2014 Messages
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EDC <strong>2014</strong> Performance Report<br />
We are constantly aware of the need for a<br />
cadence and pace of execution that has<br />
the power to bring strategic promise well “within the realm of strategic reality.<br />
”<br />
Since 2006, we’ve identified close to<br />
150 critical geohazard-prone areas<br />
that needed reinforcement in order<br />
to mitigate threats to the safety of<br />
people and to infrastructure within<br />
our concession areas. By end <strong>2014</strong>,<br />
we completed all the necessary<br />
geohazard mitigating measures in<br />
these areas. However, we continue<br />
to be vigilant in identifying any new<br />
areas that may become prone to<br />
natural disasters.<br />
In addition to many of these innovative<br />
engineering solutions, we are building<br />
stronger emergency preparedness<br />
and response capabilities within the<br />
company by hiring some of the best<br />
full-time dedicated emergency teams<br />
in the country. They are intentionally<br />
being deployed full-time throughout<br />
our various sites across the country<br />
for rapid response in emergencies<br />
and will also be responsible for<br />
training our partner communities<br />
and local governments in disaster<br />
preparedness. Aside from being<br />
force-multipliers in times of crisis, all<br />
these activities will also increase the<br />
bonds of partnership and trust we<br />
have with our local communities.<br />
The other fact that stands out in all the<br />
areas where EDC operates is that we<br />
work alongside communities that are<br />
among the most vulnerable to climate<br />
change, not only due to topography<br />
but also because of poverty. We<br />
cannot ignore this fact. In the years<br />
since Typhoon Yolanda, our response<br />
was not only to restore our battered<br />
facilities, but also to help the local<br />
communities rebuild their lives to<br />
“build-back-better” standards as well.<br />
Since February <strong>2014</strong>, we have been<br />
working closely with ABS-CBN<br />
Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation to<br />
bring children from the towns of<br />
Ormoc, Kananga, Albuera, Merida,<br />
Palo, and Isabel, Leyte back to<br />
school, completing the first 14<br />
new classrooms and repairing 10<br />
additional ones in September <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
An additional 34 new classrooms<br />
were completed in February 2015,<br />
and another 14 to be completed<br />
by May 2015. Five new classrooms<br />
are also nearing completion for the<br />
schoolchildren of Passi City, Iloilo.<br />
These new classrooms are being<br />
built to withstand a wind factor of<br />
We have been working closely with ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya Foundation to bring thousands of<br />
children in Leyte and Iloilo back to school by building new, typhoon-resilient classrooms.<br />
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