Last updated: September 2, 2026

Our Impact

Energy can transform communities

Our programs bring light, education, essential services, environmental stewardship, and opportunity to communities across the Philippines.

2025 performance highlights

Headline impact

Families directly served

52,304 families directly served by OMF programs in 2025 52,304

Electrification

Electrification projects

170 electrification projects in 2025 170

Low-income households energized

6,503 low-income households energized in the Meralco franchise area in 2025 6,503

Agriculture and livelihood participants

779 cooperative members benefited from agriculture and livelihood electrification in 2025 779

Families with improved water access

375 families benefited from water-access electrification in 2025 375

Electrification

Students supported by school electrification

531 students with an improved learning experience through school electrification in 2025 531

People served by health-center electrification

8,574 individuals benefited from rural health-center electrification in 2025 8,574

Families reported as receiving solar lamps

3,134 families reported as receiving solar lamps in the 2025 performance highlights 3,134

One For Trees

Trees planted and nurtured since 2019

3.04 million trees planted and nurtured since 2019 3.04M

New trees planted

165,141 new trees planted in 2025 165,141

Reforestation sites

36 reforestation sites across approximately 875 hectares 36

Indigenous farmers supported by One For Trees

179 Indigenous farmers supported by One For Trees in 2025 179

Average tree survival rate

92 percent average survival rate of trees nurtured 92%

Tree farmers and caretakers employed

2,496 tree farmers and caretakers employed through One For Trees 2,496

Volunteerism

Employee and partner volunteers

1,907 volunteers from Meralco, subsidiaries, and partners in 2025 1,907

Volunteer hours

10,900 volunteer hours in 2025 10,900

Value of volunteer hours

3.62 million Philippine pesos in volunteer-hour value in 2025 PhP3.62M

Community and resilience

Community-relations projects

240 community-relations projects in 2025 240

Families reached through relief operations

15,708 families benefited from relief operations in 2025 15,708

Partner organizations

77 partner organizations in 2025 77

Education and youth

MVP Academic Achievement Award achievers

346 MVP Academic Achievement Award achievers in 2025 346

Youth-development participants

922 youth-development program participants in 2025 922

Women scholarship grantees

92 women scholarship grantees in 2025 92

Students receiving Balik Eskwela kits

7,342 public-school students receiving Balik Eskwela kits in 2025 7,342

Schools served by Brigada and Balik Eskwela

113 public schools served by Brigada Eskwela and Balik Eskwela in 2025 113

Stories of Light

Read source-backed stories from communities and people connected to One Meralco Foundation programs.

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  Energy For All · Household Electrification

  Powering dreams, expanding opportunities for low-income households

  A dedicated electricity connection helped Maan Cruz-Atienza reduce household costs and support home-based livelihoods.

  Novaliches, Quezon City · 2025

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  Maan Cruz-Atienza and her family in Novaliches, Quezon City previously depended on expensive and unsafe submetering from a neighbor. Through Household Electrification, the family received its own safe and reliable connection.

  Maan reported that the family's electricity bill was cut nearly in half, helping her continue online selling and a home-based gel manicure service.

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  Energy For All · School Electrification

  A new chapter opens for an island school

  Solar power and multimedia tools expanded teaching and learning at Cagbalete II Elementary School.

  Cagbalete Island, Mauban, Quezon · 2025

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  Cagbalete II Elementary School in Mauban, Quezon received solar power and multimedia equipment through the School Electrification Program.

  Teacher Catherine Manuba used guided video lessons to support learners including Renz, a student from a non-literate household who began reading syllables.

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  Energy For All · Agriculture and Livelihood Electrification

  Mapping a new path for livelihoods from the road to the coast

  Solar power supports fish processing and water-refilling services for a fisherfolk organization on Halian Island.

  Halian Island, Surigao del Norte · 2025

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  Solar power provided to NAGMAHAL on Halian Island supports fish processing and the community's water-refilling station.

