Community Building
Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. —OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
Selecta Village
A hundred houses for a hundred families. That is what Unilever Philippines has committed to the residents of Baseco, Manila. Together with the City of Manila and Gawad Kalinga – a local NGO whose mission Unilever shares - that of building the nation through creating peaceful and productive communities.
Funding for the village will come from contribution by Unilever employees, former employees and their spouses and it will be matched by the company. The site is the first of its kind, with a community complex composed of a daycare center, youth and sports area and a plaza which will help develop the community further. Funding for the village comes from the contributions of Unilever employees from various fund raising activities and which were matched by the company.
To date, Unilever has turned over 30 houses with the remaining commitment of 30 more houses and two commercial buildings to be finished in the next two years. Aside from this, there is also a Selecta (Walls) Village in Cainta, Rizal.
