San Agustin, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
June 9, 2010.
The Women’s Organization Development Incorporated (MAWADI) and the Hayupang Agapay at Lingap sa Kahirapan (HALIK) of men sector conducted a joint opening of there respective sectors initiated project: MAWADI in its Consumer Store and HALIK in its Poultry (45 days broiler).
1. MAWADI
Manamlay Womens Association for Development Inc (MAWADI) conceptualized the consumer store on the idea of women’s actual training on alternative livelihood while at home, and eases the women/mother home needs access at closer distance in the barangay, breaking the difficult 25 kilometer Sablayan Town Marketing.
They attended agroforest nursery works of INTEX-MNP at Pag-asa for a week. They saved their earning for the capital in their consumer store.
They requested training on banana chips making at commercial quality. The Intex, through Martiniano Regis of Sablayan contacted the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in San Jose.
The MAWADI have a home product that they can display for sell in their consumer store. They projected their store to provide consumer goods to their barangay so that their constituents will not be bothered of 25 kilometer distance of market trans in Sablayan, thereby the mothers will have more time making on their home base banana chips, and other livelihood activities.
MAWADI Profile
- Organizational Meeting – November 25, 2009
- Incorporators – 8
- Current Membership – 38
- Organization process/experience (Luz Villanueva, Chairperson)
We had development discussions with Martin Regis CREDO of Intex-MNP. In our group we discussed possibilities of change: we surveyed the women of San Agustin, we feely discussed idea changing our status by moving ourselves as one. Our problem is mobilization of resources/capital. We asked the Intex-CREDO Sablayan if there are works in nursery so that what we can earn will be used as capital. We worked for a week. We saved P7,000. We added amounts from our pocket that reaches our capital to P15,000.
We thanked the Intex-Mindoro Nickel Project for the Consumer Store building. We thanked Martin as our organizer, his patience is great. At first we are 18 we dropped to 8 on February 2010. He encouraged us to keep moving Now we recovered and reach 38. For the meantime we stopped the membership expansion, but will resume later after internal policies are installed.
- Vission – Change and ease in our livelihood.
- Membership Policy
Capital share = P100
Monthly contribution = P50
- Registration Works – For registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), and/or the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).
- Organization Structure
MAWADI Membership - 38
MAWADI Officials
Board of Trustees/Directors
Luz Villanueva
Concheta Sugano
Estela Martin
Liza Daliegos
Lulie Fernandez
Officers
Chairperson - Luz Villanueva
Vice-Chair - Conchita Sugano
Treasurer - Mila Nemenio
Secretary - Alice Samorten
Auditor - Jeremy Calub
- Amount of Stock/Goods of the Consumer Store at the Opening, June 9, 2010
- P20,000 (15,000 from org., rest from Intex)
2. HALIK
Hayupang Agapay at Lingap sa Kahirapan (HALIK) is the men sector organization of San Agustin.
The organization of men in San Agustin is basically agriculture base. Their purpose in their initial poultry is to have common training ground for alternative livelihood and proceed with feasible entrepreneur either by individual or by group. Their current project is 45 days poultry. They borrowed a land/lot with agreement of free use, installed water pump (jetmatic) installed poultry house with initial capacity of 160-200 heads, and an installed farm house. For the members to enhance knowledge in poultry, the maintenance of the poultry project is rotated among the 37 members.
HALIK Profile
- Organizational Meeting – April 8, 2010
- Incorporators – 7
- Current Membership – 37
- Organization process/experience (Joel Tayabin, Chairman)
Lack of opportunity is a common discussion why San Agustin is at poverty. Martin challenged us to plan and act for change today and in the future. As heads of families we are seeing that someday our agriculture production can expand, or we can find other means to increase our income. We decided to discuss plans in the evening hours and decided to associate to earn knowledge in alternative livelihood. It was decided to start with poultry which is at 45 days cycle. At least at the short run we can learn a poultry base livelihood, and make plan for more/other short term gestation projects.
- Vission – Change and economic opportunities in the community.
- Membership Policy
Capital share = P100
Monthly contribution = P50
- Registration Works – For registration to the SEC, and the Cooperative thereafter
- Organization Structure
HALIK Membership - 38
HALIK Officials
Board of Trustees/Directors
Joel Tayabin
Anthony Caslangin Sr.
Saturnino Banite
Alfredo Sugano
Nobleto Gatchalian
Michael Calub
Miguel Martin
Officers
Chairpman - Joel Tayabin
Vice-Chair - Anthony Caslangin Sr.
Treasurer - Escobar Daliegos
Secretary - Estelito Gatchalian Jr.
Auditor - Felix Gatchalian
- First Project: Poultry Grower (45 days broiler)
Purpose: 1. Hands On training in 45 days poultry growing
2. Mobilize Resource
3. Poultry management
4. Agri poultry preparedness of the constituents to start for the desired economic change.
Poultry Opening, June 9, 2010
Chick stock: 160
Infrastructure:
- Poultry House (160-200 chicks capacity in a setting)
- Water system (Jetmatic pump)
- Fenced Lot (agreed at free use since idle)
- Farm House
Events of the Inauguration and Opening of the MAWADI and HALIK Projects.
MESSAGES
Message of Luz Villanueva, Chairperson of MAWADI (capture message only)
Ang samahan ay naitatag sa pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan. Nagtrabaho kami sa nursery at inipon namin ang aming kita na maging pundo sa aming tindahan. 18 kami noon, naging 8, dumami uli at umabot ng 38.
