Our project will build a bakery shop to empower indigenous women who live in the rural areas of Mindoro Island, in the Philippines, providing them and their local communities food security and informal economy.
The Island of Mindoro is inhabited by mostly indigenous tribes, Mangyan, who are extremely poor and live a marginalized life. Instead of letting them live a precarious life, our project Kito Empowers will provide them with a job and a solution for the wider community. This project aims to guaratee food security, especially to malnourished children. Moreover considering the area is prone to natural disaster, this project aims to achieve a more resilient population.
Kito Odv will build one pavillion in natural and local materials. Then we will provide training courses to indigenous women who will learn the art of bakery. The trainings are aimed at 200 people every year and they include the knowledge and practice of the profession.
This project will educate 200 people employed in the shop, helping them and their family to rise out of poverty and empower them to be economically independent. This will create a positive cycle that, in the long-term, will enable more and more indigenous people to access profession and benefit from their community's economy.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
