NGCP empowers communities through PhP2.5B CSR projects

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s transmission system operator, continues the work of empowering communities through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects, benefiting 13,722 residents in various host provinces since it began officially operating in 2009. 

For 2023, several social infrastructure projects are lined up, starting with classroom buildings whose locations will be finalized in coordination with the Department of Education.  

“Social responsibility is an essential component of NGCP’s corporate culture, and this is the reason why we established our Corporate Initiatives and Advocacies Division or CIAD – our CSR arm – to respond to the development needs of our partner communities through projects that help improve the residents’ quality of life, build up their capabilities and protect the environment, as well,” Ada Lopez, head of NGCP’s Corporate Initiatives and Advocacies Division, explained.

RIDGID initiates clean up drive to help schools recover from floods

Recognizing the fact that flooding is an inevitability in low lying areas of the Philippines during the rainy season, RIDGID tools has donated wet and dry vacuum cleaners with the ability to suck standing water left behind by heavy rains, to the San Miguel-Meysulao High School and AFG Bernardino Memorial School, both in Bulacan. Both schools are in areas that flood nearly every year, and usually more than once a year.

We think of vacuum cleaners as great labor-saving devices that suck away large amounts of dust with little effort, and greater effectiveness than conventional methods. Few even know that there is such a thing as a wet and dry vacuum that can suck standing water just as easily as accumulated dust and dirt. It is impossible to use a conventional vacuum cleaner for water, it takes a specially designed and built wet and dry vacuum to keep water from coming into contact with the vacuum’s working electrical parts.