It is now 1 week ago that we flew by plane to Samar, city Tagloban and from there by bus to Biliran. It is a place situated at the foot of the mountain, directly by the beautiful ocean. During the ride I enjoyed the beautiful country, but in addition it is an island that [...]
The minimum wage in the Philippines is about 300 pesos per day ($6.67). Rebecca has been in the rag making business for the last several years to supplement the family income. Her husband makes a modest wage, but it is a struggle to make ends meet for their family of four. Rebecca came to our [...]
Mae Sheil is a young mother, married to a struggling church planting pastor in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines where typhoon Yolanda devastated their region two years ago. The unemployment rate is extremely high in the aftermath of the typhoon and she and her husband are struggling to make ends meet while he starts out in the [...]
Ate Susan started doing business when she separated from her husband in the year 1997. The responsibility of taking care of her kids and sending them to school solely became hers. That is when she started putting up small businesses to meet her family’s needs. She started with buying and selling of 1.5 liter [...]
My name is Nilda del Panos and I am 61 years old. I live in Mandaluyong City, one of the 16 cities that together form Metro Manila. Because I am a Community Development overseer I am able to help the people in a warm and sincere way. Dawn I work for a ministry that [...]
Last September 7 (2015), we went back to Balani for the second part of the Start Your Business Training with the Mangyan, specifically the Tawbuid Occidental tribe. We finished the first part last June (2015)with their “market research” in which they had to go down the mountain to check with the local market. The 12 [...]
In the hills of (Occidental) Mindoro, an island a few hours’ traveling away from the capital Manila, live tribes with the collective name “Mangyan”. One of these tribes is called the Tawbuid tribe. In this tribe lives Timyo, a 41 year old farmer. His village in the hills near Safa is only reachable by [...]
Shirly is the owner of a junkshop. People who collect usable materials form the garbage, can deliver that to her. The old plastic bottles, the carton board, glass, plastic, metal, etc. will be sold by shirly to the recycling factories. She does not have a workshop for this. She collects the materials in an old [...]
The first batch of Coaches’ training took off for CCT GenSan with 10 coaches who actively participated in the 2-day meeting on May 6 and 7, 2016. Some of the participants are Regional Board Members and Officers of CCT GenSan & Davao. The participants already experienced some of the SYB training exercises on the [...]
