To encourage more donations to typhoon-hit areas from abroad, BDO Remit announced that it has waived the remittance fee on donations coming from overseas-based Filipinos and coursed through various foundations.
The move was made so that more Filipinos based in other countries to help their “kababayans” hit by typhoons “Quinta,” “Rolly” and most recently, “Ulysses.”
The zero remittance fee for these donations started last November 4 and will end on December 31, 2020.
BDO Remit is the remittance service brand of BDO Unibank.
“The year 2020 has been very challenging. But we have to recover, and we have to be there for our kababayans who are in dire need of help. Hopefully, with this, we can encourage more donations from our overseas Filipinos to those adversely affected by the recent typhoons,” said BDO senior vice president and remittance head Genie Gloria.
Overseas Filipinos may remit their donations free of service fees via any BDO Remit office abroad to BDO Unibank’s corporate social responsibility arm, BDO Foundation, Inc., the Philippine Red Cross, GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc., and ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc.
BDO Remit has nine subsidiary offices outside the Philippines, located in Macau, Hong Kong and Japan in Asia, Daly City, USA and in Toronto, Canada, and one in the United Kingdom for Europe-based Filipinos.
For the complete list of addresses, visit bdo.com.ph, go to Remittance Services and click BDO Remit international network.
Meanwhile, BDO Foundation already started sending relief packs containing food and drinking water to families hit by Typhoon Ulysses. The effort was done in coordination with BDO and BDO Network Bank branches.
This is the latest disaster response effort by BDO Foundation. Earlier, it has distributed relief goods to more than 36,000 families hit by Typhoons Pepito, Quinta, and Rolly.
The foundation also sent relief packs to provinces hit hardest by the super typhoon, particularly the almost 11,000 affected families in Albay, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes.
In line with its disaster response advocacy, BDO Foundation immediately sent relief packs containing food, rice and drinking water to more than 14,000 families stricken by typhoons “Pepito” and “Quinta” in Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and Quezon—provinces hit hardest by the typhoons.
The initiative was made possible by officers of BDO and BDO Network Bank branches, who helped gather beneficiary information and identify barangays that needed assistance. Logistical support was provided by local government units and partner non-governmental organizations.