Global retail giant sends ‘Gen Z’ employees to Operation Smile mission to help change lives, and be transformed by the experience

AS Watson, the world’s largest health and beauty retailer, flew into the Philippines recently 21 Gen Z employees from across Asia and Europe to take part in the Operation Smile Philippines-Watsons Personal Care Stores Philippines’ surgical program in Pampanga and experience firsthand the joy of changing lives and giving back to the community.  

The young volunteers, all members of AS Watson’s Next Gen Sustainability Committee, joined 20 of their counterparts from the local Watsons Philippines to help 43 patients with cleft lip and cleft palate prepare for their surgery by a team of seasoned Operation Smile cleft care volunteers at The Medical City Clark in Angeles, Pampanga from October 16 to 21, 2023.

Light The World Giving Machines Are Back to Bring Christmas Joy to Manila and Cebu

This Christmas season, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all to celebrate the birth and life of Jesus Christ by extending a loving hand to those in need by bringing back Light The World Giving Machines in the Philippines.

These “giving-focused” vending machines offer a fun yet spiritual aspect to the shopping and gift-giving season in the Philippines. Unlike regular vending machines, the Giving Machines allow the public to participate in instant and affordable acts of service for fellow Filipinos in need.