  Processing increased from 56 bottles and 15 kilograms per batch to 168 bottles and 35 kilograms, while ice and charging services generated an average additional monthly income of PhP3,400.

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  Energy For All · Rural Health Center Electrification

  New life, new hope springs in Caponayan Island

  Sonia Agawin delivered the first child born under the solar-powered lights of Caponayan Island Health Station.

  Caponayan Island, Cuyo, Palawan · 2025

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  Caponayan Island Health Station in Cuyo, Palawan became a solar-powered lying-in center serving the island community.

  Sonia Agawin delivered baby Danica there, the first child born under the health station's solar-powered lights.

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  Energy For All · Water Access Electrification

  Lifting the weight of water poverty through solar power

  A solar-powered water system reduced dangerous manual hauling and extended service hours for Sitio Bulabog residents.

  Sitio Bulabog, Brgy. Dapdap, Pilar, Sorsogon · 2025

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  Corina Pamplona and other Sitio Bulabog residents previously hauled water manually and paid an additional PhP640 each month for purified water.

  The solar-powered water system brought water closer to households and increased daily operations from five to ten hours.

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  Energy For All · Light Up Pilipinas

  Bridging the gap in energy inclusivity

  Solar lamps support forest rangers, fisherfolk, and communities where reliable grid power is unavailable.

  UP Laguna-Quezon Land Grant · 2025

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  Forest rangers at the UP Laguna-Quezon Land Grant use solar lamps during patrols, while fisherfolk use them on night waters.

  Light Up Pilipinas also distributes lamps to emergency recipients when grid power is unavailable.

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  Progress For All · One For Trees

  Mangrove restoration and capacity building in Aklan

  Mangrove restoration in the Batan Estuary links shoreline protection, field learning, and fisherfolk livelihoods.

  Batan Estuary, Aklan · 2025

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  One For Trees supports the restoration of 50,000 mangroves in abandoned fishponds in the Batan Estuary.

  The project works with fisherfolk, three people's organizations, and Aklan State University to support field learning, aqua-silviculture, and shoreline protection.

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  Progress For All · Youth and Women Empowerment

  Breaking barriers for women in the energy industry

  Women Technicians scholar Ma. Aira Dormiendo graduated as class valedictorian and became a Meralco meter technician.

  2025

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  Ma. Aira Dormiendo joined the Women Technicians Scholarship and graduated as valedictorian of her 2025 class.

  She was among 23 program graduates employed by Meralco as technicians in 2025.

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  Progress For All · Disaster Resilience and Response

  Restoring hope in the wake of the Cebu earthquake

  Partner-supported relief operations reached earthquake-affected communities across Cebu.

  Cebu · 2025

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  OMF worked with the Philippine Navy, MIESCOR, MGEN Thermal, and other partners to pack, transport, and distribute relief after the Cebu earthquake.

  Operations reached 3,777 beneficiaries across seven municipalities and cities.

• Energy For All · Light Up Pilipinas

  Light Up Pilipinas - El Nido

  Stable and reliable electricity service brings benefits and hope to far-flung communities.

  El Nido, Palawan

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  Stable and reliable electricity service brings a multitude of benefits, especially to far-flung areas. Beyond playing a crucial role in powering national growth and economic progress, it also brings hope to the communities, empowering them to achieve a better quality of life.

• Progress For All · One For Trees

  One For Trees - Siargao

  OMF plants and nurtures 125,000 native mangroves in Del Carmen, Siargao.

  Del Carmen, Siargao

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  One Meralco Foundation, the social development arm of Meralco, is part of its environmental conservation efforts as the Foundation plants and nurtures 125,000 native mangroves in the gateway of Siargao: the town of Del Carmen.

• Energy For All · School Electrification

  School Electrification - Sultan Kudarat

  Solar power gives Bilanga Elementary School reliable electricity for improved learning experiences.

  Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat

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  Bilanga Elementary School in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, now has 24/7 power, thanks to One Meralco Foundation's solar PV system installation, improving learning experiences for all.

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