Our Community Champion. Our Meralco. 2018 Annual Report
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OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPION. OUR MERALCO. 2018 ANNUAL REPORT ONE MERALCO FOUNDATION 2018 ANNUAL REPORT A 48,930 6,960 19 4,973 FAMILIES DIRECTLY LOW-INCOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS WITH IMPROVED BENEFITED FROM OUR VARIOUS HOUSEHOLDS ENERGIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ENERGIZED THROUGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS ELECTRIFICATION 2,279 180 10,596 10,000 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY RELATIONS FAMILIES BENEFITED FROM FAMILIES BENEFITED PROGRAM PROJECTS RELIEF OPERATIONS FROM POWER PARTICIPANTS RESTORATION 2,955 26,667 248 MERALCO EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEER HOURS PARTNER VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZATIONS Photo: Project Liwanag PH B OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPION. OUR MERALCO. ABOUT OUR REPORT This report presents the 2018 accomplishments of One Meralco Foundation, Inc. with respect to its advocacy pillars namely 682,942 Household Electrification, School Electrification, Energy Education, STUDENTS BENEFITING Youth Development, Emergency Preparedness and Disaster FROM THE USE OF Response, Grassroots Partnerships, and Employee Volunteerism. ENERGY ED FLASHCARDS As a responsible social development institution, we exercised utmost transparency in preparing this report, making sure that our benefactors and beneficiaries are provided clear and factual information about our accomplishments and financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. ABOUT OUR COVER A circle of stakeholders lift up their hands in joy to express P139.34 M their appreciation of the many benefits provided by Meralco — FUNDS UTILIZED FOR household electrification, school electrification, energy education, VARIOUS PROGRAMS youth development, grassroots partnerships, emergency preparedness and disaster response, and employee giving and volunteerism. A Meralco employee stands in their midst to represent the company’s staunch commitment to be of service to its customers, stakeholders, and partners. It is what real champions do — serve unconditionally at all costs, at all times, and in all seasons. This is our Meralco. Our Community Champion. CONTENTS 2 Message from our Leaders 6 Review of our Programs • Household Electrification (08) • School Electrification (10) • Energy Education (12) • Grassroots Partnerships (14) • Youth and Sports Development (16) • Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Response (18) • Employee Volunteerism (20) 22 Impact Report 30 2018 Financial Review 31 Recognition from the Community 32 Board of Trustees 34 One Meralco Foundation Team 36 Financial Statements 59 2018 Donors ONE MERALCO FOUNDATION 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 1 MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERS Year of the Champions was a champion year for One Meralco Foundation (OMF) especially for its flagship programs focused 2018 on electrification and energy education. Our household electrification program, which helps low income families in the Meralco franchise area gain access to electricity, breached the 40,000 mark — energizing a total of 40,809 households since the program was launched. This includes the 6,845 families connected to the grid, and the 115 Aeta homes in Capas, Tarlac energized through a solar microgrid project with Project Liwanag PH this year. Another advocacy of the Foundation, The program is geared towards building school electrification, energized its 225th the capacity of teachers in integrating off-grid school in the province of Negros energy related issues and topics in the Oriental, with no less than Department of classroom. To achieve this, the Foundation Education Secretary Leonor M. Briones engaged the expertise of the Coalition gracing the occasion in October. for Better Education (CBE) to develop training programs on energy that are The seven-year old program provides focused on teachers. The first batch of 37 an alternative source of electricity to teachers trained by the program in 2015 off-grid public schools in some of the developed the “Energy Ed” kit, a package most challenging-to-reach mountain of 200 flashcards which may be used and island communities mostly located to incorporate energy topics in various outside of Meralco’s franchise area. The subjects of the K to 12 curriculum, from solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed Grades 4 to 10. by OMF in these schools generate up to 1 kilowatt of electricity — enough to power By the end of 2018, close to 700,000 three desktop computers, four standfans, school children enrolled in 1,101 public five laptops, five printers, 30 LED lights, schools nationwide are using these or a 230-watt sound system for an entire flashcards. Aside from day-to-day school day. classroom discussions, some of the schools are using the cards as a diagnostic In 