Grab Philippines has partnered with the Philippines Red Cross, Jollibee Group Foundation, and McDonald’s Kindness Kitchen to support communities affected by Typhoon Carina. The GrabBayanihan Program encourages Grab users to convert their rewards into donations, aiding the projects of these three organizations. Grab users, particularly those subscribed to GrabUnlimited, accumulate points with each transaction on the platform, which can be redeemed for rewards listed in the Grab Rewards Catalogue. Grab Philippines has reduced the points required for donations towards the typhoon response efforts to facilitate aid for Typhoon Carina victims.
Grab Philippines’ Chief Operating Officer, Ronald Roda, expressed, “Our entire Grab community is fully committed to leveraging our technology and long-standing partnerships with various organizations to support the recovery of calamity-affected communities, especially in Metro Manila. We understand that recovery is challenging, but it becomes more achievable with the support of our kababayans. This is the essence of GrabBayanihan – fostering a sense of malasakit in all of us to create powerful waves of not just aid but hope.”
“We are grateful to our partners, the Philippine Red Cross, and two of the largest fast-food chains in the Philippines – Jollibee and McDonald’s, for their collaboration in this cause,” added Roda.
Grab users, especially those subscribed to GrabUnlimited, accumulate points with each transaction made on the Grab platform. These points can be redeemed for rewards listed in the Grab Rewards Catalogue. In a move to facilitate aid for victims of Typhoon Carina, Grab Philippines has reduced the points required for donations towards the typhoon response efforts of the Philippines Red Cross, Jollibee Group Foundation, and McDonald’s Kindness Kitchen.
The initiative is active on the platform from July 26 to August 29, 2024. Grab users can contribute to the partner organizations during this timeframe using their Grab Reward Points (GRP). A donation of PHP20 to the organizations will require 60 GRP. Similarly, a donation of PHP50 will require 150 GRP, and to donate PHP100, users will need to redeem 300 GRP.
Following a two-day donation drive involving Grab and MOVE IT employees and driver and rider partner communities, hundreds of volunteers from these groups convened at the Grab & MOVE IT Driver Center in Marikina from July 26 to 28. Volunteers assembled relief items, including groceries, canned goods, bottled water, and toiletries, into GrabBayanihan Care Packages.
The volunteers then distributed the care packages across disaster-affected communities in Caloocan, Montalban, Rizal, Malanday, Pasay, and Marikina, providing much-needed aid to over 2,500 families.
