SM holds seminar on caring for PWDs

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(Visayan Daily Star)

SM City Bacolod conducted a seminar Wednesday on caring for customers with special needs for its tenants, security and housekeeping personnel, and employees.

This sensitivity initiative is a regular activity of SM to further educate all who work in the front lines and the back offices in providing the better service to persons with disabilities (PWDs), a press release from SM said yesterday.

Melchor Aidan Tumbos, Disabled Filipino of the Year in the distinguished President Apolinario Mabini Awards 2002, spoke to the attendees on PWD rights and privileges under RA 9442.

SM Supermalls' program on persons with disabilities promotes a barrier-free and disability-inclusive environment, the press release said.

Also an Apolinario Mabini awardee, SM holds the distinction of being the most PWD-friendly mall in the country, designed to enable customers with special needs make their shopping and malling experience easier, friendlier and more enjoyable, it added.