Transcript The Intramuros Street Food Vendors Project in the Philippines

The Practitioners Meet
12 December 2011
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Background
 Intramuros is located at the heart of Manila City; also known as the tourist
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city, walled city ; has 8 universities, 2 hotels, a seafarers hospital and
several shipping agencies, an oldest church, a cathedral, several historical
places, commercial establishments
Over 100 street/ambulant food vendors with capital from PhP2002,000/day (less than USD5-50); more than half women; some caterers
30% of them do not realize profit with either husband or wife work as daily
wage earner – hired labor
Energy used for cooking: LPG, kerosene, charcoal which consumes 30% of
their daily capital
Credit facility: private individuals (20% interest /mo. or in 60 days, daily
equal installment)
Energy used for lighting: candles, kerosene (Petromax); illegal connection
to grid with rental fee of PhP20/day (47 cents)
More than 50 vendors inherited the business from their grandparents and
parents
Stalls (2X3 meters) rented from Intramuros Administration annually
Objectives, activities & major
stakeholders of the project
 Research/survey on cooking energy & practices, cookstove used by
street/ambulant food vending/catering, gender roles, profile of each
vendor (capital-expenditure
 Consultation meeting
Objectives
 To provide energy-efficient cookstove to street/ambulant food vendors
of SANAMAI
 To promote gender equality and women empowerment
Activities
 Capability-building: business planning (UP ISSI), meal planning
(FNRI), hygiene and sanitation (City Health – health card), food
processing (ITDI), food packaging (ITDI), financial assistance of
PhP5,000 or USD120 (DSWD)
 Technology intervention: energy-efficient charcoal cookstove
and solar PV/solar lantern with private company
 Micro-finance from USD120-1,500/vendor
Gender analysis tools and gender mainstreaming
processes were used in the whole project cycle.
Almost a year-long process of guided workshops which results were validated with
major stakeholders. Workshops were conducted from 1-3pm twice a week only on
weekdays.
• Identify gender issues, priorities, roles
- Learn laws related to family, women’s rights including
violence against women and children
• Define gender goals/objectives, indicators, outcomes
•Identify gender + energy needs & match with potential
energy technology options
• Develop gender plans, indicators for energy project
M&E
• Understanding goals and aspirations of women and
men
Co-Facilitated by Commission on Women, UP CSWD Department, Women Inventors
Association of the Philippines, Inc.
Changing roles during the implementation of the project
Activities
Before
During
Remarks
meal planning
women
women & men
men/women joined the
business
marketing
women
men
motorbike services or
delivery
cooking
women
women & men
by specialty
Serving/customer
relations
women
Women & man
Washing/drying
eating/cooking utensils
women, young girls
women &/or young boys
(wage earner)
lighting
young boys
women, young boys
maintain solar PV
water/energy supply
young girls/boys
boys or men deliver
waste
disposal/cleanliness of
surroundings
women, young girls
young boys
financial management
women
women
wages
no worker
women pay workers
* Young boys prefer to work in the business
OSY
young girls back to
school*
Men ask for money for
socialization (case of Nena)
Impact
1st year - increase in income; use of/invest in energy-efficient cooking
and lighting facilities, clean facilities
2nd year – send children to school; improved food intake; expanding
social circle
3rd year – freedom from debt; more time for family
• evidence of savings (CBU); financial education; from 30-50% savings on
energy – PNB insurance, SSS, PhilHealth; purchase of appliances,
investment in food containers & utensils, motorbike, investment in solar
lanter
• expansion of business, increasing customers (take home counters); better
service (financing fish dealer, meat suppliers, fruit vendors,
confectionary/bakery products), energy suppliers (charcoal, cookstove,
solar lantern alone or with phone charger)
• stalls include monthly poster displays according to national school
themes, e.g. July nutrition month
• foster family solidarity, children are back to school with funds for projects,
school supplies; enough food to eat at dinner (e.g. case of Nena)
Continuation of Impact
• develop self-confidence/self-esteem; become trainer, speakers, village chair
• establish partnership with solar lantern suppliers (Pharos), exploring solar
lantern manufacturing (TIP Engineering Department), partnership with Pepsi
Cola Manufacturing Company for stalls/kiosks, Habitat for Humanity for housing
• Intramuros Administration avail of catering services of vendors/catering for
office parties
• establish good relations with media: Nilo’s food stall was featured in June in the
daily popular show “Umagang Kay Ganda” or beautiful morning resulting into
requests for assistance to food vendors in other cities and increasing buyers of
energy-efficient cookstoves, solar –powered lights and solar lanterns as well as
increasing customers in food stalls in Sto. Tomas
Challenges
• political commitment - legal status or recognition of vendors (PD 856) almost half a
M illegal SFVs in a metro city of 10-12M population ; need to reform or amend policy or
issue city ordinance
-partnering with human rights group like Ateneo
-dialogue with LGU/City Mayor’s office, DOT (IA)
-technical assistance to SANAMAI (para legal service of NGOs, lawyers of Free
Legal Assistance Group )
• institutional support - financial assistance and continuous financial education
-there are entrepreneurial poor who live for survival
-others have increasing energy needs and expanding capacities to improve
their family life and business
- expanding energy supply & technology needs; partner institution
 supplier of cooking energy (charcoal, cookstove, LPG, kerosene)
 private business selling solar PV, solar lanterns, LED bulbs, accessories
 technical person for maintenance of energy source; new EE gadgets – matching
energy options to needs (smokeless griller ; space saving dishwashing equipment)
• biggest challenge is scale-up (GERES-Cambodia, Vietnam, George Washington University
Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia (PISA), Green Micro-finance, Good Returns)
-mechanism
-finance
-technical staff with gender training (dedicated for long-term partnership)
Technology challenge: Smokeless griller
Technology challenge: dishwashing in small
Thanksgiving party
Demolition team
Maraming Salamat.
APPROTECH ASIA
Manila, Philippines
Email: [email protected]