THE FARMER IS A BUSINESSMAN

Posted by JGFajardo on Feb 20, 2017 in Feature Stories | 0 comments WE USUALLY have a stereotype of a typical small town Filipino farmer—hardworking, skillful, and yet poor.  He tills the soil, sows the seeds of food staples, and provides not only for his family but for a hungry nation in need of sustenance.  And the cycle goes on, leaving the small farmer, content with just providing enough food for his family but not exactly earning the income required to...
read more

WHEN HAPPINESS FINDS YOU

Posted by JGFajardo on Sep 22, 2016 in Feature Stories | 0 comments 2008 is a year that Nanay Annabel “Mayeth” Bonsol would rather forget.  Her husband, a barangay councilor, was fatally shot after a political altercation, and her childhood home in Bauan, Batangas was foreclosed by the bank. Up until then, she has had modest success in her ecobag and rug business, which she started in 1999 with a loan from TSPI and a rented sewing machine.  But the twin...
read more

TSPI CLIENTS GRADUATE FROM STAR PROGRAM

Posted by JGFajardo on Jul 27, 2016 in Feature Stories | 0 comments TSPI STAR Program graduates with their TESDA instructors Alfaisal Madueno and Bella Lanado, and Project Officer Marie Ballera THE TECHNICAL Skills and Training Development Authority of the Philippines (TESDA) and Tulay sa Pag-unlad, Inc. (TSPI) organized the closing ceremony of TSPI’s pilot batch of client attendees for Coca-Cola Philippines’ Sari-sari Store Training and Access to...
read more

CHINA-BASED MFI VISITS TSPI ENTREPRENEURS

Posted by JGFajardo on Jul 26, 2016 in Feature Stories | 0 comments SIXTEEN members of the CFPA Microfinance Management Ltd. (CFPAMF), a microfinance institution based in Beijing, China, visited the country to conduct insight visits with various local MFIs in the Philippines.  The delegation was composed of selected managers and supervisors from its pool of branch personnel, engaged in branch operations, training, customer service, and information...
read more

BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

Posted by JGFajardo on May 30, 2016 in Feature Stories | 1 comment When TSPI unveiled its new Discipleship Formation Program in mid-2015, people were initially lukewarm to the idea. Some even asked, “Do you plan to turn us into pastors?” Their fears were soon allayed when Mario Galvez Jr. and the rest of the TSPI discipleship team explained the rationale behind Landas ng Alagad ni Kristo tungo sa Buhay na Araw-araw Yumayabong, or LAKBAY (Filipino for...
read more