PHILIPPINES - $5,350
Agriculture Project
Project Director - John Irving Ocol

43 people, 29 women and 14 men co-op members, from Manila are participating in this one-year project. Taguig Christian Fellowship is the 5th oldest Quaker church in the Philippines. Agape Multi Purpose Cooperative is one of the ministries run by Taguig Christian Fellowship. All members of the AMPC are Quakers.

This project is farming for current cooperative members. They can expect 5-7 harvests per year if there are a lot of typhoons, 8-10 in milder years. Each beneficiary is lent $55 to purchase tools and seeds. They can expect an income of $160 at harvest. Each participant is required to pay at least 20% of the total loan after harvest and $5.00 for monthly cooperative capital share. After a participant fully pays back all loans, he/she may request another loan. The money will serve as a revolving fund for the same group of people and is also available to everyone who would like to become a member of the cooperative.

John Irving Ocol and Lois Lydia Tabingo (daughter of Jaime and Lydia Tabingo, Superintendent of Philippines Yearly Meeting) were representatives of PYM to the FWCC Triennial this past August.

2007 Report

Project Completed: December 31, 2008