CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A power firm operating in Bukidnon, has donated a school facility made of repurposed container van.
Hedcor, the hydropower renewable-energy arm of AboitizPower, converted a container van costing P700,000 into a day-care learning space for preschool children.
In a recent statement, the company said it erected the facility in Sitio Lower Sabangan in Manolo Fortich town.
A few meters from the old day-care center, the fully furnished container van will serve as Sitio Sabangan’s new day-care center.
The repurposed facility was furnished with tables and chairs, as well as books, and other learning materials. A comfort room and washing area were also provided.
Manolo Fortich Mayor Clive Quiño expressed gratitude to Hedcor for the project.
“It has been the municipality’s and Hedcor’s goal that as much as possible we bring to the communities their very basic needs, one of which is education,” he said.
Because of the new facility, Quiño said the day-care center can accommodate children coming from several villages. The old facility was a one-room structure that can only admit around 19 children.
Judith Amoncio, a community leader, said they no longer have to worry that heavy rainfall would affect their classes.
“Because the [old] day care was mainly made out of bamboo, the room would get wet when the rain is strong, resulting in classes getting canceled often,” she said in the vernacular.
The container van was once used by Hedcor to haul plant facilities, such as turbines, during the construction of its 73.3-megawatt (MW) Manolo Fortich Hydropower Plant in Bukidnon.
Hedcor currently operates 22 hydropower facilities with a total installed capacity of 277 MW of clean and renewable energy.
Image credits: Hedcor photo