Author: Mariel Vincent Rapisura

“An innovative and caring bank that fosters economic transformation of its clients.” This is Community Rural Bank of Catmon’s (CRBC) vision statement as a result of its strategic planning workshop. SEDPI facilitated the workshop in Catmon, Cebu on March 9-10, 2012. The strategic planning workshop was a bottom up approach. During the internal analysis, the…

The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships Inc. (SEDPI) and the Community Rural Bank of Catmon (CRBC) of Catmon, Cebu recently inked its partnership for the establishment of the training hub in Cebu. It is SEDPI’s third training hub in the Visayas. The Community Rural Bank of Catmon is a rural bank in the municipality of Catmon…

SEDPI (Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc.) inked a partnership with Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives (NSCC) on February 2012. The institutional partnership, in line with shared vision of eradicating poverty, hopes to foster development of cooperatives in Northern Luzon. The Archdiocese of Neuva Segovia organized NSCC in 1992 to create a viable and integrated program…

On February 2012, SEDPI and SCCI marked its partnership with Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives (NSCC). The institutional partnership, in line with shared vision of eradicating poverty, hopes to foster development of cooperatives in Northern Luzon. NSCC was organized in 1992 by the Archdiocese of Neuva Segovia to create a viable and integrated program that…

The  People’s Development Trust Fund (PDTF) – a government initiated program centered on capability building of microfinance institutions and microenterprises – approved Abuyog St. Francis Credit Cooperative’s (AFCCO) the grant proposal. The grant aims to facilitate development of AFCCO to match the growing and evolving needs of its stakeholders. AFCCO is focused on further strengthening…