Off cam or on cam,
Villar has been touching the lives of people. From Las Pinas to the other parts of the country, Villar SIPAG has come a long long way.
Villar SIPAG (Social
Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) yesterday announced the 10
Most Outstanding Community Enterprises and 10 Most Promising Community
Enterprises chosen from among the almost
200 entries nationwide during a
simple ceremony held at Villar SIPAG Bldg., C5 Extension Road, Las Pinas City.
Awarded as the 10 Most Outstanding Community
Enterprises are the Andres M. Soriano Employees
Fresh Fruits Cooperative, Baclaran Vendors Development Cooperative,
Baclaran Parañaque; Bukluran Multi
Purpose Cooperative, Dasmariñas, Cavite; Kalasag Farmers Producers Cooperative,
San Jose City, Nueva Ecija; Malapatan Multi Purpose Cooperative, Malapatan,
Sarangani; Nueva Segovia Consortium Cooperative, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur; Paglaum
Multi Purpose Cooperative, Misamis, Occidental; People’s Alliance for Progress
Multi Purpose Cooperative, Panamao,
Sulu; San Francisco Associations of Differently-Abled Person Multi Purpose
Cooperative San Francisco, Agusan Del Sur; and San Joaquin Multi Purpose
Cooperative, Sarat, Ilocos Norte.
On the other hand,
named as the 10 Most Promising Community Enterprises are Catmon Multipurpose
Cooperative in Catmon, Sta. Maria, Bulacan; Davao Ventures Employees
Cooperative, Calinan, Davao City; Danlugan Farmers Multi Purpose Cooperative,
Danlugan, Pagadian City; Davao Oriental Coco Husk Social Enterprises, Inc., San
Isidro, Davao Oriental; Ipil Market Vendors Multi Purpose Cooperative, Ipil,
Zambaonga Sigubay; Light House Cooperative; Paco Soriano Pandacan Development
Cooperative, Paco, Manila; People’s Officials, Employees and Community Multi
Purpose Cooperative, Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte; Southern Iloilo Area
Multipurpose Cooperative in Oton, Iloilo and Valenzuela Development Cooperative
in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila.
A cash reward of
P250,000 was given to each of the winner in the Most Outstanding Community Enterprises while P100,000 cash to each of the winner in
the Most Promising Community Enterprises.
The criteria for
selecting the winners for each other category are effectiveness, significance,
financial viability, sustainability and adaptability.
For effectiveness, a
community enterprise should have tangible results like increase in household
income and creation of jobs. On its significance, it should have addressed the
problem of income poverty in a community.
Regarding the financial
viability, it should have generated its own income sufficient enough to meet
its core operating expenses and financial obligations to invest in its future
growth and development.
On sustainability, it
can continue to operate in the long term while on adaptability, the initiatives of community enterprise have
been successfully adapted by others.
Aside from the criteria
set in the selection process, a team of validators headed by Prof. Edel Guiza
of Asian institute of Management (AIM) conducted series of screenings, site
validations and interviews for the past four months.
Among the questions
asked in interviews delved in the management of the business, creation of jobs
in the community, and the increase in the household income of its members.
The community
enterprises which competed for the awards were nominated by their respective
local government units. Some of them directly applied to join the competition.
Entries came from the
National Capital Region, Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon and the Visayas and
Mindanao regions.
The Villar SIPAG Awards for Poverty Reduction,
a nationwide search, was launched last August to recognize the exemplary
achievements of community enterprises that resulted to local economic
development and improvement of lives.
Villar SIPAG also
acknowledges and rewards the relentless efforts of the communities to generate
jobs in the locality and eventually boost household income.
With social
responsibility as its guiding principle, Villar SIPAG founding chairman, former
Senate President Manny Villar said it has initiated, implemented and supported
various projects to improve the quality of life of people in the communities
where they live.
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