Manila Hub had the goal of increasing financial literacy and business capabilities in Metro Manila and surrounding regions. The project focused on helping women entrepreneurs successfully launch their businesses. Partnering with Masungi Georeserve, an award-winning conservation project located in Baras, Rizal, the Manila Hub delivered a course on financial literacy and key business concepts to help three women with their enterprise ideas. Manila Hub Shapers produced a Business plan, an Operational guide (e.g. detailed recipes with detail on time and cost), and a Financial literacy and business guide blueprint that was used through one-on-one sessions to teach the women the key elements needed to successfully launch a business.

The concepts shared during the course were used by the women as they started their respective enterprises: building a school for Indigenous People Education, building a bakery and producing souvenir materials for tourists.

Date: March/April 2019