Mr. Teodorico Haresco has been instrumental in the conceptualization and practical development of the Philippines’ President’s Bridge Program (PBP), which has been credited with energizing the Philippines’ rural economic development. The President’s Bridge Program in the Philippines has been used as a model for bridge programs in such countries as Siberia, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Teodorico Haresco’s personal investment in the Special Zone in Peace and Development phase of the President’s Bridge Program earned him particular attention: Mr. Haresco was a noted vital factor in PBP, aptly dubbed the “Bridges of Hope.” Under the watchful eye of Teodorico Haresco, the project completed 526 bridges nine months ahead of schedule, no small feat for the country’s only dedicated bridging project.
A graduate of such economic institutions as De La Salle University in Manila and McGill University in Montreal, Mr. Teodorico Haresco is the Chairman of Winace Holdings Philippines, the mother company of several subsidiaries powerful in their own rights, including Winsource Solutions, Inc., Winace Land Development Co., One White Beach Land Development Corp., Chaikofi, Inc., Eco-Coral & Technostrat Corp and Boracay I-Land Group, Inc.
Teodorico Haresco is a man dedicated to country, family, and community. The happily married father of four is the principal developer of a nationwide scholarship fund for children of slain journalists. Teodorico Haresco is credited in “The British Legacy to the Philippines: 425 Years of Philippine-British Relations” as one of 19 Filipinos who have directly contributed to Philippine development through work driven by commitment, dedication, and nationalism.
Bago dumating Ang Kasangga sa buhay namin, para kaming basura dito sa Luneta. This was how a Rizal Park ambulant vendor described their lot.
Lucy Galvez lamented that they often fall reluctant victims to loan sharks because lack of capital drive them into getting loans from lending exploiters who charge exorbitant interests.
Galvez, project coordinator of the Rizal Park Vendors Association, Inc., added that running away to evade law enforcers have also become part of their daily working lives.
Hirap ka na sa pagkayod maghapon, hinuhuli pa kaming parang kriminal, she bewailed.
Galvez is thankful that Ang Kasangga sa Kaunlaran, Inc., or Ang Kasangga, entered their lives and they became recipient of the corporations micro-lending program.
Ang Kasangga provided them with the necessary capital and now they have graduated from being ambulant vendors to being store operators at the national park.
Ngayon, may sariling pwesto na kami. Higit sa lahat, may pag-asa na, Galvez said.
Ang Kasangga is a non-stock, non-profit civic and service oriented corporation formed from the incorporators common ideology that business is not all about money and profit; it should also serve as a vehicle for ensuring that there is social justice for the poor, the needy and the suffering population.
Ang Kasangga also believes that a fully developed micro-entrepreneurship will empower the poor people and become a backbone of the economy.
Since its inception in 2004, Ang Kasangga has grown strong from 45,000 to 260,000 card-bearing members, most of whom are sari-sari stores and food stall owners, and market vendors, jeepney, tricycle and bus drivers and operators, and blind masseurs.
For the past years, Ang Kasangga has untiringly provided a micro-lending program for marginalized barangay-based micro-entrepreneurs, a scholarship program for 46 children of slain Filipino journalists, a human resource-building program, a livelihood and housing program, a fiscal program for savings, among others.
The strong conviction that micro-entrepreneurs, particularly those from the grassroots who are a marginalized sector, should have representation in Congress to ensure that their concerns would be heard and addressed prompted Ang Kasangga to register as a party list group in the coming May 10 synchronized elections. (30)
The Nabas Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association, Inc. (NTODA) today threw its unequivocal support to Ang Kasangga Partylist on its bid to seek sectoral representation of micro-entrepreneurs in Congress in the May 2010 elections.
Rey P. Solano, NTODA president, issued his group’s support in a resolution dated March 30, unanimously signed by its officers, board members and its more than 200 members in Poblacio, Nabas, Aklan.
“We believe that Ang Kasangga as a partylist of micro-entrepreneurs can support us in our difficulties. With you and our full support, we believe that our vision would be a success,” he said in his letter sent to Ang Kasangga Chairman Teodorico Haresco Jr.
Other transport groups supporting Ang Kasangga are Cabusao Trisikad Business Association in Camarines Sur, Silang Transport Service and Development in Cavite, Novaliches Deparo Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association in Quezon City.
Ang Kasangga Partylist banners the need to provide proper representation to Filipino micro entrepreneurs – individuals generating small income by offering various goods and services – and taking a step forward towards decreasing the country’s poverty rate.
