Grand Champion: Power Mussels by Power Builders
· Maria Katrina L. Alfante
· Geneline P. Apuya
· Mark Anthony S. Capinan
2nd Place: Recovering Soil through Vermicompost by JHANS (Cordillera Nightcrawlers)
· Jon Ray Waking
· Herman Danis
· Alima Bedejim
· Noel Lenguaje
· Sheirelyn Banglig
3rd Place: The Spark Project by The Spark Project Team
· Patch Dulay
· Ian Corpuz
· Krz Lopez
People’s Choice Award: CareersForHealth.Ph by Team Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes (AIHO)
· Dr. Maria Ellen R. Licup
· Dr. Paolo Victor N. Medina
· Dr. Beverly Lorraine C. Ho
· Dr. Jacqueline Frances F. Momville
Congratulations to everyone who made this program worthy of its cause!
Makati City, Philippines - PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan represented by Ramon Isberto concurrent PLDT Public Affairs Head, today led top executives and its private sector partners in announcing the top winners of Project Pagsulong, the revolutionary youth challenge for 18 to 30-year-old entrepreneurs who had put together business concepts with deep social impact, particularly in alleviating poverty in the country.
The awarding event for the top three winners of Project Pagsulong, with seven other finalist teams sharing the limelight, was held at the Alphaland Southgate Tower in Makati City.
The Top 3 winners won seed money of P500,000, P300,000, and P200,000, respectively, to help fund their pitched projects. A special People’s Choice winner was selected by the public through online voting, and was given a P100,000 grant. To help keep the projects sustainable, the seed money will be distributed in tranches depending on the milestones set and achieved by the teams in the coming months.
Joining Pangilinan at the event were Patrick Tang, head of PLDT HOME Voice Solutions; Esther Santos, president of PLDT-SMART Foundation; Marie Young, president of RFM Foundation; Pamela Asis-Layugan, national chairperson of TOSP Alumni Community; and other staunch advocates of social entrepreneurship in the country.
Project Pagsulong was launched in July 2012 and received 374 entries from 47 out of 80 provinces nationwide. Entries came from as far as Benguet province in the Cordilleras to Tacurong in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, and reflected both the needs of these provinces as well as the concerns of today’s youth over endemic poverty.
The 374 entries were screened and trimmed down to 30 in late September 2012, which was then further brought down to Top 10 Finalist-Teams in early October 2012, who went to attend a nine-day ‘Bootcamp’ to get mentoring from the Project’s ambassadors and industry experts in honing their skills in concretizing their business ideas.
The choice of the top ten finalist-teams was based on the business concept’s social impact, particularly in addressing a specific social need or issue; innovativeness or inventiveness; the feasibility of the idea in generating revenue in succeeding years; and the team’s leadership and management in executing the project.
Project Pagsulong is a brainchild of PLDT KaAsenso, PLDT-Smart Foundation, The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Alumni Community (TOSP-AC), and RFM Foundation. The nationwide challenge aimed to search for the most promising social enterprise ideas from young talents across the country, and eventually turn them into actual and functional businesses that will help bring about change in the community.
1.) RECOVERING SOIL THROUGH VERMICOMPOST By JHANS: Cordillera Night Crawlers Team (Benguet)
The project seeks to address environmental problems by shifting from conventional to organic farming.
2.) THE GOLDEN CAST: NATURE’S WAY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE By Agri-EntrePINOYS (Leyte)
The group aims to establish a cottage industry that will produce vermicompost fertilizers from biodegradable food waste of various community members.
3.) POWER MUSSELS: EMPOWERING PEOPLE THROUGH GREEN CONSTRUCTION
By Power Builders (Leyte)
The group is into green construction and aims of use mussel shells as the raw material In producing stronger and lighter hollow blocks called Power Mussels.
4.) URBAN AQUAPONIC FARMING By Bahay Kubo Organics (Metro Manila)
The team seeks to provide solutions to environmental degradation using aquaponics farming.
5.) KABAYAN KABAONG PARA SA KALIKASAN (K.K.K.) By Team K.K.K. (Rizal)
The team aims to provide inexpensive coffins produced from recycled materials to address the expensive cost of burial among marginalized communities.
6.) PROJECT FEEDING TOTOY! By Villa Socorro Farm (Metro Manila)
The Farm wants low-income Filipino families to eat a decent meal three times a day. Thus, it created cheap yet nutritive meal that can get Totoy by the day.
7.) CAREERSFORHEALTH.PH By Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes (Metro Manila)
A group of medical doctors formed the group to provide a link among health professionals to available and untapped services for a stronger and equitable health system through CareersForHealth.ph.
8.) TAYOPH.ORG: BUILDING HEALTH FROM THE BOTTOM UP By TayoPH.org (Metro Manila)
A team of MD-MBA students aims to build on the potential of Filipino innovators, to rise as an empowering platform for the youth to come together as one nation united to conquer poverty through health.
9.) BYAHENG BAYANI: TRAVEL, SERVE AND INSPIRE By The Byaheros (Metro Manila)
Byaheng Bayani Tours and Travel aims to provide socially responsible tours and activity packages for travelers who seek to see the real Philippines and be immersed in the community.
10.) THE SPARK PROJECT By The Spark Project (Metro Manila)
The Spark Project aims to showcase Filipino talent and ingenuity by giving them access to an online crowd-funding platform where they can campaign to fund their creative, innovative and passion-driven projects.
Visit here: http://www.projectpagsulong.ph/
On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectPagsulong?fref=ts
Thanks for this article =] You might want to revise the piece, though, as Mr Pangilinan was not able to join the awarding ceremonies. He was represented by Mr Mon Isberto.
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