First Sumiden Circuits, Inc. (FSCI) recognizes its corporate social responsibility to its community and its role in nation-building. It actively encourages its employees, suppliers, and partners, and gives them opportunities to offer their time, skills and resources, to play active roles in community relations and outreach programs in the spirit of brotherhood and nationalism. “Daop Palad,” the company’s center for social responsibility undertakings, is focused on improving the community’s health, education, livelihood, and environment.   

     In 2009, Daop Palad aided the Cabuyao community through blood donation, medical mission and outreach program for Typhoon Ondoy victims. The onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy caused great damage to the livestock and properties of residents of Brgy Butong, Cabuyao and flooded the community for two months after the typhoon. FSCI donated relief goods to 450 residents amounting to almost Php200,000 cash donations from FSCI, employees and partners. Employee volunteers packed and distributed the relief goods using a 10-wheeler truck offered by its waste hauler.   

     Another noteworthy project in 2009 was the intensified campaign for blood donation. The company increased the frequency of blood donation from once per year to once per quarter. From an average of 40 donors per year, FSCI’s total number of donors reached 262 in 2009 and donated 31.15 gallons of blood to Red Cross. In addition to Red Cross, several employees and their families also benefited from this project. Employee blood donors generously offered their Red Cross cards to co-workers in need of blood. The Red Cross cards were exchanged for free bags of blood.   

     In 2010, FSCI renovated the comfort room of Bahay Ni Maria and provided free meal to its homeless elderly citizens. Bahay ni Maria is an institution for the elderly citizens run by nuns. This home for the aged takes care of around 20 homeless elderlies who were abandoned by their families. It was selected for the lack of attention and very little support given to it by its municipality. Bahay ni Maria is a regular recipient of FSCI’s Daop Palad. In 2008, the company conducted gift-giving, free vaccination and free-hair cut to its elderly residents.   

     A recent project conducted early this year, provided a sustainable livelihood program for residents of Barangay Diezmo. The company donated six (6) sewing machines to Bo. Diezmo Cooperative and trained its unemployed women members on rug-making. FSCI bought the rugs made by the Cooperative. The project encountered several difficulties at its implementation stage including insufficient supply of raw materials. FSCI’s persistence to make the project work prevailed and at present 1,000 kilos of rugs are being produced by the Cooperative and sold to FSCI. To support further this livelihood project, FSCI is in the process of endorsing the Cooperative to other locators in its economic zone. It is targeting to have all locators support this livelihood project and buy rugs from the Brgy. Diezmo Cooperative.   

     FSCI has transformed its gift-giving, one-time donation CSR approach to a sustainable livelihood program that provides a steady income to the community.