Bulacan Schools Experience Ridgid Tools With Clean Up Drive And Games

For public schools in the Philippines especially in the provinces, facilities has been one of the biggest strife they have to ensure quality education and motivation for their learners. Ravaged by different elements like storms, heatwaves, and other deteriorating factors, plus the fact that when something needs repairs, it would take a long time or  not repaired at all.

These have been the struggle of two Bulacan schools, San Miguel-Meysulao High School and AFG Bernardino Memorial School which have been damaged by previous monsoon rains and typhoons which caused flooding and damage to their structures. Though there is preliminary clean up, the situation was not fully resolved with some parts of the schools are still submerged in floodwaters and regular cleaning could not clear it quickly.


These woes are what Rigid Tools, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric which has been providing hand and power tools, vacuums, and HVAC solutions, sees and would like to extend help for the two schools in finally solve this long term problem. The brought with them their wet and dry vacuums to be used to blow away debris, and suck away the water in the flooded areas.

Since the school are already on a tight budget of keeping the school running, Ridgid came to the rescue to donate their high quality and powerful vacuums which has been an industry standard and used in many establishments like malls, hotels, etc.

Employees also joined in the outreach to these schools by volunteering in using and demonstrating the vacuum which will definitely be a asset for facility maintenance. They also gave students free raincoats which are very useful for the rainy season which is picking up in intensity and could cause further damage and affect classes and school activities.

“Anyone who has ever had to clean up a flood-soaked floor, a bad spill or even a shower stall with a clog, has wished there was a tool or a device that could actually suck standing water or liquid as easily as a conventional a vacuum cleaner sucks dust.” mused RIDGID Marketing Leader Ivy Santos. “To be able to simply touch a nozzle on large amounts of accumulated standing water and see it quickly, and easily sucked away is something anyone who has had to clean up after a flood will truly appreciate.”  

As they introduce their products to the faculty and students, they also made it fun through games using the vacuums. It was an interesting sight what other fun activities you can do with these tools aside from cleaning. One of the schools, San Miguel-Meysulao High School was suffering from the flood-prone areas they have with the storms and being situated near the Pampanga river could really cause problems when it rains.

“Just this June, we lost two full days of school, that doesn’t even include days when classes had to be suspended in the middle of the day,” Richard Bagtas a head teacher at the AFG Bernardino Memorial School lamented, “Even just 30 minutes of heavy rain can begin to cause flooding.” 

"Some of our school buildings are very old and have history, these building are where our labs and workshops are, and they are in flood prone areas, so even when flood waters recede, cleanup takes up to two hours, and our students need to do much of the work.” he added.

Ridgid Tools looks forward to more schools they can help with their tools. Another CSR project they conducted includes providing power tools for the rehabilitation of Boracay Island which has been closed for 6 months to improve in their services like road building, sewage system creation. and other environmental compliance with the DENR and other government agencies.

Ridgid Tools CSR programs looks for the long-term solutions for their beneficiaries with the industrial grade tools and vacuums that undoubtedly a must not just in schools but also in all institutions that wants to keep the facilities clean, safe, and well-maintained. 

For more information on RIDGID wet and dry vacuums, visit https://www.ridgid.com/ph/en/wet-dry-vacuum