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BAYI Tiangge aims to become a community of care for women entrepreneurs experiencing political, societal, and economic constraints imposed on them. In practicing all these feminist transformative values and principles, BAYI Tiangge members must remember that we are acting as a community of care and solidarity. No woman entrepreneur is free unless all women entrepreneurs are free.
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SRHR and GBV Services
Filipino women are currently experiencing what we call the shadow pandemic. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) organizations and services can no longer be accessed because of the series of lockdowns.
Protection from Gender-Based Violence
Violence against women and children happens at any time and in any place. If you are, or you know of anybody, experiencing abuse at home or in public spaces, do not hesitate to seek help from the following organizations:
You can also access the directory of barangay officials at https://www.dilg.gov.ph/barangay-officials-directory/search if you need help as soon as possible. For other means of assistance, you can contact the following:
Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Hotline:
(02) 8929-9436 local 106, 107, or 159 (local “0” for operator)
(+62) 9393233665
PNP Hotline: 177
Aleng Pulis Hotline: 0919 777 7377
PNP Women and Children Protection Center 24/7 AVAWCD Office: (02) 8532-6690
Access to SRHR Services
Family planning and reproductive health services became limited and even inaccessible because of the pandemic. If you are in need of SRHR services, do not hesitate to contact the following:
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Organizations
FriendlyCare is a one-stop shop outpatient clinic with fully integrated medical facility and quality healthcare professionals providing a multi-range of services including consultations, laboratory and diagnostics examinations, vaccination, minor surgical procedures, drug testing, psychometry, family planning services, etc.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Organizations
Likhaan responds to women’s expressed need for sexual and reproductive rights and health services.
(02) 926 6230
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Organizations
Sulong! is a youth- and volunteer- run organization that bridges victim-survivors of sexual violence to pro bono legal advice, psychological aid, and other services.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Organizations
Kakampi mo kami. Nandito kami sa chat, para sa iyo. We are a volunteer-powered helpline in the Philippines, supporting survivors of gender-based violence or violence against women, and people who may have concerns about family planning.
Featured Stories
Beth Acob
Owner, Sunny Beth’s Enterprise
San Mateo, Isabela
Beth is a 64-year-old Bignay wine maker from San Mateo, Isabela. The pandemic disrupted her winemaking business as the demand for the healthy wine lessened. Beth shared feeling isolated during the pandemic because older persons weren’t allowed to go outside. Eager to move around and get her feet wet, she now gardens like there’s no tomorrow. Now, you’ll see Beth surrounded by flowers while making wine out of Bignay fruits.
Jennifer Agcaoili
Founder, JA Fruits and Vegetables Processing
San Mateo, Isabela
Jen lives and breathes health. Riddled with the entrepreneurial spirit, she decided to open a fruits and vegetables processing business in San Mateo, Isabela last 2019. In 2020, they adapted the Department of Science and Technology’s enhanced Nutribun product. Jen partnered with the public sector to spread her love for health — they brought Nutribuns to DepEd and DSWD’s feeding programs and other public occasions. As the pandemic hit, just like many other plantitas out there, Jen has developed a certain fondness for gardening.
Nelia Bartolome
Owner of Prince, Putos, and Pastas
San Mateo, Isabela
Locked up inside the house with nothing else to do aside from care work, Nelia’s creativity bloomed as she started making Biko. Sharing her first creation to loved ones, Nelia received great feedback from friends and family on Facebook. Using her amazing cooking skills — from years of being a housewife — she realized that selling rice desserts was a great source of income. Nelia feels happy knowing that her cooking can feed her family — no pun intended!
Dolly Pader
Seller of Baked Goods
San Mateo, Isabela
Story: Dolly used to work as a cashier in a Lechon Manok stand before the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the first few weeks of the pandemic, Dolly got fired and was left with no social security during the insidious quarantine measures. Times were difficult, but Dolly felt like she had no other choice than to find her own way of gaining income. First was the carbonara, then came the puto leche, and it continued on with all kinds of amazing food!
