Empower the Philippines

Mission Statement:The goal of the Empower the Philippines is to is to create and sustain yearly donation drives and to set up self sustaining, eco-friendly and tech-driven business initiatives and projects to employ and empower the less fortunate in two major Filipino cities, Manila and Davao City.The projects would co-ordinated by Filipino locals and city officials along with international volunteers.E.T.P. realizes the importance of donations in sustaining an upstart international charitable projects but it is not enough.Donations create seasonal cycles of dependence and expectations on desperate people with limited resources. Another hard reality of the donation world is that sometimes donations do not always reach their intended recipients.That is what seperates the E.T.P. from the rest our mission is to ensure the effectiveness of its projects by showing the before and after effects of its efforts and by placing long term international volunteers on its two inaugural projects in the Philippines.The main objective of E.T.P is to:- Use strategic donation plans to finance self sustaining and self sufficient business initiatives for disadvantaged peoples in the Philippines. Charitable donations are necessary but what is also necessary is a sense of self empowerment.- Making the most of resources available to enact these self sustaining business initiatives. From recycling, to garbage treatment to alternative fuels made from organic matter, E.T.P. exists to show that self sustaiing business plans can be made by logically making the most of what is available.- Place international volunteers safely on long term humanitarian projects throughout the Philippines.- Create long term social entrepreneurship initiatives and green friendly business opportunities to help Filipinos help themselves, earn for themselves and become part of the global business world as small business owners.- Work with local city, government and NGO officials to realize the goals of E.T.P.- To provide video and document proof of the effectiveness of E.T.P. humanitarian projects and initiatives. Unlike other charities that ask for donations but never follow up on the effectiveness of their work, E.T.P. will prove the effectiveness of its programs with documented proof and the use of long term international volunteers.E.T.P., as a charitable foundation, will be transperent about its operations to better prove the effectiveness of its program. We do not just want people to donate and forget the problem we want donators and grantmakers to see the dedication of this program to succeed, to see the outcome of our project goals derived from donations and to inspire people to donate regularly based on the proven effectiveness of our programs.The Philippines has long been plagued by poverty, and the tragedies of the recent waves of typhoon landings in the country has not not helped matters. The eyes of the world, which seems to notice disasters in other parts of the world more readily, seems to have not noticed more perceptibly the humanitarian crisises magnified in the country due to the recent typhoons landings.Donations are just the first phase of our long term goal we seek to empower Filipinos to be self sustaining self entrepreneurs through our project initiatives.We need your help.Donate to the Empower the Philippines today help us to empower disadvataged Filipinos.Sincerely, Rony Van Weyenberg, E.T.P. - Founder, Operations Coordinator and Webpage Designere.t.p.Empower the PhilippinesEmpowering Filipinos Through Strategic Donations and Self Entrepreneurship.Rony Van WeyenbergFounder, Operations Coordinator & Web Design: Address: Kerkstraat 14, 8660 de Panne, Belgium Phone: +32(0)499.76.85.40Email: Empower the Philippines Business Proposal and PlanExecutive Summary:Empower the Philippines is a soon to be registered business partnership entity in the Philippines. The main business office would be registered in Belgium.The goal of E.T.P. is to organize quarterly donation drives via the internet and print campaign, crowd-fundraising social media and text donations to fund its inaugural project helping to jump start green friendly, low cost start up entrepreneurial projects in the Philippines.E.T.P. wants to use donations, strategically collected through bi-yearly donation drives, online and TV infomercial advertisements, to fund its projects.E.T.P. Inaugural Project Small Business Initiatives for Farmers Davao City, PhilippinesObjectives- Place long term international volunteers in Davao City to aid poor farmers in starting small businesses based on agriculture and recycling.- Work in coordination with local officials who have already enacted a Vermiculture Business initiative in the country.- Work with a cooperative of cattle owners and farmers to start an organic fertilizer (vermiculture) business.