Ramon S. Fernandez
Our Founder/CEO, Ramon “El Presidente” Sadaya Fernandez, is a former professional basketball player of Asia’s first “play for pay” league, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) where he won a record 19 titles and was adjudged its “Most Valuable Player” (MVP) four times, specifically in the years 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988.
He is the all-time leader in points with 18,996, rebounds, free throws made and playing minutes; second all-time in assists and steals.
In February 2022, he was hailed as ” One of the Most Outstanding Filipinos” by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) which dedicated a commemorative stamp in his honor.
He was awarded the prestigious ” Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Philippine Sportswriters’ Association (PSA) in March 2022. He served as Commissioner for the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) from 2016- 2022.
On September 30, 2023, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) at the “Dangal at Tagumpay ng GAB Awards” in line with the Professional Sports Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
He is regarded by tenured sports analysts as the greatest to have ever played in the PBA.
Our Beneficiaries
• Initially, children ages 6-12 years old for the “Paduwa sa Kabataan” in different localities.
• Student-Athletes aged 13-18 for the “Ramon S. Fernandez Foundation Sports Open”
• Qualified children/athletes and their families for the scholarship and housing programs
• Random qualified families for the housing program
“Better Lives for the communities we touch, taking inspiration from our CEO’s dedication and industry that led to his success in life and athletic career.”
“To empower the poor communities through Sports and Youth Development, Free, Quality, and Accessible Education, Housing Program and Environmental Protection.”
Our Projects
Paduwa sa Kabataan
“Paduwa sa Kabataan-Children’s Games” is a sports for peace and sports for all program initiated by our founder, which we at the RSF Foundation intend to adopt. It encourages the value of sports among the young and developing character in kids ages 12 and under.
Aside from the usual benefit on physical well-being, the children’s games aim to promote sports as a tool for peace, unity and harmony. More than a month after its launch, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), recognized the Children’s Games Program in July 2017.
Kids learn strength of character, responsibility, leadership and care for others.
The RSF Foundation Sports Open
The RSF Foundation Sports Open, on the other hand, is a sports program for the 13-18 year old children-athletes. It was a project which was first introduced in 2018 by our founder, then Commissioner Fernandez known as “The Visayas Open” where qualifying rounds were held in Naga City, Cebu, Iloilo City, Panglao in Bohol and the finals in Cebu City.
The first RSF Foundation Sports Open will feature 15 sports like archery, arnis, athletics, basketball, badminton, boxing, chess, football, gymnastics, karatedo,lawn tennis,table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting and volleyball. It initially intends to gather children-athletes aged 13-18 in the 15 focus sports. Each participating locality will conduct a qualifying round to culminate in the finals to be held in the capital city of the area.
Housing Program/Scholarships
The RSF Foundation is adopting the “holistic approach” to the overall development and evolution of our beneficiaries and targeted communities: from physically inactive and nutrition-challenged children to healthier, more sociable, physically active children to grassroots level children athletes and ultimately to successful elite athletes in the national level to the international stage and productive and successful citizens of the country and thus liberating themselves from the clutches of abject poverty.
Our advocacies for a free, quality and accessible education through scholarships and housing programs will serve as follow through which will eventually become the catalysts for the desired outcomes in the lives of our beneficiaries and their families.