Corporate Social Responsibility

In its very essence, Trust Management Centre is all about developing people to achieve their fullest potential. We concern ourselves with the holistic growth of an individual and we believe that this growth is an essential building block to a more progressive and positive society. We understand that we can do more to take part in this responsibility. That is why aside from generating profits, we aim to reach as many people as we can through our corporate social responsibility.

A Moment of Charity:

Mr Kishore and the Badjao Kids

We usually develop common images of different types of people. With businessmen, we think that they are constantly surrounded with stacks of papers, meetings with their clients and staff and projections of their profits. They busy themselves most of the time with how much their business is earning.

For Mr Kishore he was able to put away this image in a moment of charity.

As Mr Kishore was walking down the streets of General Santos City, he saw a group of kids begging and selling brooms. Instead of the usual course of action of giving them loose change, he invited the kids for lunch. “I know that when I give them money it will be taken by someone else”, Mr Kishore recalls. He also remembers a hint of frustration welling up and scolding the kids’ parents for letting them out in the streets in such manner- looking very dirty, clothes tattered and torn.

He later discovered that the group of kids were Badjaos.

After their lunch, Mr Kishore bought them new clothes, toothbrushes and toothpastes. He remembers how one boy immediately took off his dirty clothes and changed in to the new shirt he received. The kids were very happy to receive their gifts from Mr Kishore. They knew that they own the gifts and no one will be taking it away from them.

“If I can just save one child, prevent him/ her from begging and later forced into vices, equip him/her with good education for himself/ herself and future children then the “poverty cycle” in his/her family will stop” Mr Kishore realized as he and the kids parted ways.

Sometimes it’s not all about making profits. Sometimes you have to throw away the labels and images and reach out to others as a person. As long as he can, Mr Kishore will continue to reach out his helping hand to whoever needs it.

Effective Feedback Skills for Teachers

A common challenging task that we usually don’t feel comfortable doing is to deliver feedback without hurting the other person’s feelings. Although this notion varies in different cultures, we are always careful with our choice of words in delivering our comments against a person. However, this may waver the effectiveness of our message and the things we want to change may not happen at all.

Last November  30, 2013, Trust Management Centre, in coordination with RD Foundation and Department of Education (Region XII), delivered a free seminar entitled ‘Effective Feedback Skills’ for the public school teachers of General Santos City. Mr Kishore Jethmal offered to conduct the workshop upon realizing  that it is important to let teachers learn this skill so they can positively motivate and lead their students.  Teachers have the responsibility of ensuring that they do not discourage their young charges with negative feedback.

The participants were able to learn how to handle situations involving problematic students where scoldings  are not an effective option. Instead, it is better to handle the situation calmly and lead the students to change positively. The participants also appreciated the practical activities that allowed them to apply the skills that they have learned in the seminar.