- Turn expired worms into animal feed.- Stockpile animal feed to feed cattle.- Collect animal waste and organic waste to feed worms in vermiculture business.- Package and store organic fertilizer.- Vaccinate cattle to insure healthiness to support international sale of beef.- Create a self sustaining, self sufficient business initiative where the impoverished can learn to empower and work for themselves.- The end result of this initiative is to create an organic fertilizer product, cattle beef and animal feed to sell on the international market. E.T.P. wants to help the impoverished to empower themselves by thinking strategically and making the most of the resources available.- Document and record this initiative with online video, blogging and other documentation.- Promote E.T.P., its inaugural project and future initiatives through late night infomercials on American TV. The emphasis would be to show the effectiveness of E.T.P.s projects and why donating will make a profound difference.A self sustaining, agricultural based business plan, if taken on more industrial scale will be at the forefront of the imminent wave of alternative fuel technologies.E.T.P. estimates that it will cost USD $62, 000 to jumpstart its inaugural program in the Philippines.In this 5 page proposal, we have mapped out the 5 stages of development that E.T.P. will use to realize its goals.Please help us to Empower the Philippines.Rony Van Weyenberg, Founder, Operations Coordinator & Web DesignerEmpower the Philippines5 Stages of Development for E.T.P. ProposalStage 1 of 5 Establish partnership and register in the Philippines- Establish business relations with local business and/or agricultural cooperative- Establish relations with local civic authorities- Open and establish ETP office of business/HQ to coordinate ETP operations- Pay all license and maintenance fees- Coordinate with Philippine federal vermiculture information and instruction program for poor farmers- Identification, assessment and recruitment of suitable small business partners, namely, farmland owners, cattle farmers and/or produce farmers- Create green-friendly and eco-friendly business initiatives where organic and animal waste is used and cut down upon to create a product- Assess what eco-products can be made and packaged efficiently and quickly- Assess and open relations with potential and interested business partners to buy the eco-products producedStage 2 of 5 Start-up of Vermiculture Operations- Set up vermiculture operations, buy worms, set up vermiculture bins- Create regular collection of and treatment of animal and organic waste from farm partner property- Set up vermiculture operations for purchased worm farms to convert waste into castings (organic fertilizer)- Worm castings or organic fertilizer is produced in 30 45 days- Liquid runoff from the product, called Vermi-tea, is an organic, liquid fertilizer that can also be sold.- Expired worms can be used as animal feed for fish farms or cattle- Package and store Vermi-compost and Vermi-Tea productsStage 3 of 5 Start-up of Cattle Business Operations- Establish relations with cattle farmers who will purchase animal feed made from expired vermiculture worms- Open relations with cattle farmer with 30+ head of cattle- Establish new, international targeted business initiative where cattle are produced, Kobe Beef style, so that poor farmers can compete in the global gourmet beef market.- Vaccinate cattle with AMUX IV vaccine to insure healthiness- Identify and assess suitable international market buyers of gourmet beefStage 4 of 5 Assess effectiveness and long term potential of initiatives- Assess how many Filipinos have been employed and how many more can be employed- Document profit sharing potential of any product sold- Assess effectiveness of program and potential to help Filipinos in the long term- Assessing the new business relations and contacts made and how many more employment and humanitarian opportunities can be createdStage 5 of 5 Promotion and marketing of Empower the Philippines- Produce 28 minute infomercial to air on American late night television- This infomercial will be cheap to produce in the Philippines and can feature footage from E.T.P.s inaugural project- Buy print and online advertising at affordable rates- Infomercial in most major American cities can be cost on average USD $100 per showing- Because infomercials are shown at late night, it will be an affordable way to introduce to the world the ambitions of Empower the Philippines- An infomercial campaign will be an affordable way to instantly market ETP and court potential and future donors.- Purchase and disbursement of clothes, food and toiletries to give out free to the needy through a city sanctioned program to do such.