Twenty urban farmers and 15 tricycle operators and drivers, together with their spouses or family members, from QC barangays of Holy Spirit, Riverside and Commonwealth completed their three-day entrepreneurship training under the Pangkabuhayan QC Project.

The Pangkabuhayan Project is QC’s livelihood assistance project for underprivileged sectors such single parents, differently abled individuals, senior citizens, farmers and daily wage earners. The Pangkabuhayan Project provides entrepreneurship training and financial assistance to these sectors in order for them to start or improve their enterprises.

The training which was conducted and facilitated by Move to Change Foundation, Inc. (M2C), a non-government and non-stock social enterprise.  M2C’s advocacy is to enable the youth, supported by families and communities, working together to achieve their dreams and potential, creating positive change and sustainable development.

The training consisted of family values formation, financial literacy, and enterprise development modules. The training taught the participants how to nurture healthy relationships in the family which is essential in the success of any family business.  It also presented tools and techniques in running a business and making wise business and financial decisions.  The training was a combination of lectures and workshops.

M2C collaborated with the QC Government in this project as part of their overall strategy of engaging the private sector in community development. The opening and closing ceremonies were led by Ms. Mona Celine Yap, Department Head of QC’s Small Business and Cooperatives Development and Promotions Office (SBCDPO) and Mr. Eo Masilungan, Prime Mover of M2C’s Family, Education and Social Enterprise (FamilESE) Program.

Written by: Tess Perfecto (FamilESE Program Team Member)