PHILIPPINES | END POVERTY | HONOR 1000 - MICRO FINANCE PHILIPPINES

Marilyn's Farm

Marilyn and her husband are incredibly proud vegetable farmers who work hard to provide for their family of five, including two young children in elementary school.


PHILIPPINES | PHILIPPINES - MANILA SLUM PROJECT

Selling on the Streets Since 5 Years Old

Janninah sells breakfast food in plastic bags as early as 5 a.m. Then, she would sell sampaguita flowers outside the church for the rest of the day.


PHILIPPINES | STOP CYBERSEX CRIME

44 Barangays Reached by our OSAEC Awareness Seminar

One of our social workers in the Philippines conducted an Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) awareness seminar among 108 barangays and social workers from a town in Bataan.


PHILIPPINES | HONOR 1000 - MICRO FINANCE PHILIPPINES

Lilibeth's Store Supports Her Kids' Future

Lilibeth smiles brightly beside her food store. Though small in size, this business helped her send her eldest son to college.


PHILIPPINES | EDUCATE GIRLS | PHILIPPINES - MANILA SLUM PROJECT

Outreach Initiatives and Partnerships for Manila Slum Program

Last May, Tim, a senior manager of Unionbank, initiated an outreach for the beneficiaries of our Manila Slum Program. His group helped us encourage the children to go to school. Tim’s influence in the company grows as more branches of Unionbank reach out to us because they also want to help.


PHILIPPINES | HONOR 1000 - MICRO FINANCE PHILIPPINES

Selling Rice Cakes for a Living

Geraldine is part of our microfinance program in the Philippines. With all four of her children studying, Geraldine ensures her made-to-order rice cakes stand out from the rest. She has shown that rice cakes, which are typically plain in color, can...


PHILIPPINES | STOP CYBERSEX CRIME

Empowering Children to Protect Themselves

We recently conducted an online safety seminar and distributed OSEC information and activity booklets to the 146 beneficiaries of the Manila Slum Program.


PHILIPPINES | PHILIPPINES - MANILA SLUM PROJECT

Scouting to Help More Manila Slum Program Beneficiaries

Our field partner in the Philippines, HONOR 1000, interviewed another batch of beneficiaries for our Manila Slum Program. To identify the second batch of beneficiaries, we visited two schools near the area. One of the Principals, Dr. Ryan, was very eager to...