SAS is a non-profit professional Philippine organization that promotes the love and habit of reading in Filipino children.  Its vision is to build a nation of readers.  It works with public schools all over the country, providing resources to motivate students to make reading a part of their daily lives.

To know more about this advocacy, please visit Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation

Delwater actively supports the Scouting movement in the Philippines.

Scouting has always been in the blood that flows through a Delgado’s veins starting from the late Ambassador Antonio Delgado who, in 1971, became the first Filipino Chairman of the World Scout Committee.

Jose Eduardo C. Delgado (JED), President of Delwater and a son of the late Ambassador, was part of the 600-man Philippine contingent to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan in 1971.  Jose Paolo L. Delgado (JPD), son of JED and Director for Business Development of Delwater, went to the World Jamboree in the Netherlands in 1991.  Both 2nd and 3rd generation Delgados joined the Philippine contingent to the recently concluded World Scouting Jamboree in England in July 2007.

A second-generation Delgado was also part of a 24-member Philippine contingent to the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Greece who perished in a plane crash in 1963.

Learn more about the Scouting Movement in the Philippines by visiting www.scouts.org.ph

Jose Eduardo C. Delgado, President of Delwater, and Jose Paolo L. Delgado, Director for Business Development of Delwater, respectively, were both key proponents of a major tree planting initiative aimed at regreening the famed walled city of Intramuros held on January 10, 2009.

Father and son Delgado are both active Boy Scouts, the elder Delgado being a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and the person behind the Boy Scout’s “Go Green! Go for the Real Thing!” program.  Paolo Delgado, on the other hand, is an Eagle Scout, the highest rank a Boy Scout can reach as a youth Scout.  Ed Delgado is presently the President and CEO of Delbros Incorporated while Paolo Delgado is a member of the Delbros Board.

The tree planting activity was participated in by several high profile personalities and Non-Governmental Organizations.

MAY 24, 2008 ‚Äì Jose Eduardo C. Delgado (JED), President of Delbros, Inc. and Delbros Waterfront Leasing Co., Inc. led more than 300 Scouts, Scouters, Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) officials, and guests in launching the “Go Green, Go for the Real Thing” project at the BSP National Office compound in Ermita, Manila.

The “Go Green, Go for the Real Thing” (GO GREEN) project is undoubtedly the biggest and most significant project of the Boy Scouts in recent times. It is a joint undertaking between the BSP and The Coca Cola Export Corporation (CCEC), wherein the latter is bankrolling the entire project including the creation of tree nurseries in designated BSP properties nationwide.

In time for the launch, a 10-minute video presentation was prepared to explain the project concept and show project highlights. The video clip has been posted on YouTube. Click here to view the You Tube video clip.

The GO GREEN project was conceptualized about two years ago by JED, who concurrently serves as BSP`s National Program Commissioner and member of the BSP National Executive Board (BSP-NEB), and JB Baylon, Vice President and Director of Public Affairs & Communication of CCEC.

According to JED, “The project`s primary objective is not just to plant at least 100 thousand tree seedlings over the next five years, but also to nurture them until their chances of surviving into fully grown trees will already be much higher.”

Even this early JED is already confident that the BSP will easily surpass the 100 thousand target as several other complementary activities under the GO GREEN project are already being prepared.

Essentially a plant propagation and activity concept, GO GREEN is project-managed by the BSP National Program Division. According to Sophie Castillo, BSP Program Assistant, the project is aimed at “emphasizing among Boy Scouts the importance of trees in our environment.”

“Through GO GREEN more Scouts are expected to learn more about trees and hopefully encouraged to plant and take good care of more trees.” Castillo added.

Among those who graced the launching event were: Mayor Fred Lim of the City of Manila; David Lyons, President and CEO of Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils. Inc.; Baylon; JED; and several members of the BSP-NEB. #

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Note:  This article also appeared in Delbros.com