THE Bellevue Resort in Bohol — through its partner foundation, Specialized Training and Education for Pilipino Students (Steps) Mission School — recently teamed up with Anthony Wu and Jeannie Jin of Your Time Import and Export to open the Mobile Classroom of Hope for pupils in Barangay Doljo, Panglao.

The classroom primarily stood as a supplementary day care center to teach children how to read before they entered grade school. It also offered livelihood training programs for parents of enrolled students.

With The Bellevue Resort’s longtime commitment to sustainability, it has made certain that this project was no exception to them. The resort harnessed its energy from solar panels to* minimize environmental impact and maximize cost efficiency, which The Bellevue Resort also saw as a great opportunity to educate children about climate change and the importance of promoting sustainability.

“When we learned that 40 percent of fourth graders in public schools still do not know how to read, we thought of different ways to help the community here in Bohol. And one of our best means is to increase access to education,” shared Dustin Chan, managing director of The Bellevue Resort. “We are grateful to Steps, and Your Time Import and Export for partnering with us to give hope and guidance to children to have brighter futures.”

Today, the Barangay Doljo preschool continued to have 50 pupils under the mentorship of two full-time and part-time teachers. The organization has also held phonics classes for 80 first-grade pupils from different elementary schools in the local community.

The project now had five existing classrooms.