EUSTIQUIANO “TIKOY” SALUDES is 55 years old, married and with 6 children, a retired Philippine Constabulary official residing in Barangay Molopolo, Macrohon, Southern Leyte. According to him he is famous in his barangay not because he is somebody but because of his being a drunkard. In 2011 after he retired from service, he was approached …

RUFA A. GERUNDIO, 53, is one of the trained entrepreneurs supported by the Pagtambayayong Foundation, Inc. (PFI) community-based projects in Sitio Riverside, Duljo Fatima, Cebu City. Married to Martiliano A. Gerundio who is a fisherman, Tessie, as she is fondly called, is a native from Lawis, Inabanga, Bohol. At the age of 12, she was …

In Barangay Manalog, Hinunangan, Southern Leyte lives a hard-working woman with the name of Norma Adlao. She is married to Artemio Adlao who works abroad. She is an example of a woman who is eager to augment whatever income her husband can send home. Her children are still in school and that is her prime …

Robert Estopace is the current president of the federation of CBFM POs in Northern Samar. The federation has around 200 members which is currently assisted by the Foundational Center, Inc. (FCI). He and the equally active Board members of the Federation were very instrumental in the mainstreaming of development in their area and linkage building …

I am Illuminado “Berting” Igloso, 52 years old and a resident of Barangay Jubang, Capul Island, Northern Samar. Before I started planting seaweeds, I was doing compressor fishing. I started with compressor fishing in 1984. I would fish even in the sanctuaries. I was good at compressor fishing, and was able to go to different …

Angel Vergara has been, prior to the project, raising chicken intended for cockfighting. When he attended seminars and started raising quails, he stops raising chicken. He said “Mibalhin ko ini nga negosyo kay gamay ra ang kinahanglan nga lugar. Sa pangsabong nga manok dako ka ug kinahanglang lugar unya matental pod ta usahay ug pagpanugal” …