The Salvador Migsabuwa Farmers’ Association (SMFA), a registered abaca production guild (PG) in Sitio Salvador, Rogongon, Iligan City just opened their cooperative store last May 6, 2022 after their loan…
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!
Lanao del Sur has declared its state of Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) in the month of July, 2021. As of July 25, 2021, 2 new cases of COVID-19 have…
Sew to Earn: An Opportunity at Home for an IDP Group in Butig
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
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…
Women deco machine operators: Can a woman play a man’s role in abaca production?
Formation of Production Guilds and Social Enterprises for the Economic Development of Indigenous Communities—FPG-SEEDIC Partner Organization: Bread for the World The project’s main objective is that men and women…