Ginawan naman ng dagdag ang aming ipon at umabot ng P15,000. Ang aming total stock ngayon ay may halaga na P20,000. Kami ay nagpapasalamat sa aming kaagapay ang Intex-MNP sa pamamagitan ni Sir Martin.
Tuloy tayo sa ating gawain. At magpaslamat sa mga instrumento ng panginoon. Napapasalamat kami sa INTEX.
Message of Joel Tayabin, Chairman of HALIK (capture message only)
Katulad ng isang paglalakbay pahilagang silangan, mayroon maraming balakid. Sa daanan masukal, matinik at minsan matisud dahil sa sama ng daan. Kailangan ng lang magtutulungan at magkakaisa. Nasa isang kilometro pa lang tayo. Kaya sa mga kasamahan ng ALAS-KA, samasama tayo sa ating paglakbay kahit maraming balakid. Kung tayo naman ngayon ay maghirap ang biyaya ay matatamasa ng ating mga anak. Kailangan nga lang tayo ay hahakbang ng tama, samasama at nagkakaisa.
Message of Pastor James Masadaw
Matthew Chapter 7, verses 24-26:
Place your house, and projects on the rock.
Ang bahay na nasa tamang pundasyon na bato ay hindi nasisira kahit itoy dadaan ang bagyo.
Ilagay natin ang ating pundasyon sa pagtitiwala sa ating mga gawa kay Jesus, ang pundasyon ng ating buhay. Mula sa kanya ang ating tamang pag-iisip. Kunin at gawin natin ang ating pagkakaisa mula sa Panginoon.
Kung ang mga bagay ay hindi mo inumpisahan mula sa Diyos, tayo ay mawawasak din, dahil ang pinagmulan ng isang tamang pag-iisip ay ang panginoon lamang. Ang panginoon ang siyang pinanggalingan ng lahat.
Sa simbolo nitong mga kandila na ating hawak at ang nasa mesa na siyang sentrong ilaw, tayo ay magsalarawna ng pagkakaisa. Tayo ay may tig-isang liwanag sa ating mga pagkilos.
Tayo ay may sentrong liwanag, Ang Panginoong Jesus. Kung tayoy galing sa kanya sindihan natin ang ating isa-isang ilaw. Kung ang ating mga pangulo ay mamatayan ng ilaw, kikilos tayo at sindihan natin ang kanyang kandila. Kung tayong lahat ay namatayan ng ilaw pupunta tayo sa sentrong liwanag ang Panginoon, magpasindi tayo sa kanya at kikilos uli.
Sa ating mga hanapbuhay, negosyo at proyekto manalig tayo sa Panginoon. Sa Consumer Store ng mga babae at Sa Manokan ng mga Lalaki, pagpalain mo ang mga ito Panginoon, pagpalain mo ang mga instrumento nyo dito. Pagpalain mo kami sa aming mga trabaho Panginoon. Kailangan naming ng kaalaman sa pangangalaga ng tindahan at manokan, bigyan mo kami ng dagdag kaalaman. Sana ang mga ito ay pagmumulan ng pagbabago ng aming buhay. Amen.
Message of Philip Sosara
Sa simula nag-uusap tayo tungkol sa mga nangyayari sa barangay at samahan noon. Ngayon nagsimula kayong nag-uusap ulit at nagbuo ng katulad nito mga proyektong pagkilos at ang Alyansa.
Yong pawis, hirap, tampuhan, hamon ng pagkilos na ngayon nagsimula ng nagtagumpay, at kayo may saya sa mukha.
Ang sample ng pastor James Masadaw ay pinakamangandang salamin: tayoy mamuna, pahalagahan ang samahan na diyan din ang gabay, ang Panginoon ay ang insperasyon ng bawat isa, at talagang ang pag-iisip na ito ay kailangan.
Kumuha tayo ng kaalaman, ngayon kayo na rin ang magmulat sa iba.
At maraming salamat.
Message from the Alyansa Laan sa Kaunlaran at Kalikasan Laban sa Kahirapan (ALAS-KA).
Binabate ko ang mga chairperson at kasapi ng MAWADI AT HALIK. Ang hamon ay huwag tayong tumigil sa kakahawi ng ating daanan at pagpadami ng ating miyembro.
Sa ating alyansa sana lumaki at lumawak po tayo. Salamat po.
Message from Martiniano G. Regis, CREDO Sablayan (Closing)
Good morning po sa MAWADI AT HALIK.
(this was spoken in tagalog but dsirectly written in english)
You are here to witness the opening of the livelihood projects of you group/sector. For truth you are still “on-bat”, and the ball still to be thrown. You don’t know the speed and power of the ball that the MAWADI and HALIK will bat. If you can operate say a year or 3 year failure or success event you will analyze and plan to improve. If it’s a failure then definitely another set will be on bat. If it is a success then definitely it’s a home run, a score for good, but you have to move and plan more.
Even the consumer store of MAWADI survived the critical event of a being a fetus. At least even if there is no one to hold for, the organization managed to be born with the effort of surviving incorporators who are the current officers.
Maintain your organization and make your project big and successful. If it grows big, many of your members will find work and production by themselves. Always practice the nobility in business and humility in service, which are the essence organization.
We always exist as partner. And we thanked the LORD for this event. We pray for the health of everybody so that we can move for more blessings.
