15/08/2025
“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘞𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴,” said FWD Philippines President and CEO Soon Liang Lau.
𝐅𝐖𝐃 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑳𝑨, 𝑷𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑷𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺, 15 𝑨𝑼𝑮𝑼𝑺𝑻 2025 – FWD Life Insurance (FWD Philippines), in partnership with Security Bank Foundation, Inc. (SBFI), has launched the FWD-Security Bank Future Leaders College Scholarship Program, where FWD annually provides tuition and stipend support to 10 deserving children of Security Bank agency personnel covering academic years 2024-2025 to 2027-2028.
According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing published by the Philippine Statistics Authority, the total household population aged five to twenty-four years stands at 42,776,570. Of this number, 10.7 million individuals (~25%) are classified as out-of-school children or youth (OSCY).
“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘞𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴,” said FWD Philippines President and CEO Soon Liang Lau.
SBFI Chairman Rafael F. Simpao, Jr. shared, “𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘞𝘋 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.”
SBFI is the corporate social responsibility arm of Security Bank. It is heavily invested in education programs including scholarships for high potential but underprivileged students.
Sharing a commitment to nation-building and inspiring the next generation to create a positive impact in their communities, this partnership also commemorates the tenth anniversary collaboration between FWD Philippines and Security Bank.
Security Bank President and CEO Sanjiv Vohra, highlighted how the program aligns with the Bank’s mission to enrich lives, empower businesses, and build communities sustainably. "𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘞𝘋 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸."
Learn more about FWD’s partnerships that empower Filipinos and provide equal access to opportunities by visiting FWD’s Community Care page.
To know more about Security Bank Foundation’s education programs, visit www.securitybank.com/foundation.
