AgSur elementary school receives additional
classrooms from ASELCO-Aboitiz CSR
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Aug. 21 (PIA) - After a year of
preparing and constructing, the San Isidro Elementary School Teachers and
Students can finally use the two classrooms turned over to them last August 17,
at Barangay San Isidro by the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the
Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ASELCO) being one of Aboitiz’
clientele in its energy services.
The turn-over program was attended by various
individuals from the public and private sectors.
A year ago, San Isidro Elementary School run short
of classroom and could not sufficiently cater the increasing number of students
enrolled in the institution. “We received a call from Aboitiz in the person of
Roy Renconada asking us of the possibility of having these classrooms. We,
right there and then, prepared the requirements in a snap and e-mailed it. From
then on, this project commenced,” Jimuel V. Quejada, SIES school principal
narrated.
These 1.7 million classrooms were the first to be
constructed as project of Aboitiz in Mindanao Area. “We give you the idea that
Aboitiz is not only after of marketing energy. It is also duty bound to take
progress into the place we get in as a way of giving back to the people through
our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),” Bisnar explained.
ASELCO has signed with Aboitiz through Therma
South Inc. (TSI) for the power supply in the next 25 years. With this, the
cooperative’s partnership with Aboitiz will continue in the long term and is
projected to have all the places especially education institutions in Agusan
del Sur as beneficiaries of Classroom Projects.
“Charity begins at home. Since ASELCO is a
resident of Barangay San Isidro, we took the initiative of having the first
project initiated here. After all, this is no better way than starting
everything in the roots,” ASELCO general manager Emmanuel Galarse proudly said.
The Classroom Project and Computerization Program
are joint CSR of Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Aboitiz
Foundation Inc. in the province of Agusan del Sur. (ASELCO/PIA-Caraga)
