The Bato Balani Foundation serves as the social development arm of its corporate benefactors:
AFreight Asia Pacific Ltd. is a group of companies dedicated to serving the cargo needs of Filipino workers overseas. Through the ubiquitous “balikbayan box”, the company helps Filipinos abroad send gifts, appliances and other personal effects door-to-door from their overseas posts back to their loved ones in the Philippines. Afreight was incorporated in Hong Kong in October 1985 and today serves Filipinos in eight foreign locations — Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Italy, Austria and the United States of America — and delivers over 5,000 packages of sea cargo plus some 8,000 kilograms of air cargo per month to OFW families all over the Philippines.
Diwa Asia Publishing Group is the leading educational publisher in the Philippines. With its thrust of continuously innovating and introducing new technology in education, Diwa has developed magazines and textbooks for practically all subject areas – Science, Mathematics, English, Social Studies, Technology and Home Economics, PE, Health and Music, Computer, Values, and Christian Living Education. It also distributes various library reference materials and magazines. Diwa Asia has franchise offices and distributors in all regions and key cities of the country.
Fastech Synergy Ltd. is a leading provider of outsourced manufacturing and technology services to the semiconductor and radio frequency (RF)/Microwave components industry.The Company is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Fastech provides complete assembly and test solutions for semiconductor and RF/Microwave components used in telecommunications equipment, personal computers,office automation equipment,consumer electronics, medical equipment, automotive and industrial systems.
First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities is an institution of higher learning and research located in the City of Tanauan in Batangas. It is envisioned to be a premier educational organization in the high–growth region south of Metro Manila. It is committed to the pursuit of a culture of academic excellence and social and environmental awareness in the community it serves and to actively undertake research in science, technology and the humanities. The school offers pre–elementary, elementary, high school and college level education.
First Asia Venture Capital Inc. is a direct investment company that is involved in a number of Philippine-based businesses. It began in 1977 as management consultancy firm and has since then been involved in mobilizing investments for various small-to-medium sized businesses. By 1983, First Asia was formally established and incorporated as a professionally managed venture capital company.