Dolly knows that she wasn’t alone in the struggle — hundreds of thousands of Filipinos around the country struggled along with her. Closest to her, her friends couldn’t even sell their bananas because they weren’t allowed in public spaces. Dolly knew the pain of feeling helpless, but she also knew the importance of hope. In solidarity, she bought their bananas and baked banana cakes. She’s now focused on innovating her pastries and cakes by learning through YouTube. But now, she’s selling her baked goods one by one because she’s a first-time grandmother. She stated that the pandemic has had devastating effects, but she wants to learn new things despite it.
Product: Dolly’s Bakery offers happiness and solidarity in one bite. Our fresh and healthy ingredients come from local farmers and vendors. We make the best banana cake and Puto Leche in San Mateo, Isabela. Taste native desserts rather than unhealthy and artificial sweets. Every flavor has a story, become part of ours!
Butch Pastrana
Owner, Chix’s Baked Goodies
Isabela, Negros Occidental
Story: Butch currently works as a teacher of cookery in a senior high school in Isabela, Negros Occidental. She has a small business focused on producing baked products and their main product is the cassava cake. During the pandemic, she noticed that house-to-house delivery became a trend so tightly gripped on this opportunity and started delivering her baked goods upon request. So instead of lessened sales, the demand rose because people preferred to get their baked goods from their doorsteps. Recently, she’s been trying out new baking recipes and started selling some of them as well.
Product: Chix’s offers baked products such as decadent cassava cakes for discerning families for all occasions. Joining the scene in 2017, Chix’s immediately became a local favorite in Isabela, Negros Occidental and nearby towns as well. Welcome to the house of creamy and delicious cassava cake in town! Taste the number one cassava cake that leaves you wanting for more!
Kim Telmoso
Manager, Rittle’s Store
Isabela, Negros Occidental
Story: Kim has a family business called Rittle’s Store in Isabela, Negros Occidental. She now manages their business since her parents are senior citizens already — this felt like a given as the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns weren’t kind to older persons. Because of disrupted transportation lines, Nesjen’s new hobby is biking.
Jorgina Manalo
Owner, Panid
Roxas City, Capiz
Jorg has always been interested in stationaries — from making custom-made pads, notebooks, watercolor pads, and other stationary stuff. Her business started from her passion for papers and made it both a hobby and a business. Despite the pandemic, Jorg found a silver lining as she can now focus on her business.
Nieva de la Torre
Owner, Ebang’Z Mushroom
Roxas City, Capiz
Edna Sumbilla
Owner, Dannah’s Food Mood
Roxas City, Capiz
Throughout the pandemic, Edna started developing a hobby for cooking and baking. Eager to test it out as a business, she offered it to her friends and family — who by the way, absolutely loved every bite of it. Now, people from all parts of town are ordering her kakanin or “rice desserts.” Currently, Edna manages her business on a part-time basis because she has a child with special needs, so she sells her kakanin through Facebook. Online selling has helped her a lot because she can develop her baking skills at the same get extra income through the influx of orders from friends and family. When people order, she deliver it to them quickly.
Genie Biana
Owner, Gicrafts Shell Museum & Gallery
Roxas City, Capiz
Genie owns a social enterprise centered around the beauty of local Kapis Shells. As a social advocate, Genie realized that curving the dangers of the pandemic should be a collective effort. She started developing new essential and health-related products that can be used during the pandemic. They usually use Kapis shells to create chandeliers or bowls but now they design and create PPEs and facemasks. Genie tapped a local community of seamstresses and tailors to create these products. They’ve also produced other in-demand products such as alcohol and dishwashers, which they regularly provide to doctors and schools.
Rica Garganera
Owner, Esther’s Baked Goodies
Roxas City, Capiz
Rica started her baking journey during the pandemic. The series of lockdown meant that they couldn’t even buy groceries. The logic was simple as they couldn’t buy pastries, they decided to make their own like donuts and ensaymada. Whenever they baked their own goods, they always gave it to their neighbors — who eventually pushed them to sell them because of how good they are. “This was a business by accident,” Rica mentioned with a small smile. Right now, they wake up 3:00 in the morning to start baking and finish at around 12:00 NN. Now, they deliver around 300 breads per day. Rica wanted the shop to become a platform for people similar with their lived reality or in the spectrum — she has ADHD while her daughter is dyslexic. They want to break the mindset that people in the spectrum can’t work.
