A few days from Christmas, Typhoon Sendong hit the country, destroying houses and leaving thousands homeless. The total number of missing people have increased to an estimate of 1,500 while bodies are still being recovered from as far as Bohol.

As part of the company’s corporate social responsibility efforts, PJ Lhuillier, Inc. President and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier and employees, donated money to the typhoon victims through the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC). Cebuana Lhuillier partnered with the PNRC this year. Through the partnership, donations for any of PNRC’s campaigns can be made through any of Cebuana’s 1,500 branches nationwide.

Photo caption: Atty. Cesar Vidal, PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. Executive trustee, hands over PJ Lhuillier, Inc.’s donation to Ms. Anacletz Bandril, Director of the Fund Generation Department of the PNRC, for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. Also in the photo are Norman Lazaro, PJLI’s Business Planning and Development Division manager and Sharon Villaflores, PJLI’s Business Development Supervisor.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.