for the organizers and memorable for the kids. Indeed, for a day, the Home of Joy Orphanage was transformed into a home full of joy! HOJ coordinator Unnie Dequilla thanked the group no end.

Traditionally, outreach is being held during Christmas season. For the CV IT group, they make sure that any season is a time of giving. On top of their very active Brigada Eskwela – the Intel Involved drive school adoption program - they were able to do this rare opportunity to help children in need, as well.

Intel Teach web hits triple!

The Intel Teach website has more than tripled its hits, from 40,425 in the first quarter of this year, to 124,424 for the second quarter. You too, ought to check it out and find out how Intel is inspiring the next generation of innovators. Visit http://www.intel.com/education/teach/index.htm

And by the way, just for the month of July alone, 2,184 teachers have already completed various training courses on Intel Teach!

More provinces get into Intel Teach

Cavite, Camarines Norte, Marikina and Naga completed Intel Teach Master Trainers trainings on Getting Started and Skills for Success.

The Intel® Teach Program helps teachers to be more effective educators by training them on how to integrate technology into their lessons, promoting problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills among their students. It is the largest, most successful program of its kind.

Doc Winston, Outstanding Professional of the year

Platform Components Group Manager Winston Guinto has been selected as one of the Outstanding Professionals for 2008 by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). This year, 40 professionals were honored for demonstrating the highest degree of professional competence in their fields and for practicing their professions with integrity.

Honored as an Outstanding Metallurgical Engineer, Doc Winston was recognized for his numerous technical articles, his discovery of the method and apparatus used for agglomeration in liquid, and his pioneering efforts to organize symposia that would advance semiconductor and electronics manufacturing in the Philippines.

Doc Winston, as he is fondly called, contributes his genius and expertise too, to the Higher Education program of Intel. Driven by the Corporate Affairs Group, Higher Education is among Intel’s CSR commitments, mainly aimed at enhancing tertiary education to suit the manpower/talent needs of the semiconductors industry, at large. His work spans across a long timeframe of engagement in Higher Education Programs, including: being the senior manager sponsor for liaison with Mapua; contributing to curriculum development of 2 courses (Mettalurgical/Nanotech) of Mapua through advisory work; technical mentorship for on-going researches in UP Materials Science; and being a current key senior member of the site’s Higher Education council. He has also developed technical lectures for Asia Academic Forum Presentations. Moreover, Doc Winston has also acted an advisor for general Higher Ed advocacies such as encouragement for pursuing graduate degrees, more scholarships and better research programs for select institutions.

Says Jay Tulao, the site’s Education Manager, “Doc really has a lot of passion for higher education.”

Kudos to you, Doc Winston!

PGMA at the site

The visit of Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Cavite local government officials to Intel Philippines provided occasion for a good discussion and updates on our corporate responsibility and GPTW programs. Our employees and Intel ISEF student-winners were very delighted to meet the President!

15 million pesos raised for VMGP year 2 now improving lives of GenTri students and teachers alike

The second year of the implementation of the IIMGP generated a whopping P15.6 million (P15, 631,226.00 to be precise!) for the 30 public schools and the Intel-Ayala Computer Clubhouse (now named General Trias Computer Clubhouse) in 2006-2007. The recently submitted audit report of the External IIMGP Committee validated just how far the year two IIMGP funds went, in as far as improving the lot of the 30 public schools in General Trias, plus the General Trias Computer. In all, 17 classrooms, 5 computer laboratories, 1 media room, 2 clinics, 2 Science laboratories, 1 Math Research Center, 1 Home Economics Room, 3 ALS Learning Centers, 1 library and 1 stage were built from the IIMGP funds. More importantly, with the new classrooms, the ratio of students to classroom improved, from 90:1 to 40:1.

With computers and internet access acquired through the IIMGP funds, other improvements are now steadily being felt amongst students and faculty, alike: enhanced teacher productivity; more efficient administrative and other paperwork tasks necessary for teaching; development of a supported network that integrates student record keeping, attendance and other functions are integrated with related systems with supported network. And as one student has succinctly put it, after spending precious hours on the computer newly acquired by her school, “The internet is a symbol of freedom… The internet takes me to places, I’m able to explore the world and able to ‘visit’ other countries, learn from many cultures and languages...” The places abroad inspire me to dream… someday I will go there…”

Each year, the tedious task of monitoring the various IIMGP projects falls on the members of the External IIMGP Committee. Composed of well-respected members of the General Trias Community (from the government, academe, youth sector and the community at large), these dedicated people conducted surprise inspections, site validations and other similar activities, to ensure that the IIMGP beneficiaries were maximizing the grants that they have earned through the volunteer hours of Intel Involved.

For the second year of IIMGP, a total of 132,925.17 volunteer hours were rendered by some 4,764 Intel Involved volunteers. The attached document has a complete listing of the IIMGP schools and the corresponding amounts that were granted to them.

