IPC teams up with PIA to keep students ‘off the streets and off to school’

IPC (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.), a pioneer in local cloud and data center services, announced that it is now a partner of the Philippine International Aid (PIA), a US-based charity that has been providing health and educational assistance to underprivileged youth.

One of PIA’s core initiatives is the “Off the Streets-Off to School” scholarship, a program that helps parents and teachers to keep kids in school.

Administered in partner- ship with the Phil-Asia Assistance Foundation, the Off the Streets–Off to School program provides scholarships annually to more than 1,000 children in Metro Manila.

Together with their partners, PIA helps students go through elementary and college.

The student’s academic progress is monitored throughout the academic year and they are also encouraged to correspond with their respective benefactors.

An all-volunteer organization, PIA was established in 1986 to provide assistance to disadvantaged youth in the Philippines and the United States (US).

The group’s core programs provide educational assistance to more children in the Philippines than any other US-based charity.

In 2013, aid was provided to more than 2,400 students.

Under the program, IPC will fund the school expenses of five students of the Eulogio Rodriguez Integrated School in Man- daluyong City.

The funds provided will take care of tuition, books, supplies, field trip costs, uniforms, shoes, and allowances for meals and transportation.

This is the second time that IPC has teamed up with a charity dedicated to help improve education.

In 2014, they lent their cloud technology services to assist the Teachers for the Philippines in documenting and tracking the effectivity of their teaching programs.