2018, we began switching to a more tool for new enrollees, and as teaching cost-efficient, compact, and easier to aide to make learning easier especially maintain PV system that is ideal for small for students with cognitive developmental to average-sized schools. The 19 schools delay in special education classes. we energized this year — six (6) in Luzon, nine (9) in the Visayas, and four (4) in To determine and measure the long-term Mindanao — are now using this newer, effects of these core programs, OMF more efficient Lithium battery-based commissioned an impact assessment system. study of its school electrification program in 2017, and its household electrification Apart from powering up far-flung schools, program in 2018. Both were conducted by OMF also endeavors to mould the the University of the Philippines Research Filipino youth to become responsible and and Extension Services Foundation sustainable energy consumers through (UPPAF), an organization affiliated with energy education. the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration (NCPAG). 2 OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPION. OUR MERALCO. OMF supports the community relations programs of Meralco’s business units, subsidiaries, and associates so they, too, can become champions of their respective communities. ONE MERALCO FOUNDATION 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 3 MESSAGE Meanwhile, CBE also conducted its own The results of these studies are presented monitoring and assessment of the impact in detail in a special section of this annual of the energy education program on both report (See page 22). teachers trained and students using the “Energy Ed” flashcards. OMF also supports the community relations programs of Meralco’s business Among the salient findings of these units, subsidiaries, and associates so studies is that the majority of the they, too, can become champions of their families benefiting from the household respective communities. Its grassroots electrification program are spending much partnerships program unifies these CSR less on their electric bill at present than efforts and implements a cohesive strategy when they were connected via sub-meter to achieve maximum impact. or were using an alternative energy source (e.g. kerosene, LPG, etc. for those totally In 2018, OMF and its partners within the without any kind of access to electricity Meralco organization implemented 180 previously). community relations projects, among them is the landmark solar electrification of a Others have become entrepreneurs, fishermen’s shelter on Mavulis Island, a setting up shops in their respective small island in the northernmost tip of the communities since electrification has archipelago near the border between the allowed them to use desktop computers, Philippines and Taiwan. This joint project washing machines, refrigerators, freezers, with the Armed Forces of the Philippines electric sewing machines and the like. - Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) is set to be completed in May 2019. For the school electrification program, teachers reported an increase in their We continue to invest in programs that productivity since multimedia equipment promote the well-being of the Filipino may now be used as visual aides, allowing youth and inspire them to reach greater them to focus more on teaching rather heights. than preparing instructional materials manually. They are also now able to One such program is our MVP Academic encode students’ grades and monthly Achievement Awards (MVP AAA), an annual reports without having to travel long recognition of the academic performance distances just to get to the nearest on- of dependents of Meralco employees. In grid town where both electricity and the 2018, we awarded 210 students, 76 of Internet are available. Electrification also whom were recognized as Top Achievers, opened doors for other institutions to having maintained their excellent standing donate appliances for school use. in previous years. Students, on the other hand, have Meralco’s employee clubs serve as become more enthusiastic as they are conduits of the Foundation in reaching out able to experience technology-aided to disadvantaged youths in the Meralco learning. They have also demonstrated franchise area through sports activities improved skills in research, creativity, such as volleyball and chess clinics and and teamwork given the new learning tournaments facilitated by the Meralco experience in class. Power Spikers and the Meralco Chess Club, respectively. Finally, teachers who used the Energy Ed flashcards in class reported that they The Foundation also supported various noticed an increase in their students’ youth-oriented initiatives of our partners interest especially in Science, and their such as the Philippine Marine Corps’ comprehension of complex energy “Football for Peace,” Ateneo de Davao’s concepts have greatly improved. Majority “Mindanao Peace Games,” and the of them also found the cards to be Cordillera Conservation