Last October 6, 2017 at Le Pavilion Metropolitan Park in Pasay City, China Bank Savings (CBS) salutes the country’s public school teachers and Department of Education (DepEd) employees hosted an event dubbed as CBS DepEdVenture: Alay sa mga Guro as part of the DepEd commemoration of National Teachers’ Month and World Teachers’ Day.
A highlight of the event is the exclusive seminar on financial wellness for DepEd employees with business coach and motivational speaker Rex Mendoza, founder and CEO of Rampver Financials. “DepEdVenture is CBS’ way of giving back to our teachers and DepEd employees, who make great sacrifces in molding upright, successful citizens and building a progressive nation. We want CBS to be the financial partner of choice of DepEd teachers and staff at every stage of their career.”
The CBS financial wellness seminar was motivated by a Social Weather Stations survey that showed 9 out of 10 Filipinos experienced being short of cash and that forty-nine percent of those surveyed expressed openness to enhancing their knowledge on financial management.
Among the takeaways participants can expect from Mendoza‘s seminar are the value of access to formal credit and allocating borrowed funds to gainful purposes like investments in property or business. or to cover health and education needs of the family.
The event is hosted by comedian-actress Kakai Bautista and Jess Villamor lV. DepEd teachers and non-teaching employees can expect loads of raffle prizes. including cash gifts, gadgets and appliances.
National Teachers Month is celebrated from September 5 to October 5 every year. The Philippines marks National Teachers’ Day and World Teachers” Day every 5th of October as declared by the United Nations Education and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