Marydoll Azarcon
Owner, Pan-ayanon Handicrafts
Roxas City, Capiz
Marydoll lived her whole in Roxas, Capiz and she has always had a penchant for handwoven bamboo crafts. Before the pandemic, they could easily sell their products through trade fairs and shops. Less foot traffic and limited selling spaces meant that they could barely sell their products at the same pace as before. But Marydoll never gave up and decided to sell her intricate bamboo handicrafts online, mostly through Facebook’s Marketplace. She personally delivers her products to customers. She said that despite the pandemic, they continue to do our best.
Chame Mana-ay
Owner, Gem’s Organifarm
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Chame lives in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. Being stuck at home, Chame developed new hobbies such as organic farming and taking care of ornamental plants. Seeing the peace and beauty her fresh produce and plants bring her, Chame decided to share the feeling and started selling ornamental plants and organic products.
Ellaine Grace Francisco
Owner, SLJ Garden
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Ellaine is a proud plantita. She started her business from scratch and became an avid reseller of goods, including her beloved plants. Things were picking up for her business, but when the pandemic hit, customers’ fear of meeting up resulted to a large loss of profit. Since importing the plants were costly, Ellaine thought that it would be better to have plants of her own so the loss of profit wouldn’t be as big. As part of the warm community of the Sta. Barbara Gardening Club, she was inspired to further grow her own garden.
Kristine Santiago
Owner, The Hungry Tummies. Ilo
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Kristine is 25-year-old go-getter who started her business during the series of lockdowns. Family and friends on Facebook absolutely loved her posts about her delectable-looking homemade food. When her family tried it, they had the immediate urge to buy and sell it because of how good it is. The business slowly started becoming a family effort as her family started provided delivery bags and other things needed for her to sell her food online. Currently, Kristine cooks the food, and her partner delivers it. Now, her business sustains her whole family.
Denilla Tuburan
Seller of Potholders, Rugs, and Ornamental Plants
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Story: Exploring the plantita route, Denilla has started selling ornamental plants to eager plant parents such as herself. Alongside her ornamental plant business, she also sells homemade rugs and potholders. Her rugs and potholders are now a staple sight in the municipality of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo as the LGU would continuously buy from her. Denilla stated she just continues whatever she’s doing and hope for the best.
Sheryl Octaviano
Seller of Anti-Mosquito Incense and Candles
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Sheryl is a 41-year-old woman entrepreneur from Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, and she started selling online back in 2018. She currently supplies products to resellers from Aklan, Capiz, Antique, Palawan, and Cebu. Knowing how the entrepreneurial ecosystem works, Sheryl’s supplies also come from Manila and Cebu. She started her buying and supplying workflow with an anti-mosquito incense and flower candle from Manila. When the pandemic happened and logistical chains were disrupted, she started reselling and started retailing Purefood and Magnolia’s frozen goods in her town. Currently, her best seller is kalamay from Bohol. So far, her business is doing good. She also makes ice cream rolls and leche flan during Christmas.
Cyrah Serjo
Owner, Cyrah’s Homemade Food Products and Cyrah’s Apparel
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Story: Cyrah is 51-year-old trailblazing entrepreneur from Sta. Barbara Iloilo. Imbibed with social advocacies and entrepreneurial spirit, she has made products ranging from frozen foods, facemasks, to gardening tools. It didn’t come a surprise to her that during the pandemic, she really became invested in cooking, sewing, and gardening.
Initially, started designing customized facemasks for her family and herself only, but when she posted it online, a lot of people wanted to order them. Cyrah was hesitant at first because she made them on her own, but she eventually relented. She now sold customized facemasks to locals in Sta. Barbara. Cyrah’s love for cooking has also led to her processing frozen food made from healthy and organic ingredients. As a plantita, she also understands the need to take care of your plants as if they’re your own children. So also started creating eco-friendly garden pots from fabric and cement.
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