A back-to-back turn over of Silid Pangarap from the AboitizPower’s subsidiary, Hedcor to Sta Cruz Central Elementary School in Davao del Sur and Ilignan Elementary School in the Province of Bukidnon were unveiled this year. “Sta. Cruz Central Elementary School is one of the lucky few who are being given this kind of blessing,” expressed grateful school principal Hazel V. Luna. In partnership with Aboitiz Foundation, Department of Education, and Agapp Foundation, Hedcor supports DepEd’s K+12 program in providing better education and improving academic performance of the kindergarten students in the areas. Over 190 pilot kindergarten-enrollees of the Sta Cruz Central are benefiting from this Silid Pangarap, while in Ilignan Elementary School a population of roughly 80 kindergarten will have the same. “We are blessed because these classrooms from Hedcor and partners were given to us in an opportune time. These are not ordinary classrooms; these are classrooms with complete facilities, even devices, instructional materials and all that a teacher and a student would need for the teaching-learning process,” said Luna. STA CRUZ MAYOR JOEL RAY LOPEZ unveils the plaque of partnership among Hedcor, Aboitiz Foundation, AGAPP Foundation, DepEd and the Municipality of Sta. Cruz.

STA CRUZ MAYOR JOEL RAY LOPEZ unveils the plaque of partnership among Hedcor, Aboitiz Foundation, AGAPP Foundation, DepEd and the Municipality of Sta. Cruz.

According to Agapp representative Jocelyn T. Ledesma, AFI has been such a wonderful partner of Agapp. Aboitiz has already given 216 kindergarten classrooms out of the 1,050 classrooms donated by Agapp nationwide, in which 13 of it were bestowed by Hedcor to its adopted public schools in host communities since 2011. “In behalf of our Agapp Chairman Pinky Aquino-Abellada, allow me to thank the many people who made this building possible. AboitizPower is indeed a good neighbor. Where Hedcor is, that community is sure to be abundantly blessed,” Ledesma shared. “Just recently, Hedcor sent kindergarten teachers to a very significant workshop on a new curriculum required by DepEd and on parent involvement in the early childhood program. This is a complete-package project because through this partnership, the students did not just get new conducive classrooms but well-trained mentors as well,” said Impasugong Mayor Anthony Uy. Sta. Cruz Mayor Joel Ray Lopez, in his response, took the opportunity to extend his gratitude to Hedcor which he defined as “one of the best things that happened in Sta. Cruz”. Parents and kids thanked the corporations behind the project, too. “As a parent, I am happy because the kids now have classrooms with exceptional facilities that nurture the love for knowledge and mold their characters,” Jessica Lumio, a parent of 5-year-old kindergarten, said. Hedcor as a major partner of Sta. Cruz and a new community-partner of Bukidnon Province in development committed to continue improving and expanding its social development and environmental efforts as the company continues to grow. Meanwhile, out of the 11 business units of the Aboitiz Group and its social development arm, Aboitiz Foundation, four companies under Hedcor recently received recognition from the Department of Education for their contribution to the improvement of the country’s public education system during its annual partner’s appreciation program. Hedcor engages in run-ofiver hydro development and operations. It is currently expanding its operations in Bukidnon with the 68.8-MW Manolo Fortich Hydro. Currently, Hedcor operates 22 hydropower plants with a total capacity of 185 MW. pr