ISUZU Phils. Corp. (IPC) announced that it capped 2012 with one of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, complementing a year marked by a 20-percent sales growth.

IPC said it had turned over an Isuzu D-Max 4x4 to World Vision Phils. in early December last year after initially lending out pickups to the group.

World Vision, an international advocacy organization, had first sought IPC’s assistance in providing vehicles to be used in various relief and relocation efforts for the more than 10,000 families that were affected by the calamity caused by last year’s monsoon rains.

“Besides helping World Vision Phils. in relief operations and other relevant activities, Isuzu Phils. Corp.’s donation of an Isuzu D-Max 4x4 pickup is also a token of appreciation to World Vision for being a new partner in the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority auto mechanic training center, which Isuzu Motors Ltd. of Japan is supporting,” said IPC President Ryoji Yamazaki. “It is likewise our humble way of returning the favor that society has so generously given us.”

World Vision Phils., which last year signed up as a new partner to Isuzu’s auto mechanic training center in Tacloban, Leyte, is an internationally recognized Christian organization whose advocacy is the relief and development of children, their families and their communities, ensuring their welfare while aiming to overcome poverty and injustice.