Several years ago, I was one of those many people who went to Payatas to help when the awful Payatas “garbage-slide” tragedy happened, we consoled the survivors as they try to understand why their love ones had to perish in that heartrending disaster that saw hundreds of women, men and children buried alive under a mountain of trash.
That is why I can’t help but feel happy, when I heard the news concerning the success of the Rags2Riches who was able to win in the US Enterprise Award, and learned that the Women of Payatas where the people behind the production.
Their story is really inspiring, they would collect scrap cloth from the garbage dump in payatas, weave them into rugs, before they would sell it to some unscrupulous middlemen who would earn at least P25 while these women would just earn P1 per rug. Thanks to some good hearted businessmen who formed the Rag2Riches who helped them to sell their products into a much better market like bazaar and malls, they where able to earn better income. And when Rajo Laurel joined the team, it became more exciting because theirs rugs were transformed into bag, purse and even wine holders.
From their meagre income of P10 a day, their income soared to at least P1,000 a week. Such an encouraging story of Pinay Achievements. It is just our wish that their business would continue to flourish.
Aim High Pinay of Payatas!
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