Tech-driven initiatives from digital services provider PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. are making more people appreciate Indigenous Peoples (IPs) as all-encompassing digital technology helps empower remote communities.

Amid call no learners should be left behind in the new normal, PLDT-Smart Foundation donated tablets, Smart LTE pocket Wi-Fis and Smart Load to an indigenous community of Aetas in Katutubo Village, Porac, Pampanga.