AboitizPower Toledo plant turns over revitalized daycare center to Cebu community

MANILA, Philippines — Our society is in need of more spaces that are safe and conducive for learning and social interaction of children—places like daycare centers.

Daycare centers are unique spaces as they help kids learn more and improve their social skills in a setting outside of home and school.

This is what the children of Therma Visayas Inc. (TVI) impact communities will now experience with the turnover of a newly refurbished one-story Daycare Center Facility in Toledo City, Cebu, a project of AboitizPower subsidiary TVI and the Aboitiz Foundation (AFI).

Representatives from TVI joined Cabitoonan Barangay Chairman Jerry Lazarte in a short, yet festive turnover ceremony held on November 16.

The event also marked a milestone for Brgy. Cabitoonan because it is the first time for the community to have a daycare center that’s truly conducive to learning.

“Education has always been something that we consider transformative. We at TVI recognize the importance of daycares in teaching children prerequisite skills before they enter formal learning institutions. To us, it’s important that we are able to start things right,” TVI’s facility head Noel Cabahug said.

Lazarte expressed his gratitude for the daycare center, which he said is expected to benefit the young children of the community for many years.

“Genuine community power made this Daycare Center possible,” said Lazarte.

“We are thankful for our long partnership with AboitizPower and TVI in uplifting the quality of life for our barangay through various projects.”

The bright yellow facility is expected to cater to close to a hundred students a day, divided into morning and afternoon shifts.  

Day care teacher Mylyn Nacario Macapobre considers the new facility as one of her “greatest blessings.”

“This year brought me one of the greatest blessings I’ve received through AboitizPower Therma Visayas,” Macapobre said.

“This new daycare center is the best facility I’ve ever taught in throughout my 31 years of being a day care teacher.”

Macapobre was 19 when she first started teaching in daycare. Back then, she and her parents pooled together their resources to build a small hut to serve as the day care.

Over time,