Back to school bayanihan Moved by the belief that Filipino students and their teachers should be in a safe and modern learning environment, Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) is helping meet the needs of some local public schools across the country. Since 2010, Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (Visayan Electric), an AboitizPower distribution utility, has embarked on a school rewiring project together with Aboitiz Foundation Inc.
to replace outdated electrical wiring systems in public schools within its franchise area. Visayan Electric serves the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay, and Naga, and the municipalities of Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla, and San Fernando. For over a decade, Visayan Electric’s own engineers have allocated at least two weekends every year to do the rewiring themselves, conforming with industry standards and significantly reducing the risk of fire hazards and electrocution accidents.
To date, a total of 5,311 classrooms and school facilities — equivalent to 146 public elementary and high schools — have been fully rewired to modern standards. The program continues in 2024, with seven schools chosen as beneficiaries. Supplementing the effort, Visayan Electric also supports the Department of Education’s Brigada Eskwela program, a nationwide initiative to prepare public schools for a new school year, by annually mobilizing its team member volunteers and resources to help repair damaged school facilities, as well as clean and repaint classrooms .