Through the leadership of its chairman Teodorico Haresco Jr, Ang Kasangga has grown strong from 45,000 to 260,000 card-bearing members, most of whom are sari-sari stores and food stall owners, and market vendors, jeepney, tricycle and bus drivers and operators, and blind masseurs.
Its memberships come from Cordillera Autonomous Region, Pangasinan, LA Union, National Capital Region, Albay, Rizal, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Antique, Negros Occidental, Misamis Occidental, Davao, Cebu and Nueva Ecija.
Ang Kasangga has untiringly provided a micro-lending program for marginalized barangay-based micro-entrepreneurs, a scholarship program for 46 children of slain Filipino journalists, a human resource-building program, a livelihood and housing program, a fiscal program for savings, among others.
http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Success-Is-A-Matter-Of-Attitude/658743
Success has always been a matter of attitude. In the past, there have been many figures that made great contributions to society despite their predicament or lack of opportunity. One of the more renowned examples is Beethoven who despite losing his hearing composed some of the best pieces in the history of music. The time might’ve been different but the drive to succeed should be no different today than it was back then.
Here in the country, success stories are a dime a dozen but even though there are plenty here that made it to the top people still ask how they did it. Let me tell you one thing about them, they are where they are because they had the right attitude in reaching their goal. According Teodorico Haresco, Philippines‘ resident entrepreneur, it doesn’t matter where you came from but how you deal with adversities along the way to get to where you want to be. I admit that having the attitude for success isn’t the only thing you need but it can surely give you the drive to acquire the necessary requirements for you to improve yourself and finally reach your goal.
One thing that I’ve learned from experience is that no matter how good you are, your attitude towards any task will affect its outcome. If your state of mind is directed towards failure then even if you finish a task it will still turn out mediocre. If you believe that you would succeed and put in all your effort then even if the task is small it will still garner praises. I personally believe that a sense of balance is your best tool when it comes to any venture and knowing when to move forward and stop is something that could save you from unwanted outcomes. Knowledge, experience and the right attitude will certainly lead you to the right road to success.
In case you’re wondering who Teodorico Haresco, Philippines‘ entrepreneur, is, he’s the person behind the presidential bridge program. Connecting far off locales, like the place where he came from, to the comfort and services that the city can offer.
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Groups of marginalized Metro Manila microentrepreneurs belonging to the Ang Kasangga party list held a Thanksgiving mass at the Luneta last May 13 in celebration of the party list inclusion into the Philippine Congress, in turn providing representation for the party list’s microentrepreneur members….
Ang Kasangga President Jose T. Tumbokon yesterday dismissed assaults on Ang Kasangga and Comelec by a leader of one group that failed to win accreditation. The Comelec was charged with double standard after it accredited Ang Kasangga and Bantay but rejected one other group accreditation of Ang Kasangga and Bantay.
“Ang Kasangga has been existing all these years as a non-stock, non-profit, civic and service oriented entity. It registered as a party-list organization before the 2007 elections to advance its principal advocacy to propagate, develop, and promote micro-entrepreneurship as the backbone of our rural economy,” Tumbokon said.
“Ang Kasangga, these past four years, has a scholarship program for the orphaned children of school age of slain Filipino journalists. Ten Kasangga scholars have already graduated from college. This year; 37 children of slain Filipino journalists are enjoying scholarships in its program. With the senseless, gruesome and barbaric killing of journalists in Maguindanao, the burden to send to school their surviving children will fall on Ang Kasangga,” Tumbokon said.
Rizal Park ambulant vendors were among the first recipients of Ang Kasangga’s mini-micro capital lending without interest for their ambulant vending business at the Rizal Park. “The Rizal Park vendors have graduated from ambulant vendors who were victims of “5-6” lending exploiters. They are now store operators at the Rizal Park, thanks to Ang Kasangga of which they are now members” Lucy Galvez of National Park Development Operations said.
Among marginalized groups in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces which received micro-lending assistance from Ang Kasangga are: Viles Massage Services of the Blind headed by Dante Tissan; Novaliches-Deparo Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association headed by Severino del Rosario; Silang Market Vendors Multi-Purpose Cooperative headed by Nonileta Ramos, Silang Transport Services Development Cooperative headed by Anhastascio de La Merced; and Murphy Market Verndors and Retailers Association headed by Liwayway Forte.
Ang Kasangga has been able to undertake these projects through the support and guidance of its chairman, Mr. Teodorico Haresco Jr.
