SendToGive

Our #ImpactReport is live! 🚀 Learn more about our journey to bring #solarenergyaccess to a community of 225 people in the Philippines by flipping through the digital pages of this colorful publication 📖 We offer you insights on the challenges that stand in the way of full electrification in the Philippines 🇵🇭 , a snapshot of the community we worked with 🤝 , and the impact that our work is having on their lives 🙏 . Find the link in the comments!

What if you could channel a passion for art into a powerful tool for change? 🎨🌍 We’re sharing ESCP alumna Jo Bautista's inspiring journey in a new film produced for ESCP by BBC StoryWorks and presented by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The film is part of the larger #LeaderGeneration series, which showcases how business schools can play a key role in addressing the world’s most pressing #economic, #social, and #environmental challenges through responsible leadership. 🌱 In the film The art of values-based leadership, Jo Bautista shares how she turned her passion for painting into SendToGive, a social enterprise using art to support communities, particularly in her native country, the Philippines. 🎨🤝 Jo’s journey at ESCP, and as part of the MSc in Sustainability, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, helped shape her future aspirations. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she co-founded SendToGive with fellow ESCP classmates, supported by ESCP professors, including Prof. Florian Lüdeke-Freund, who is also featured in the film. As he says in the film, “Leadership is not about telling people top-down what to do. Leadership is about being a role model in a group, leading by serving, and this is what our students really learn.” 🌱🌍 Watch the full film here: https://lnkd.in/eKHaYMii In the UK? Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gsSGWdSS Leon Laulusa, Francesco Rattalino, Veronique Tran, Pramuan Bunkanwanicha, Frank JACOB, Kamran Razmdoost, Javier Tafur, Alberta Di Giuli, Cécile Kharoubi, Marianne Conde Salazar, Anaïs RAVET

There’s been a lot of dark news lately, so here’s something that can bring light.. literally! 💡⚡️ A few months ago, I started working on Project Tagbanua with my social enterprise SendToGive. It was a project to bring energy access to an indigenous community of 225 people called the Tagbanuas who have been promised access to electricity for years but never got it. Our team pulled together to fulfill that promise by purchasing and installing this solar energy system which now gives the Tagbanuas 1.5 KW of cost-free renewable energy daily! 🌞 Check out the video to learn more about how the system works. Having energy access is a pathway for the Tagbanuas to have increased productivity, comfort, and education. Bringing this project to life has been a source of hope for the Tagbanuas, and it’s been a source of hope for me. It’s a reminder that our wish for a better world is just an action away. And that when times get dark, it’s an opportunity for us to be the light! 💛 #socialentrepreneur #changemaker #philippines

The normal logic is that you have a house and then you install a solar grid on it. In the case of our project, we had a solar grid so we created a house! :) Our project to bring #solarenergy to the Tagbanuas turned into a bigger project to fortify the community center's roof, and then an even bigger project to turn the entire structure from termite-eaten wood to concrete. What seemed like an impossible task of building a house from the ground-up in a span of 3 days was achieved through a central theme to our work: the spirit of community, or in Filipino, #bayanihan. Fathers and mothers from surrounding towns came to help, giving up their daily wages and working nonstop to help the Tagbanuas finally gain #accesstoelectricity. People were passing around heavy materials under the hot afternoon sun and holding flashlights for each other in the darkness of night. Joyful Filipino music blasted into the air as we shared the belief that we would make it. This incredibly moving experience has taught us what we can achieve when we work towards one goal, and when we do it together. Thank you to everyone that was a part of this 💛 🙏 #Philippines #socialimpact

Meet Samson Oloto. He is using his time, talent, and social media skills to support SendToGive’s project to provide #solarenergy access to an indigenous community in the #Philippines. What is the motivation behind his actions, you might ask? Sam takes from his own memories and lived experience of not having access to electricity as a child. Sam's story shows how someone can turn their own personal experience of hardship into the chance for a brighter future for others. 💫 🙏 Watch this video and support our cause! More information in the link in our bio 🔗

What does having access to electricity have to do with #education? 🌙 Evening study is impossible without light — a dark home limits reading and doing homework beyond daylight hours. 📚 School facilities are unwelcoming and uncomfortable — without electricity, classrooms miss out on basic amenities like lighting and proper ventilation. 💻 Digital education tools are out of the question — computers, online learning, and educational software all depend on electricity. Particularly for #indigenouspeople in the #Philippines who live off-grid in remote areas, getting to school can be a real challenge. Check out this video which shows the route that children from an indigenous community called Tagbanua have to take twice a day. Can you imagine your own children having to trek this path just to pursue their studies? Our team at SendToGive is working on bringing solar energy access to this community of 225 people to support their education and long-term development. We've got a fundraising gap of about 2,000 Euros and don't want this to get in the way of a brighter future for the Tagbanuas. Click the link in the bio to support! Kai Steinkellner Michelle Hallemans Renato Akira Goya Carlo C. #socialimpact #equalopportunities #teamwork

It fills our hearts to see #volunteers like Samson Oloto taking up our mission! Sam is using his skills in social media strategy and digital marketing to raise awareness and unlock support for our ongoing project - an initiative to bring #solarenergy to an indigenous community living in the #Philippines. Want to learn more about our work? Click the link in our bio! #teamwork #socialimpact #changemaker

🚀 New Report Launch: Using Creativity to Address Challenges for an Elderly LGBTI Community in the Philippines! We’re thrilled to introduce our report on Project Divercity where we: ✨ Shine a light on the challenges faced by elderly LGBTI individuals in the Philippines 🇵🇭 🎨 Showcase our approach to using creativity to drive social impact 🙌 Share our learnings and express our deep gratitude for everyone involved in the journey of delivering this social impact project We hope this report can be of value to those who are curious to start their own impact initiatives and most importantly, serves as inspiration to take action in addressing big challenges with a sense of creativity and collaboration! 🏁 Find the project link in the comments below where you can browse the project in our (soft launch 😉) website and also access the full report. Photos by Hiromi Uematsu #SocialImpact #CreativityForGood #LGBTICommunity #LGBTQ #Collaboration #Innovation #Inspiration #DiversityAndInclusion #Berlinstartup #Socialentrepreneur #Philippines #CreativityInAction 📢