A Fish a Day Will Go a Long Way

“A fish a day will go a long way”  is an on-going livelihood project of SIM where women and girls learn how to debone milkfish (bangus) and cook bangus by smoking (tinapa).

Finished products are sold through the Soroptimist  Store  or  through  the  women  trainees  themselves. Those who have learned are expected to become trainers to new learners (pass it forward concept) to encourage women to share their knowledge to others thus increasing the number of beneficiaries and multiplying the effort of SIM in the community.

This project has become self-sustaining and is proving the SIM concept of a people-helping-people organization.

PNP Women's Desk - MOA Signing

 

The Soroptimist International of Malabon had a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing with the PNPWPCD.  PO2 Analita Gardose, representing the PNPWPCD signed the MOA with SIM last February 2012 at their Northern Police District Office.

The MOA sets the foundation for the club's projects to enhance the PNP Women's Desk through the empowerment of women and children to end the cycle of abuse.

SI MALABON CENTER – Home of Women

The new SI Malabon “Soroptimist Center” will soon rise in a 120 square meter lot in Barangay Catmon, Malabon City. The Center will serve as the venue of most SIM projects including training on milkfish (bangus) deboning and other livelihood programs, and seminars on anti-trafficking and anti-violence of women. All these programs will now be conducted regularly to uplift the socio-economic status  and quality of life of women and their families.

SIM is also set to hold their regular monthly meetings once the center is constructed. This will serve as a means to make the public be aware of the Soroptimist Club of  Malabon.

The center is seen as a venue to  encourage new members to join our club. Victims of abuse will know where to go in case of need.

The Department of Works and Highways (DPWH) will provide  labor and materials for the construction of the center while the city government of Malabon provided the lot.

SIM  projects aim to  improve the lives of women and girls.

Balat ng Mais Swak na Business

 

A trash  to  treasure  (cash)  recycling  project that  turns  corn cover (usually just goes to garbage bins once the grain or corn husk  is used as grains or sold after cooking) to practical  and  income-generating  products.  SIM  had  a seminar on how to use corn cover to make artificial flowers, home decors  and  other ornaments  which  mothers  and  women-breadwinners  can  sell  and  pursue  as  a  home-based  business  to  earn  extra  money  for  their  families’  needs.

Since corn cover is available in most areas, it is easy for a start-up to get the raw material and reuse or recycle these to useful and beautiful pieces of art. It is also an environment-friendly entrepreneurial activity that if done with hard work, perseverance  and  commitment,  can  be  very promising,  worthwhile and sustainable.

There is growing market for artificial flowers from corn cover. One needs 50 centavos per flower. Makers of the recycled product can sell each flower at P1.50 each or a mark-up of P1.00 per flower. If one can make 50 pcs. of flowers/day, she can earn P50.

The seminar was held at the SI Malabon adopted barangay - Brgy. Tonsuya.