On its 15th year of recognizing outstanding microentrepreneurs in the Philippines, the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA) recognized the achievements of Carmelita Dapanas, a CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CARD), Inc. (A Microfinance NGO) client who instituted a semi-hydroponics and greenhouse organic farming in Misamis Oriental. First awarded last December 6, 2017 as CMA’s Special […]
Twenty-two couples from San Pablo City exchanged vows as husband and wife at the “2018 I Do, I Do, Araw ng Pag-IBIG” mass wedding hosted by Pag-IBIG Fund in collaboration with CARD Mutual Benefit Association, Inc. (MBA) last February 14. The mass wedding is part of the commitment of the two organizations in ensuring that […]
More communities are being affected as Mayon Volcano (Mount Mayon) in Albay continues to spew more ashes, affecting the health and displacing the livelihood of everyone nearby. With 2,000 of its clients affected, CARD MRI distributed relief goods and packs of medicine to all affected members and their families. “To bring faster aid to the […]
CARD-MRI Development Institute, Inc. (CMDI) recently celebrated its 18th years of providing quality education and trainings to staff, students and members of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI). The celebration, themed “18 years of Sustaining Passion: Learning, Development and Education”, was held simultaneously in CMDI Bay Campus in Bay, Laguna and CMDI Tagum Campus in […]
A carpenter’s trust to his hammer paves way to good work. More than just houses and buildings, carpenters all around the globe work laboriously to provide for their respective families while taking pride in an honest work that they do. In a small town of MacArthur in the province of Leyte lived a highschool graduate […]
Sometimes being good and helping others make life so unfair and bigoted that people stop being one. More and more people start forgetting goodness as part of humanity. In a harmonious town in Lapu-Lapu, Butuan City, someone lived her life helping relatives, neighbors and even strangers without asking for anything in return. Yes, there are […]
The founder and chairman of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip, together with the officials of ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) honored the graduating students during the 2nd ASAUB Convocation held at the Bangabandhu International Conference last January 29, 2018. Dr. Alip, who served as the convocation speaker, received a plaque […]
More than 800 individuals in Daan Bantayan, Bogo City, Tuburan, and Catmon in Cebu received free medical, dental, and optical services from CARD, Inc. during its Community Health Days (CHD) last January 16-21, 2018. As part of CARD’s Microfinance and Health Protection (MaHP) program, the CHD is a regular initiative of the organization for its […]
The Filipinos taste buds love chocolate! Since the Spaniards brought Cacao plants from Mexico, the crop turned us into a country that craves for something sweet. Jesusa Gadil, resident of Brgy. Luntad, Palo, Leyte, banked on the Filipino’s sweet tooth. Banking on chocolate lovers In 2006, Jesusa saw an opportunity to sell cocoa tablea. Tsokolate […]