“We used to be at the mercy of traders, now we buy our abaca fiber and our production guild (PG) is slowly earning profit,” says 33 years old Rudy Bendanillo,…
ECOWEB has been pursuing social enterprise as a development strategy. This is done for the past ten years to alleviate poverty. The organization has discovered that government support for mission-driven…
Indigenous Farmers-Entrepreneurs are Out There, Making It Happen!
Lockdown measures as an effect of the coronavirus pandemic was set and made the world rest its operations. Although no one is exempted of the consequences caused by COVID-19, but…
A dressmaker’s small steps for survival in the time of corona outbreak
Marites Magpali-Dagsaan looked back when she and her husband still earned P500 every two weeks from selling banana from their borrowed farm. That was tough for her and their three…
From P500 every two weeks to P500 daily
Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc in partnership with Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a total of…
On normalization for Marawi, COVID crisis: Social enterprise eases Biabadamag association’s living conditions
Recent developments in the fight against COVID-19 will send abaca farmers into having a second look at their farms. The Philippine Fiber Authority (PhilFIDA) just announced that the demand for…
Fighting COVID-19: EcoWEB gears up for incoming abaca demand for PPE production
“The people have nowhere to go, except their farms,” Timuay Manda quipped. Timuay Lucenio Manda is the chief tribal chieftain of the Subanen ancestral domain in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur…
Quarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms
Five aspirants aiming to live the reality of dreams lifted themselves through taking up Heavy Equipment Operation (Forklift) Training. After having completed Driving NC II (Straight Truck) last November 29,…
Five forklift trainees hopeful to improve conditions, ready for deployment
Indeed, women can. She excitedly smoothed out her worker’s vest and straightened her hard hat. “I was surprised by this uniform. It is the first time we wear something like…
