Proudly Filipino beauty brand Pili Ani has introduced another breakthrough local product that makes use of local ingredients obtained from the Pili Tree – the Self-Care Night Recovery Oil.
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Eco-ethical Filipino fashion reaches North America on Rags2Riches, Cambio online shop
Eco-ethical fashion created by Filipino artisans from upcycled, overstock cloth and Indigenous fabrics has reached the North American market through the collaboration of the Philippines’ Rags2Riches (R2R) and Filipino-Canadian social enterprise Cambio & Co.
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Rural Rising PH’s Crate Hope feeds displaced jeepney drivers
Rural Rising PH’s project Crate Hope is feeding displaced jeepney drivers.
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Rags2Riches keeps artisans employed while helping COVID 19 frontliners
Filipino social enterprise Rags2Riches (R2R) is keeping artisans employed while providing PPEs and meals for COVID 19 frontliners.
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Cordillera’s Kandama Collective fabric hits New York Fashion Week runway
Cordillera’s Kandama Collective clothing line showcasing the beauty and intricacy of Ifugao fabric is set to hit the New York Fashion Week runway in September. The Filipino social entreprise will highlight the weaves of women of Julongan village in Kiangan, Ifugao for The Society Fashion Week in New York on September 7. Kandama Collective founder […]
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Pinoy social enterprise HOME Plush Toys creates indigenous Lumad Dolls
Filipino social enterprise Handcrafters of Mary Enterprise (HOME) Plush Toys has created a Lumad Collection of their handcrafted dolls. The Lumad (Visayan word for native or Indigenous) tribes such as the Aetas, Bontocs, Ibaloi, Kalinga, Manobo, and Talaandig were the inspiration of the doll collection. HOME Plush Toys provides a sustainable livelihood for mother artisans […]
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Filipino-Canadian entrepreneur Gelaine Santiago is Top 25 Immigrants awardee in Canada
Filipino-Canadian entrepreneur Gelaine Santiago was awarded one of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Top 25 Immigrants in Canada. Gelaine Santiago, the co-founder with her husband Jerome of the social enterprise Cambio & Co., was awarded for her brand which showcases contemporary, conscious fashion made with Filipino soul designs and handcrafted in the Philippines by […]
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Filipino-Canadian social enterprise Cambio & Co. showcases fashion with Filipino soul
Canadian enterprise Cambio & Co. showcases fashion designed with Filipino artisans’ skills and bearing the soul of Filipino heritage. The online shopping site for dresses, accessories, and bags exhibit the contemporary fashion combining traditional and modern designs that promote the Filipino culture similar to the T’nalak ensemble worn by Asia’s vocal harmony group from the […]
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W Group Seaweed brings livelihood and peace
“The problem with seaweed farming was that the selling price was low due to the intense competition from other places that were able to harvest a lot because they had bigger areas. Our area was just too small,” said Nestor Acosta. Acosta is one of the seaweed farmers in far-flung areas of Sulu, among the […]
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VMV Hypoallergenics looks to farmers for Yolanda’s valuable lesson
Typhoon Yolanda devastated lives and destroyed livelihoods and businesses. Among those that suffered greatly was the now international “cosmeceutical” company VMV Hypoallergenics. Almost all VMV cosmeceutical (cosmetics that are supposed to have medicinal properties) products use virgin coconut oil (VCO) as their main ingredient. Prior to Yolanda, the company got almost all of its VCO […]
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URC-AIG grows hand-in-hand with farmers through its Kabalikat Farm Program
Zaldy Angcaya of Amadeo, Cavite is a long-time Uno+ Hog Feeds and Veterinary Products distributor and among the first farmers to join the Kabalikat Farm Program of Universal Robina Corporation – Agro Industrial Group (URC-AIG). “Since I started my piggery, I have always used Uno+ Hog Feeds. Then the distributor made me a dealer. After […]
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With Unilever, communities join journey towards progress
Unilever is one of the foremost global names in the food and personal, household care categories with annual global revenues numbering in the billions of euros.
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