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Social enterprise invests in women to ensure they'll have a bright future
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Social enterprise invests in women to ensure they'll have a bright future
The InLife Negosyo Challenge, presented by Insular Foundation, is committed to empowering women so they could be self reliant and financially independent. It awarded winners of the challenge with cash grants and six-month long in-depth & needs-based mentoring and technical assistance.
(Photo courtesy of DICT) MANILA - Quite literally, investing in women-led businesses can lead to an empowered future. From a realization that education is not accessible to many, Carmina Bayombong and her partner Ronald Replan now sustain hundreds of students through InvestEd, a social enterprise that provides loans to help unbanked youths finance their schooling. Bayombong, the CEO and co-founder of InvestEd, said her company not only helps provide students with the necessary funding to continue their studies but also counseling and coaching to ensure they succeed from school to workforce. &q...