Pisay entry wins in Intel ISEF

A microtremor device made from scrap materials won the Distinguished Achievement Award at the recently concluded Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2008 (Intel ISEF) held in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Given by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Distinguished Achievement Award is presented to projects that display excellence related to the geophysical sciences.

The winning team from the Philippine Science High School is composed of Adrian Patacsil, 17, Marvin Paolo Ambrosio 18, and Rachel Ruth Cahilig, 16.

A total of nine students represented the Philippines in Intel ISEF. They also included: Jed Sidney Oliva (Ballesteros National High School Cagayan); Andrew Diamante (Visayas State University Laboratory High School); Steven Tan (The Quantum Academy Inc.); and teammates Michelle Barbon, Rachel Bernados and Mary Cris Corpuz (Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School).

The Philippines’ participation to Intel ISEF was organized by the Department of Education, and sponsored by Intel Philippines. The country’s delegation to Intel ISEF comes from select winners of the Intel Philippine Science Fair (IPSF) held every February in the country. IPSF has a rigorous selection process, starting from the division to the regional, all the way to the national level, ensuring that only top notch projects make it to the final cut, ultimately winning the honor to represent the Philippines in Intel ISEF. Intel ISEF is the the world’s most prestigious pre-college science and research competition.

Over the years, the country’s successful participation in Intel ISEF has shown that Filipino students – despite limited resources and other challenges – continue to pursue excellence with persistence, inquisitiveness, and risk-taking. Recognizing the need to develop local pipelines for these talents, Intel supports programs aimed at encouraging the students' long-term interest in math, science and engineering; supporting the participation to Intel ISEF exemplifies this, as it helps move technology into today's knowledge-driven economy and keep up with the demands of the modern world.

This year, Intel ISEF brought together 1,512 young scientists from 51 countries, regions, and territories.

Intel Involved Big Time Raffle Bonanza!

What happens when you volunteer? You get a chance to win fabulous prizes! Congratulations to the winners of the first draw of the Intel Involved Big Time Raffle Bonanza! For those who didn’t win, you still have a chance… just keep on volunteering and watch our for more details! Remember, volunteering is a work of heart!



INTEL INVOLVED RAFFLE BONANZA WINNERS
NAME WWID# ITEM WON

1. Quiray, Renante 10570976 Classmate PC
2. Montealegre, Maikee 10548505 Classmate PC
3. Sinsay (Fortuno), Juliet 10537250 Classmate PC
4. Dela Cruz, Lenie 10529271 LCD TV
5. Bigalbal. Rina 10561690 Home Theater
6. Julian, Josefina 10510334 Organizer
7. Loria, Marivel 10453602 Organizer
8, Marquez, Ruby 10453468 Organizer
7. Liwanagan, Che 10574072 Organizer
8. Maga, Precy 10450746 Organizer
9. Ambatali, Eleonor 10571008 Organizer
10. De Leon, Marisol 10538174 Organizer
11. Dela Cruz, Jocelyn 10580160 Organizer
12. Aquillano, Domingo 10548786 Organizer
13. Taruc, Solo 10574608 H2O Tumbler
14. Buccat, Anabelle 10573619 H2O Tumbler
15. Nuevo, Everlyn 10562348 H2O Tumbler
16. Torres (Ferrer), Ma Lourdes 10589985 H2O Tumbler
17. Dela Rama (Ayangco). Reina 10581746 H2O Tumbler
18. Alvaran, Obrien 10695133 H2O Tumbler
19. Doloiras, Medilyn 10546150 H2O Tumbler
20. Pascual. Nestor 10706555 H2O Tumbler
21. Encabo, Jing 10453470 H2O Tumbler
22. Gregorio, Minerva 10564250 H2O Tumbler
23. Simpelo, Amy 10583447 H2O Tumbler
24. Rueda, Patricia 10453474 H2O Tumbler
25. Belmedina (Jaen), Divina 10450153 H2O Tumbler
26. Adon, Joan 10453043 H2O Tumbler
26. Serrano. Nympha 10561157 H2O Tumbler
27. Quinto, Crisanta 10450883 H2O Tumbler
28. Alcantara (Jeciel), Marivic 10558592 H2O Tumbler
29. Maga, Precy 10450746 H2O Tumbler
30. Mendoza, Froilan 10582165 H2O Tumbler
31. Novicio, Michelle 10453065 H2O Tumbler
32. Gito, Jhoan 10558477 H2O Tumbler
33. Reyes, Ali 10532674 H2O Tumbler
34. Bacarisas, Joel 10698962 H2O Tumbler
35. Arevalo (Padilla), Ma Teresa 10585089 H2O Tumbler
36. Mariano, Felimon 10562475 H2O Tumbler