History of the Foundation

SIMAG Foundation started as a socio-economic committee in 1987 to respond to the sugar crisis affecting the sugarcane industry particularly in the district of Silay City and Municipality of E.B. Magalona in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. At that time, the committee was composed of volunteer citizens, mostly sugarcane field landowners in the district, who joined hands to provide alternative activities to combat the widespread poverty, malnutrition and worsening economic difficulties affecting the sugarcane workers and their families.

Realizing later that its task in a continuing endeavor to uplift the quality of life of its people, the sugar workers, and that there is so much to be done, the committee formally organized in 1989, a non-stock, non-profit social development organization governed by its Constitution and By-laws. The word “ SIMAG” came from the foundation’s area of coverage; SILAY City and the Municipality of E.B. MAGALONA.

SIMAG is the sugar industry’s response to the moral and social obligations to our district, aware of its role in the difficult task of nation building. It is an important legacy of the planter members from two sugar industry producers’ association in the Silay and Saravia (now E.B. Magalona) districts of Negros Occidental, the

Asociacion de Hacenderos de Silay-Saravia, Inc. (AHSSI)

&

Associated Planters of Silay-Saravia, Inc. (APSSI)

Directed by 11 SIMAG Board of Trustees composed of representatives from both associations, SIMAG FOUNDATION utilizes all available resources to select, provide, and sustain the developmental services for the sugarcane workers and their families.

Now after more than a decade of operations, SIMAG FOUNDATION remains firm in its commitment to the upliftment of hacienda communities, not only through the amount of projects delivered or infrastructure provided, but more importantly initiating the internal transformation of its beneficiaries and their families.

Through SIMAG’s vision and commitment, we continue to realize the dream of countryside development from the grassroot level

The Management

The Management is composed of the 11 Board of Trustees and the Officers.

Officers

Regina B. Martin – President/CEO
Reynaldo H. Labayen – Vice President
Ramona S. Javelona – Secretary
Angel H. Lomotan – Treasurer

Members

Francis de la R. Rama
Joseph Conrad F. Ledesma
Francis Joseph H. Jalandoni
Jennifer L. Sarroza
Allan Gamboa
Raymond V. Montinola
Danilo B. Gamboa, Jr.

Advisory Council

Lourdes J. Ledesma
Ma. Rosa G. Gamboa
Marilyn B. Gamboa
Arturo G. Legarde

Finance Consultant

Jay M. Tabligan

Staff

Organizational Chart

Partners

In the pursuit of attaining our vision, SIMAG owes our gratitude to the institutions that make it all possible. We move forward and continue to implement our projects through the full commitment and cooperation of our partners from the local, national, and international level.

LOCAL

PRIVATE SECTOR
Asociacion de Hacenderos de Silay-Saravia, Inc. (AHSSI)
Associated Planters of Silay-Saravia, Inc. (APSSI)
Sugar Industry Foundation, Inc. (SIFI)
Hope Foundation, Inc.
Monde Nissin Corporation

GOVERNMENT
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Department of Health (DOH)
Department of Education (DepEd) - Silay City Division Office
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Province of Negros Occidental
City Government of Silay
Municipal Government of E.B. Magalona
Office of Congressman, 3rd District

NATIONAL

Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP) Inc.
Philippine Center for Population and Development, Inc.
Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (CPTCSA)
Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health & Welfare, Inc.
Philippine Council for NGO Certification
Association of Foundations, Inc.
Institute of Reproductive Health Philippines
National Pharmaceutical Foundation, Inc.

INTERNATIONAL

Les Amis De Soeur Emmanuelle (ASMAE) - France
British Embassy - UK