PERSONAL CHARITY

Hello everyone, I am reviving this blog with the new direction of doing personal charity only, meaning not as a broad program, but done only by individuals like you and me. In this blog, you could post your appeals about individual people that you are helping, so that others could also help them.

My first appeal is for and in behalf of Lola Serfina. She is about 80 years old. She is a scavenger in Las Pinas. She is too old to work really, and should be in a senior home, but poverty is forcing her to go out in the streets everyday looking for scraps that she could sell to the junk shop.

I talked to her today and I found out that she is from La Paz, Iloilo. I asked her if she wants to go home. She said yes, but she does not have transportation money. I asked her of she could have livelihood if she goes home, and she said yes, because she has a small piece of land in La Paz that she could farm.

Let me know if you want to help her, so that I could look for her in the streets. She gave me directions to her shanty too, so I know where to go in case I could not find her in the streets.

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INTER-CHARITY NETWORK
List of Social Action Programs
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SAMA-KABUHAYAN PROGRAM (SKP)

We assist members of organizations or communities who are looking for jobs or who would like to start a small business. Local and overseas jobs are available. Employment services include counseling and referral letters to prospective employers. Business services include consulting, financing and marketing. Affordable franchising plans are also available, some with special installment terms.

AGRO-PANALO PROGRAM (APP)

We assist members of organizations or communities who would like to go into the farming business, they could choose either agri-business or aqua-culture or both. Organic and integrated farming options are available. Through this program, the farming business becomes more profitable because we teach members of allied organizations or communities to make their own feeds and fertilizers. Free seminars are scheduled monthly.

TIPID-SHOPPING PROGRAM (TSP)

We assist members of organizations or communities who would like to avail of discounted groceries and medicines, all below the Suggested Retail Price (SRP). Members buy groceries and medicines directly from their own organizations or communities. Products from Unilever, Kimberly Clark and NFA are now available.

TULONG-ARAL PROGRAM (TAP)

We assist members of organizations or communities who would like to be trained and certified in new vocational and skills, so that they could apply for new jobs. Free scholarships from TESDA, MFI and the Honda Driving School are now available. Discounted courses from TLRC, AMA and Informatics are also available.

AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE INTER-CHARITY NETWORK

All non-government organizations (NGOs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) are invited to join the Inter-Charity Network (ICN), a consortium of organizations that are working towards providing socio-economic services to its members.

All private corporations that have their own corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are also invited to join, as well as foreign donors of official development assistance (ODA) programs.

Membership is FREE for all NGO, SME, CSO, CSR and ODA groups

ICN is a non-stock, non-profit corporation duly registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). The ICN office is located at Unit 324, Guadalupe Commercial Complex, Guadalupe Nuevo, EDSA, Makati City

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

1. Through the principle of consolidation, we will combine the buying power of our consortium, so that we could gather and gain the leverage to acquire the resources needed to support our socio-economic programs
2. Through the principle of integration, we will integrate the separate and disparate elements that are preventing the creation of the critical masses that are needed to form the ideal economies of scale and the desirable politics of numbers
3. Through the principle of cooperation, we will remove the barriers between and among our member organizations, so that we could think as one, move as one, and succeed as one consortium

GOVERNANCE

1. A Management Committee (MANCOM) will be formed from among the leaders of the member organizations. The members will be chosen by way of consultations
2. All policy decisions shall be submitted by ICN management to the MANCOM for consultation, and thereafter, the management shall be authorized it to make day to day operational decisions, for and on behalf of the consortium

OBJECTIVES

To help our members improve or increase their access to affordable socio-economic services.

To help our members raise funds and market their products and services.

STRATEGIES

Rely on our own resources by producing our own goods and services or by buying these collectively from the best possible sources.

Solicit donations for goods and services from government agencies and private companies that have resources to share.

PROGRAMS

We have two types of services, namely social services and economic services.

Under each service, we have five long term programs that are complemented by supplemental projects.

OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS

FOOD- Meats, fish, fruits and vegetables as well as canned and packaged food items

CLOTHING- Clothes to wear to work or uniforms to wear to school, may include shoes and other accessories

SHELTER- Houses and apartments to own or to rent, with emphasis on long term and low priced mortgages

MEDICINES- Prescription and non-prescription medicines especially health maintenance medicines, may include vitamins and food supplements

GROCERIES- All other non-food and non-medicine needs of households, may include basic cleaning and sanitation products

OUR ECONOMIC SERVICE PROGRAMS

EMPLOYMENT- Referral of job applicants to available openings

ENTERPRENEURSHIP- Assistance in starting small businesses

EDUCATION- Scholarships, discounts and extended payment terms

INVESTMENT- Savings, stocks and bonds with negotiated rates

INSURANCE- Health, disability and other plans with lowest installments

SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS

FOOD BANK- Central facility to collect food donations for distribution to feeding programs of member organizations

