Employees of Energy Development Corp. of the Lopez Group have joined the fight to help health frontliners against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and families affected by the enhanced community quarantine.
EDC employees launched a fundraising campaign, Tindog Pilipinas, Dili Mo Namo Pasagdan (Rise Philippines, We Will Not Let You Down), to generate donations that would provide over P200,000 worth of PPEs and food packs to healthcare frontliners in hospitals not only in Metro Manila but even in other parts of the country.
“We continue to express our gratitude for how our company takes care of us, employees, by paying it forward, by showing our deepest appreciation to the frontline workers who continue to bravely serve the country amid this COVID-19 pandemic,” said Allan Barcena, EDC head of corporate social responsibility and public relations in a statement.
The geothermal leader also contributed to the Pantawid ng Pag-ibig campaign of ABS-CBN, which provides food to families who cannot make a living due to the quarantine in place.
To date, the total amount of donations pooled by the employees of EDC has reached P1.8 million, which is on top of the P100 million pledged by mother company First Philippine Holdings to the Pantawid ng Pag-ibig Program and another donation of P100 million by the Lopez Group to the Department of Transportation’s efforts to bring OFWs safely back to the Philippines.
With the extension of the enhanced community quarantine to April 30, the organization extended aid to the contractual workers, who might not have enough cash reserves to get through the entire period without pay.
EDC employees also agreed to the delayed release of their merit increases so the funds can be allocated instead to the security guards, housekeeping staff, delivery personnel and drivers across all sites for the meantime.
EDC’s corporate social responsibility managers in each of the company’s renewable energy facilities immediately began coordinating with the local government units for relief operations when the COVID-19 virus started to spread in the Visayas and Mindanao regions in March.
