When Dave Beltran started a social enterprise in the Philippines with employees with disabilities, he didn't want them playing a popular mobile game called MOBA.
So he reached out to a friend from the tourism department in the Philippines who told him about Moonton Cares, a corporate responsibility arm of Beltran's company, Harleys, that aims to foster a diverse ecosystem with the theme "eSports for All."
"So, when Moonton Cares reached out to me, I laughed so hard because I didn't expect [this collaboration]," Beltran tells Yahoo.
Beltran thought MOBA was "not healthy" and "detrimental to the well-being" of his employees, 90% of whom are disabled, and so he banned cell phones during work hours.
So he teamed up with Ronald Harles, a deaf man who started a leather craft business in the Philippines called Moonton, Handmade by Harles.
The partnership resulted in exclusive M5 and MLBB-branded leather goods, including coin purses, bags, and wallets, with the leather pouch selling for about S$3.60, according to Beltran.
"Being a dragon boat athlete himself, Harrell compared eSports to any other sport in that it requires practice, discipline, and presence of mind," Beltran
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