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Rent.ph Cares

Your Rentals,
Their Hope.

Every successful rental on Rent.ph helps fund real outreach on the ground, from disaster relief missions in far-flung barangays to school supplies and Christmas for kids who need it most.

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Latest Dispatch · September 6, 2026

13 years of "One Rent, One Happy Child," now in Bohol

Teodoro M. Pesquira National High School · Bayongan, San Miguel, Bohol

The Jollibee mascot with students at the Rent.ph Cares 13th anniversary outreach in Bohol

When Rent.ph was founded in 2013, its promise went beyond the business of renting: every successful rental would help make one child happy. Thirteen years later, that promise is still the reason our team was standing in a schoolyard in San Miguel, Bohol, instead of behind a desk.

Hundreds of students at Teodoro M. Pesquira National High School spent the day on games, a shared meal, fresh school supplies, and a surprise visit from the Jollibee mascot. Volunteers made sure every child left with something in hand, not just a photo taken from a distance.

It's the same spirit behind "Back to School, Back to Dreams," the outreach our Team VIP Luzon volunteers ran at Gracel Christian College Foundation in Taguig just a few months earlier. Different province, same idea: a rental is never just a transaction, it's a chance to show up for a community.

"Rent.ph has become a community that empowers rent managers and supports their professional journeys."

May Antonette Leuterio · Managing Director, Rent.ph
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Today, more than 6,000 trained rent managers carry that same promise into thousands of rentals nationwide, and a portion of every transaction still goes toward community initiatives like this one. Thirteen years in, the message hasn't changed: rent with purpose, rent with heart.

Students receiving school supplies at the Bohol outreach
Volunteers and students playing games during the Bohol Cares outreach
Children smiling at the Teodoro M. Pesquira National High School outreach in Bohol
The Jollibee mascot greeting students at the Rent.ph Cares Bohol outreach
Volunteers preparing school supply packs for students in Bohol
A Rent.ph Cares volunteer addressing students during the Bohol outreach
The Rent.ph Cares volunteer team on site in San Miguel, Bohol
A wide view of the crowd gathered under tents for the Bohol outreach
The Rent.ph Cares and local volunteer team together in Bohol
Volunteers and local staff organizing donation boxes for the outreach
The Jollibee mascot with children at the Bohol outreach

"More than Rentals, we care for people."

That line is stitched onto every relief banner our team carries into the field. It's the same idea behind our tagline, Your Rentals, Their Hope, a reminder that the simple act of renting a home can inspire meaningful, lasting change for those in need. With Rent.ph Cares, every rental becomes an opportunity to give back, whether that's supporting a family after a disaster, sending a child back to school, or just showing up for a community that needed to be seen.

Community Christmas event with volunteers, children, and the Jollibee mascot
01 · Community Days

Balloons, gifts, and a reason to celebrate

Christmas parties and backpack drives in barangays where a simple gift bag and an afternoon of games can mean a great deal.

Volunteers and community members pulling a relief vehicle through rugged terrain
02 · Reaching the Hard-to-Reach

If the road doesn't reach them, we find another way

Some of the communities that need us most are the hardest to get to. Our team has pushed vehicles through mud and up mountain roads to make sure that isn't the reason help doesn't arrive.

Volunteers distributing rice and relief packs
03 · Relief, One Family at a Time

Water, rice, and whatever else is needed

No family goes home empty-handed. Every pack is labeled, counted, and handed over, not dropped off from a distance.

Field Note

General Santos City, one relief run

The Journey

The barangay sits past where the paved road ends. When our vehicle lost its footing in the mud, it wasn't our team that got it moving again. It was the very community we'd come to reach, hands on the rope, pulling alongside us. Before a single relief pack was handed over, the help was already going both ways.

Community members helping pull the Rent.ph Cares relief vehicle through muddy terrain
The whole barangay gathered under a covered court to receive relief goods
The Arrival

By the time we set up, the covered court was full: families who'd walked in from further up the mountain, kids weaving between the tables. Filipinohomes Cares and Rent.ph Cares ran this one side by side, under one banner: "More than homes, we care for people."

Volunteers handing out bottled water in a mountain community
Close-up of a labeled relief goods pack reading 'More than homes, we care for people'
The Rent.ph Cares and Filipinohomes Cares volunteer team at the GenSan relief mission
More From the Field

Every area gets the same promise

Barangay Luz, Cebu City

To Make Their Summer Shine

Balloons, dance-offs, and orange gift bags filled the barangay gym for a summer send-off with the kids of Barangay Luz, another stop on the same promise Rent.ph Cares carries everywhere it goes.

Rent.ph Cares' "To Make Their Summer Shine" outreach at Barangay Luz, Cebu City, photo 1
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Tinago Sports Complex · November 29, 2025

We Are Home This Christmas

Nearly a hundred Rent.ph Cares volunteers filled the Tinago Barangay Hall grounds for a Christmas outreach complete with a visit from Santa and a gift for every child in line.

Rent.ph Cares' "We Are Home This Christmas" outreach at Tinago Sports Complex, photo 1
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Barangay T. Padilla, Cebu City

Bringing Hope

With greetings from Barangay Captain Irene C. Nadal and the local council, this outreach turned a covered court into an afternoon of games, a costumed clown, and gift bags for the neighborhood's kids.

Rent.ph Cares' "Bringing Hope" outreach at Barangay T. Padilla, Cebu City, photo 1
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Rent.ph Cares' "Bringing Hope" outreach at Barangay T. Padilla, Cebu City, photo 10
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