Pan-Asian Insurer FWD collabs with non-profit Humanity & Inclusion to help find more employment for young people with disabilities in Asia
FWD Insurance General Counsel Atty. Teroy Roman (left) exchanges symbolic tokens with H&I Regional Coordinator Bryan Marsalis (right)
Just recently, I was invited to attend the #ForwardTogether event of the Pan-Asia insurer FWD supporting and working hand in hand with the non-profit Humanity & Inclusion to empower youth with disabilities in Asia by aiding them to find more employment. This vision of one of thd most-admired insurance company, FWD, has a very high potential of improving a person with disability's life. Most especially the ones who are not "accepted" by the society and are experiencing bullying in a way...
This great endeavor deserves to have a special attention and place in the society. This is full of hope and rich with a very bright promise. PWD's need not to be neglected nor rejected by the people, instead they should be understood, we also should make them feel welcome and most of all, we are all one and the same, they're humans too so let us treat them equally and fairly.
During the said event, we had the rare chance to experience the Visual Language game! It was my first time to participate in that kind of game where we were led by the very amiable and jolly person (he's deaf and mute). It was confusing at first since he tries to relate himself to all of us who also feel so eager and very interested to learn the game.
FWD Life Insurance, the most exciting insurance brand in the country, together with its partner Humanity & Inclusion (formerly known as Handicap International, an independent international aid organization), celebrated the beginning of the Forward Together project, helping young people with disabilities find employment opportunities in the Philippines and beyond l
Just recently, I was invited to attend the #ForwardTogether event of the Pan-Asia insurer FWD supporting and working hand in hand with the non-profit Humanity & Inclusion to empower youth with disabilities in Asia by aiding them to find more employment. This vision of one of thd most-admired insurance company, FWD, has a very high potential of improving a person with disability's life. Most especially the ones who are not "accepted" by the society and are experiencing bullying in a way...
This great endeavor deserves to have a special attention and place in the society. This is full of hope and rich with a very bright promise. PWD's need not to be neglected nor rejected by the people, instead they should be understood, we also should make them feel welcome and most of all, we are all one and the same, they're humans too so let us treat them equally and fairly.
During the said event, we had the rare chance to experience the Visual Language game! It was my first time to participate in that kind of game where we were led by the very amiable and jolly person (he's deaf and mute). It was confusing at first since he tries to relate himself to all of us who also feel so eager and very interested to learn the game.
ctto: to my blogger/friend Enzo Luna of www.juanmanilaexpress.com
Isn't obvious that we're all enjoying and having a great time playing? :)
FWD Life Insurance, the most exciting insurance brand in the country, together with its partner Humanity & Inclusion (formerly known as Handicap International, an independent international aid organization), celebrated the beginning of the Forward Together project, helping young people with disabilities find employment opportunities in the Philippines and beyond l
Guest of honor Raphael Torralba (third from left), DFA Assistant for Programs for PWDs receives a plaque of appreciation: “Everyone has the potential to be a diplomat, as ambassadors for change—I am a diplomat for PWDs.”
Joining him are from left: FWD Insurance General Counsel Atty. Teroy Roman, Head of Marketing Roche Vandenberge; and H&I Regional Coordinator Bryan Marsalis
Through the regional partnership initially announced by the insurer in the first half of 2018, both organizations will work towards advocating equal opportunities and empowering people with disabilities in Asia. With FWD Group investing USD 1million, the Forward Together project will train at least 380 youth with disabilities in the Philippines and Indonesia and help them secure sustainable employment or business opportunities.
“FWD Life Philippines aims to end the stigma that disability corresponds to inability,” FWD Life Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Grimes said. “Through our partnership with Humanity & Inclusion, we hope to provide a platform for people with disabilities to showcase their -strengths and abilities. We want to encourage everyone to help create a future with a difference for people with disabilities with opportunities to become valuable and equal contributors to the community.”
Bryan Andrew Marsalis, Humanity & Inclusion Regional Operation Coordinator
“Developing countries are encouraged to invest in youth, but unfortunately, young people with disabilities are usually overlooked in employment and entrepreneurship opportunities,” said Bryan Andrew Marsalis, Humanity & Inclusion Regional Operation Coordinator. “That is why we are very delighted to have such strong support from FWD Group in our advocacy of improving the lives of youth with disabilities. Through this project, we will work with selected employers – including FWD Group – across the two target countries to improve their capacity to employ youth with disabilities.”
“At FWD, we are committed to promoting social inclusion and active participation of persons with disabilities, and are very excited to kick start our work with Humanity & Inclusion,” said FWD Life Philippines Head of Marketing and Community Care Country Lead Roche Vandenberghe. “With the Forward Together project, we are enabling businesses and organizations such as ours to become catalysts for quality job creation.”
FWD Life Philippines and Humanity & Inclusion celebrated the beginning of its Forward Together project with a media event, an interactive visual language activity, and escape room challenge participated by volunteers from both organizations as well as members of the media, held on October 17, 2018 at Century City Mall in Makati City.
FWD Insurance Community Care volunteers hold up their hands with the stylized “Hi!” for Humanity and Inclusion
About FWD Philippines
FWD Life Insurance Corporation (“FWD Life”) is the first life insurance company licensed by the Insurance Commission of the Philippines under the new Insurance Code. FWD launched its commercial operations in September 2014. By March 2017, FWD Life is the highest-capitalized life insurer in the Philippines with PhP 2.3 billion in paid-up capitalization.
Based on premium income data published by the Insurance Commission
FWD Life now ranks 10th in the insurance industry in
terms of weighted new business premiums. FWD Group spans Hong Kong & Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and Japan, offering life
and medical insurance, general insurance, and employee benefits across a number of its markets.
Established in Asia in 2013, FWD is the insurance business arm of investment group, Pacific Century Group. In the Philippines, FWD has 12
business hubs located in key cities nationwide with its headquarters in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. FWD is focused on creating fresh customer experiences, with easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD aims to become a leading pan-Asian insurer that changes the way
people feel about insurance.
For more information, please visit fwd.com.ph;
www.insurance.gov.ph> Statistics > 2017 > Based on Paid-Up Capital ;
www.insurance.gov.ph> Statistics > 2017 > Based on Premium Income ,
Weighted New Business Premium Income: 100% of first-year premium on regular-pay plans + 10% of single-pay premiums
About Humanity & Inclusion
Founded in 1982 in refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) is an independent and impartial organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity. At present, Humanity & Inclusion works in 59 countries globally, with additional offices in 8 high-income countries.
For more information, please visit www.handicapinternational.ph.
FWD Life now ranks 10th in the insurance industry in
terms of weighted new business premiums. FWD Group spans Hong Kong & Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and Japan, offering life
and medical insurance, general insurance, and employee benefits across a number of its markets.
Established in Asia in 2013, FWD is the insurance business arm of investment group, Pacific Century Group. In the Philippines, FWD has 12
business hubs located in key cities nationwide with its headquarters in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. FWD is focused on creating fresh customer experiences, with easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD aims to become a leading pan-Asian insurer that changes the way
people feel about insurance.
For more information, please visit fwd.com.ph;
www.insurance.gov.ph> Statistics > 2017 > Based on Paid-Up Capital ;
www.insurance.gov.ph> Statistics > 2017 > Based on Premium Income ,
Weighted New Business Premium Income: 100% of first-year premium on regular-pay plans + 10% of single-pay premiums
About Humanity & Inclusion
Founded in 1982 in refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) is an independent and impartial organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity. At present, Humanity & Inclusion works in 59 countries globally, with additional offices in 8 high-income countries.
For more information, please visit www.handicapinternational.ph.
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