Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light) continues to encourage education and self-improvement as it undertook efforts to help upskill members of its host community to enable growth and enterprise development.
In partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Davao Light mobilized its resources for the purpose of building education and employment opportunities in Davao City.
In March, it donated a renovated Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) facility accompanied by the relevant tools and equipment – collectively worth P2.4 million – to the Provincial Training Center of TESDA at Tugbok District, Davao City.
THE Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) facility, tools, and equipment were turned over by Aboitiz Foundation President and COO Maribeth Marasigan (third from right) and Davao Light Assistant Vice President Orville Lazaro (second from right) to TESDA led by Davao Provincial Director Adonis F. Culas (third from left).
With the EIM facility, course takers will have a safer and more conducive learning environment. The provided tools and materials will supplement the learning of fire alarm, closed-circuit television (CCTV), and telephone systems. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is also provided, in line with the practice of safety standards.
This is the second EIM facility donated to TESDA after the first one was installed at the TESDA Regional Training Center-Korea Philippines Training Center in Tibungco, Davao City. Davao Light has been in partnership with TESDA since 2015.
In the same month, 26 members of consumer cooperative Samahan ng may iba't-ibang Kakayahan sa Dabaw (SAKADAB) from the Gawad Kalinga community in Los Amigos, Tugbok District, Davao City received their national certification (NC II) in dressmaking.
TWENTY-SIX graduates from the SAKADAB Consumer Cooperative receive their National Certification (NC) II from TESDA after a four-month course in dressmaking.
The training was launched after a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Cooperative Capacity Building Project was signed by SAKADAB Consumer Cooperative, Davao Light, and Aboitiz Foundation last October 2022.
The consumer cooperative also received a sewing business package worth P300,000 – which included four sewing machines, as well as other tools, materials, and supplies – that added to SAKADAB's existing income-generating projects baking bread and pastries and selling goods.
Previously, Davao Light and Aboitiz Foundation provided support to SAKADAB's business when it was severely impacted by the pandemic via the donation of baking materials.
Its support of SAKADAB dates back to when Aboitiz employees helped build their houses in Gawad Kalinga. Since 2012, the cooperative has been a recipient of various volunteer activities and projects that build the capacity of its differently-abled members.
Course takers, both in EIM and dressmaking, are deemed ready for work or employment once they pass the TESDA's National Competency Assessment and obtain an NC II.
Davao Light takes pride in giving rise to solutions that help enrich people's lives, hence, contributing to the Aboitiz Group's vision of advancing business and communities.