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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 www.mindanaodailybalita.com
Hedcor builds ‘Silid Pangarap’ for Sibulan pupils
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MAGINE 45 pupils listening to their teacher inside a concrete and conducive classroom with complete learning materials and educational toys – tools to provide quality education for pupils in their younger years. Imagine them learning ABC and 123 while enjoying their right to a comfortable classroom in their younger years. This is what Hedcor dream of for its host schoolchildren as the 50-day construction of the Silid Pangarap for kindergarten is now on going. Hedcor broke ground the one-storey, two-classrooms school building last February 27 at Sibulan Elementary School of Barangay Sibulan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. “This is it! An answered prayer for our pupils in Sibulan to have a room condu-
HEDCOR Vice President for Mindanao operations Rolando Pacquiao and DepEd Division’s Officer in charge Dee Silva break ground last February 27 after the 45 kindergarten pupils of Sibulan Elementary School as a signal of the start of 60-day construction of their two-classroom school building. The building is funded by Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. and the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc.
cive for learning”, said DepEd Division’s OIC Ms. Dee Silva, after a plan of the building was presented to her. Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. and Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (AFI) – Aboitiz’s arm for social development, partnered with AGAPP (Aklat,
Gabay, Aruga Tungo sa Pag-angat at Pagasa) program of Pres. Benigno Aquino III to have this P1.3 millionworth school building for kids. Hedcor vice president for Mindanao operations Rolando Pacquiao said “By the
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opening of classes this June, pupils can start use the building”. “We will make sure to help the children of our host communities to have a good foundation. They are our future employees in Hedcor”, Pacquiao added. Over 7 million pe-
sos worth of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) were already provided by Hedcor to host communities. Free medicines and health consultations to doctors during medical missions, scholarship grants for education, and livelihood
are amongst Hedcor’s CSR initiatives. Hedcor, a subsidiary of AboitizPower, is the largest developer of run-of-river hydropower plants in Benguet, Ilocos Sur and Davao. Sibulan is host to the 42.5-megawatt Sibulan hydropower plant.
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