What is the goal of Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm?
About Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm is a township development model that promotes social entrepreneurship, social tourism, and social education. This global community moves to create prosperity, grow goodness and nurture nation builders. They are the world’s first farm village university.
Who is the founder of Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm?
Antonio Meloto
“I hope you see the Philippines as land of the homes and not of the homeless,” said Antonio Meloto, the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership who is also the founder and Chairman of Gawad Kalinga.
What social enterprises can you find at the GK Enchanted Farm?
Among the social enterprises that are incubating at the farm are Ambension Silk Enterprise, Bayani Brew, The Bee Empire, First Harvest, Golden Duck, Grassroots Kitchen, Karabella, Kayumanggi Organics and Plush and Play.
Do you think Gawad Kalinga?
Gawad Kalinga, meaning to ‘give care’, is a Philippines-based movement that aims to end poverty by first restoring the dignity of the poor. Gawad Kalinga is at the forefront of peace- building work in conflict areas in Mindanao, and reconstruction work in post-disaster communities.
Do you think the GK social enterprises above are sustainable?
GK social enterprises are both sustainable and innovative. Yes, I think GK social enterprises help in poverty alleviation or reduction because their mission is to end poverty for 5 million families by 2024.
What is the belief of Gawad Kalinga?
Gawad Kalinga believes that the key to eliminating poverty is restoring people’s dignity. Accordingly, it focuses its poverty reduction efforts on building neighborhoods and developing communities that nurture mutual support and self-improvement—a process that GK equates with nation building.
Is Gawad Kalinga an NGO?
Gawad Kalinga, now a multi-million dollar Filipino NGO, was founded by Antonio Meloto (“Tito Tony” as he’s also known) to reduce poverty through a geniune network effect. To meet that mission, the NGO launched GK Productivity to support the early stage social businesses.
Is GK social enterprise sustainable?
THE DAYS of “pity purchases” and charity are over. Today, social enterprises are shifting the global business landscape by making “inclusive growth” standard practice. Putting the poor at the top of the agenda has made Gandang Kalikasan, Inc.
Is a social enterprise the same as ethical business?
A social enterprise centers itself around a social mission and uses commerce as tool to maximize sustainability and impact. An ethical business centers itself around creating profit for its shareholders but takes an ethics-based approach to issues like the environment, trade practices, and community development.
Is the Gawad Kalinga successful?
Gawad Kalinga has so far achieved significant results and its objective is to end poverty for 5 million families until 2024. As the organization likes to say, it is not charity, but a national movement to eradicate poverty.
How did GK Enchanted farm come to be?
The resilient spirits of our young social entrepreneurs have been formed throughout their lives in poverty and lack of opportunity. Born into families that have experienced a lot of lack in their lives, they are emboldened to provide for their loved ones.
What does GK Enchanted farm do for Gawad Kalinga?
The GK Enchanted Farm is Gawad Kalinga’s platform to raise social entrepreneurs, help our local farmers, and create inclusive wealth in the countryside. We have learned that the road out of poverty is a continuing journey and therefore, providing homes is merely the beginning.
Where to visit GK Enchanted farm in Makati?
Visit the Super Goods Shelf in Rustan’s Supermarkets and also drop by our booth at the Salcedo Saturday Market in Makati. At the heart of our diverse community are the families that live in our Gawad Kalinga Village.
What is the village aspect of the Enchanted farm?
The village aspect of the Enchanted Farm lies in the belief that it is our disconnectedness from our land, from the poor, and even from one another through artificial barriers such as economic status, ‘public and private’ distinctions, that sustains poverty in the country.