Training ‘Generate your business idea’ The Generate Your Business Idea training (GYB) was held at the Mom Center of Barangay San Isidro in Rodriguez, Rizal. There were 26 participants from different areas in San Isidro Rodriguez Rizal. Three members of staff from the Revenue Raising Department and their coordinator from Good Neighbors Philippines also participated …
Report of the Generate Your Business Idea (GYB) training at CCT Angeles On August 19, 2016, the MBC trainers arrived for training in CCT Angeles City, Pampanga at the Fresh Hope Building, New York St. Villasol Subdivision. It was a rainy Tuesday. Still, 19 participants came to the GYB Training from different areas of Angeles …
The minimum wage in the Philippines is about 300 pesos per day (about 6 euros). Rebekka has been working in the matting industry for the last few years to generate some extra income for the family. Her husband earns a modest salary, but it is difficult to make ends meet for the family of four. …
Forced by circumstances Mae Sheil is a young mother married to a pastor in Bago, Cebu, the Philippines. This region was devastated two years ago by Typhoon Hayan. Unemployment is very high in the aftermath of the typhoon. Mae Sheil and her husband struggle to make ends meet with one of them working as a …
Ate Susan started doing business when she divorced her husband in the year 1997. The responsibility of caring for her children and their education fell to her alone. Then she started starting small businesses to meet her family’s financial needs. She started buying and selling 1.5 liter bottles of cola. She then partnered in a …
My name is Nilda del Panos and I am 61 years old. I live in Mandaluyon City, one of the 16 cities that make up Metro Manila. Because I am a community outreach coordinator, I have the opportunity to demonstrate God’s love in a practical way by helping people warmly and wholeheartedly. Sunrise I work …
Start your Business Training – part 2 Last September (2015) we returned to Balani for the second part of the Start Your Business Training with the Mangyan, in particular the Tawbuid Occidental Tribe. The 12 participants of the training in June were now back and looking forward to the continuation of the training. In June …
In the hills of Mindoro, an island a few hours from Manila, people of different hill tribes live with the collective name “Mangyan”. One of these tribes is the Tawbuid tribe (pronounced: Tauw-boe-wit). The tribesman Timyo is a 41-year-old farmer. His village in the hills near Safa can only be reached on foot. Transport business …
Shirly owns a junk shop. People who collect reusable material from waste can hand it in to her. She then sells the old bottles, cardboard, glass, metal, etc. in larger quantities to the recycling factory. She has no workshop but an old truck. The garbage collectors line up in front of her truck to hand …
The first training for CCT for future coaches took place in General Santos – Mindanao, at the 2-days meeting on May 6 and 7, 2016. There were 10 participants. Some of them are regional administrators and managers of CCT GenSan in Davao. The Coach Training On the first day of this training, the participants were …
