SUBIC FREEPORT ZONE—RP Energy employees, together with partners from its parent company Meralco Power Gen Corp., contractor Azul Torre Construction, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, the Rotary Club of Quezon City, and Enriquez Security Services recently held a thanksgiving party for around 300 kids from Cawag Resettlement Elementary School in Barangay Cawag, Subic, Zambales.
RP Energy and its partners also provided the school with a brand-new LCD projector, electric fans, and sports equipment, in line with the firm’s corporate social responsibility program for education.
“Christmas is for kids and we are glad to dance ‘Baby Shark’ with them! We are thankful that RP Energy enjoys the full support and warm welcome of the community,” said Litz Santana, VP and Head of External Affairs.
“Beyond the usual gift-giving, we go a step further in gathering resources to augment the school’s limited budget. Our very own employees and partners contributed in buying these new educational and sports equipment,” added Jason Gavina, CSR Officer of RP Energy.
Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. is a consortium composed of Meralco PowerGen Corp., Aboitiz Power Corp., and Taiwan Cogeneration Corp. It is the developer of an environment-friendly and state-of-the-art 2×300-megawatt coal-fired power plant at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
The plant is expected boost the power supply in the Luzon grid when it starts commercial operations.
In September, RP Energy, in partnership with Kinabuksan Integrated School, also launched here the Basura-Palit-Gamit-Eskwela program, a spin-off project wherein students can exchange collected recyclables and other trash for school supplies.
Meralco PowerGen VP Santana said: “We are happy that the Protect the Bay Initiative has become a multi-sectoral effort and platform, engaging volunteers from the government, to parents and fisherfolks. It is them who will sustain the success of this program.”
Protect the Bay Initiative is RP Energy’s flagship program for the environment and its goal is to build a community of volunteers and organizations that will promote environmental stewardship and create sustainable livelihood within the Subic Bay communities.
School Principal Alex Viado said: “We actually consider this as a best-practice in our school and we have adopted this program in our curriculum. Since we launched the Protect the Bay Initiative, we are now doing a monthly clean-up drive led by our own students.”
Launched in April, Protect the Bay Initiative is supported by DENR, Philippine Coast Guard, CENRO-Olongapo, Zambales PENRO, SBMA, Subic LGU, Cawag LGU, DepEd Subic, Kinabuksan Integrated School Parent Teacher and Community Association, Rotary Club of Quezon City, Rotary Club of Freeport Zone, Junior Chamber International-Olongapo, Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary, Rotaract Club of Kolehiyo Ng Subic, Rotaract Club of Subic Bay Freeport, Calapandayaan Fisherfolk Cooperative, and Subic Bay Integrated Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council, among others.
