EDC, NBS donate school supplies

Enhancing the education of students by providing them the proper tools and implements for learning is the goal of this simple yet long-running initiative of ours.

Students from Nagotgot Elementary School and Inang Maharang Elementary School students in Manito, Albay express their gratitude for being beneficiaries of the school supplies donation of EDC and NBS Foundation.

Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has partnered with National Bookstore (NBS) Foundation Inc.’s Project Aral program for its annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of financial support and school supplies donation to more than 25,000 students in different regions of the country where the geothermal energy company operates.

NBS Foundation executive director Bea Andrea A. Torres said the partnership with EDC is a testament to the foundation’s continuous support for the education of the Filipino child.

“We strongly believe that through the merging of efforts of EDC and NBSFI, we are able to serve more children and make education accessible or within their reach. EDC has helped us extend our Project Aral initiative to areas we have not yet covered in the past years,” he said.

For his part, EDC’s CSR-PR head Atty. Allan Barcena said education is the most basic means of capacity-building for stakeholders, “empowering them to improve their lives and contribute positive impact to society and the environment.”

“Enhancing the education of students by providing them the proper tools and implements for learning is the goal of this simple yet long-running initiative of ours,” he added.

The beneficiaries of the nationwide drive included over 15,500 pupils in the Visayas, 5,000 students from the Manobo indigenous community in Mindanao, and 4,500 schoolchildren in Luzon, across 85 partner schools.

The effort is a private-public collaboration between EDC and its partners together with local government officials.

EDC is the country’s premier renewable energy company and one of the world’s largest geothermal producers. Its facilities located in specific regions in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao have been delivering 1,457.8 MW of clean and renewable energy to the Philippines for almost 40 years.