JOB BANK- Central database of job applicants and open job orders submitted by private companies

SEED BANK- Central facility to collect seed donations for distribution to farming and gardening projects of member organizations

BOOK BANK- Central database of book users and standby book donors

STATUS OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

FOOD- We are now in a position to supply low priced rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) and dressed chicken from the Agro Amigo Movement

CLOTHING- We have a small inventory of clothes to give away to those who need them. Our clothing distribution program has been in operation for ten months now

SHELTER- We have not started this program, but we have already received offers of vacant lots that may be used for home construction. We will soon be talking to developers of low cost homes for this purpose
MEDICINES- We already have a tie-up with a discount drugstore that also provides free medical consultation. We are also ready to receive batch orders of discounted prescription and non-prescription medicines through an arrangement with Unilab

GROCERIES- We are ready to accept wholesale and retail orders of discounted grocery items from Unilever and Kimberly Clark. A price list is already available at the ICN office for those who are interested

EMPLOYMENT- We have been running our referral system for ten months now, and we have already placed hundreds of job applicants through various employment agencies and direct employers

ENTERPRENEURSHIP - We have been running our entrepreneurship program for ten months now, and we have already trained hundreds of participants in various livelihood seminars. Many are already in business on their own, and several applicants have been referred to our partner microfinance organizations

EDUCATION- We have been running our scholarship referral system for three months now, and we have already referred many applicants to TESDA and MFI. We are in the process of negotiating discounts and extended payments with a number of schools

INVESTMENT- We have an existing tie-up with Security Bank so that members could join a savings program that is oriented towards buying transport units for business purposes. We also have an existing tie-up with Accord Capital so that members could buy stocks in small quantities. A number of members have already bought stocks through this arrangement

INSURANCE- This program is not yet operational but we are soon going to meet with prospective providers, including Philhealth

FOOD BANK- We have been running a small scale food bank for ten months now, but distributing food donations only to individual indigents, and not yet through member organizations. Meanwhile, a volunteer lawyer is already preparing the legal framework so that we could issue tax credits and liability waivers to future donors

JOB BANK- We now have about three thousand entries in our database, composed of many skilled individuals. Right now, there are about eight employment agencies or direct employers that are regularly using the Job Bank to search for prospective employees

SEED BANK- This program is not yet fully operational, but we have already identified several sources of seed stocks with the help of the Agro Amigo Movement. However, we are now ready to supply fish stocks in the form of fingerlings for tilapia, eel and lobster. We are also ready to supply aqua feeds. Eventually, we will also include animal stocks (piglets, chicks). We are also ready to supply organic feeds and fertilizers

BOOK BANK- We have a small inventory of books on hand, and we have been giving away books in small quantities for ten months now. Meanwhile, we have a standby arrangement with the Rotary Club of Makati, for them to supply large quantities of books as soon as we are able to establish our distribution system

FUND RAISING AND MARKETING SUPPORT PROGRAMS

WEB PORTAL- We are now building a FREE web portal wherein our members will be able to sell their products and services for free. All they have to do is to submit their product profiles and suggested retail prices (SRPs).

DONATION CARDS- A telecom service content provider has already agreed to supply us with donation cards that will be sold in 20 to 50 peso denominations. The cards will have secure numbers that will be scratched by buyers, for them to be able to donate to any of our members by sending these numbers to the servers of Globe, Smart and Sun Cellular

CONCESSIONS- Using our status as a charitable organization, we are going to apply for gift shop, copy shop and snack bar concessions in malls, airports and other heavy traffic locations. The products sold in these concessions will be supplied by our member organizations

SUPPLY CONTRACTS- Tapping our connections with corporate foundations and CSR programs, we are going to bid for long term contracts for the supply of janitorial items. The products sold will either be supplied by our member organizations or by the manufacturers of these items

OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES- We are also going to bid for the following products and services to be supplied by our members: school and office supplies, hotel and restaurant supplies, hospital and clinical supplies, janitorial services, waste recycling services and transport services

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

The following institutional partners are already working with ICN either directly or indirectly:

Agro Amigo Movement
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO)
Honda Foundation
Makati Commercial Estates Association (MACEA)
Makati Public Employment Service Office (PESO)
N. De La Merced & Sons, Inc.
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)
Philippine National IT Standards Foundation (PHILNITS)
Rotary Club of Makati
Technical & Educational Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Technology & Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC)
Tulay sa Pag-Unlad, Inc. (TSPI)
University of Makati (UMAK)
Philippine Association of National Drivers’ Associations
Bagwis Responsible Taxi Drivers Association

CONTACT INFORMATION

Ramon Ike V. Seneres, Chairman
Text +639196466323
Email iseneres@yahoo.com