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Fourth Anniversary of the Katilingbanong Pamahandi sa Mindanaw Foundation Inc.
“Let’s make it bigger next year,” says Katilingbanong Pamahandi sa Mindanaw Foundation Inc. (KPMFI) Executive Director Ariel Hernandez while looking at over 500 people who were all in a celebratory mood inside Arturo Lugod Gymnasium in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. … read more
SAGIP SAKA INKS AGREEMENT WITH JOLLIBEE FOUNDATION, CRS AND NLDC
Sagip Saka, an advocacy program of the Office of Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Congressional Oversight Committee for Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM) signed last month a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide P11.8 … read more
Grameen Bank’s Struggle for Independence
By John Lourenze Poquiz The pioneer of microfinance has been forced to resign after 30 years of providing cheap and accessible capital to the poor. Thirty years ago, Professor Muhammad Yunus started a campaign to free the villagers from predatory … read more
Social Investments to End Human Trafficking
By Mark Ruiz One of the organizations I really admire for their advocacy and (frankly) courage is the Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) – tackling an extremely relevant and very inhumane problem, that of human trafficking. Founded by Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda … read more
It’s More Fun with PinoyME: Yummy Desserts from Filipino Microentrepreneurs
The 2012 ME Naman! Pinoy Microentrepreneurs Convention was an opportunity not only to meet the country’s leading microentrepreneurs. It was also the time when we were introduced to some of the most delightful desserts made by microentrepreneurs from all throughout … read more
Gifts and Graces Candles: Lighting Up Lives on All Soul’s Day
The first and the second days of November are a melancholic time for Filipinos. It has been a longstanding tradition for us to gather with our families in memorial parks and churchyards to remember our late loved ones. We all … read more
Philippines, 4th in World Microfinance Survey
The Philippines has improved by two notches to now rank 4th out of 55 countries in a world microfinance survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The Philippines scored 63.3 points, up by 4.8 points from last year’s report, and … read more
Ehje’s Peanut Butter: Microfinance is a blessing to be shared
Like a gardener who sows a flower that reproduces more, or a teacher whose lessons can be shared with a friend, we can pass on the blessings of microfinance from a person to another. Years ago, Jennilyn “Ehje” Antonio had … read more
The Mother of Philippine Microfinance: Remembering Tita Cory and Her Mission of Alleviating Poverty
By Dan Songco, President and CEO, PinoyME Foundation In our boardroom, we have a blown up photo of Tita Cory occupying 2/3rd of the wall. No meeting would pass that we do not rest our eyes on her smiling face. … read more
ME Naman! Convention To Highlight the Challenges and Successes of the Country’s Top Microenterprises
Producto Ng Pilipinas (Product of the Philippines) Trailer 2 from Jullian Ablaza on Vimeo. On February 22 – 24, 2012, 70 of the country’s most promising microentrepreneurs from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will gather to represent their businesses in the … read more
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