Baker John, the bread brand from Universal Robina Corporation (URC), teamed up with GMA Kapuso Foundation for the “Bike for Good” project. The partnership aims at having 30 beneficiaries, who will all receive bicycles and bread products from Baker John.
“Our goal is to provide assistance to those who are trying to adapt to this new, challenging situation in the time of the COVID pandemic. Through this partnership, we hope the beneficiaries selected by GMA Kapuso Foundation will have the will — and the wheels — to keep going,” according to Ellison Lee, URC Flour and Bread Division’s Managing Director.
According to Lee, the Bike for Good project provides each of the 30 beneficiaries with a bike and a negosyo starter package with Baker John products. “We want to assist them in kicking off their community selling business which can help them with their livelihood,” Lee shared.
The project prioritizes those who lost their livelihood due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as residents of Metro Manila and Rizal who have lost their source of income due to the typhoons Rolly and/or Ulysses.
In addition to the above requirements, the GMA Kapuso Foundation chose beneficiaries who are physically able, have a can-do spirit, and willing to use the bicycle to sell Baker John’s bread in their community as a source of alternative livelihood for their family.
Rikki Escudero-Catibog, GMA Kapuso Foundation Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, (left) and Ellison Lee, URC Flour and Bread Division Managing Director sign the agreement formalizing the partnership for the Bike for Good livelihood donation.
“COVID and typhoon Ulysses brought economic devastation to residents of NCR. GMA Kapuso Foundation is happy to help Baker John and URC find beneficiaries. It is a very difficult time but in times of great adversity, there is also opportunity. Do not lose hope,” stated Rikki Escudero-Catibog, GMA Kapuso Foundation’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.
Baker John is URC’s very own line of tasty premium bread products available in selected Robinsons, Rustan’s, Shopwise, and Walter Mart supermarkets, and Ministop branches nationwide.