Rabia Manumpig, dress shop owner from Cotabato City, is the 2012 Citi Microentrepreneur of the Year (MOTY) for Mindanao. She received her prize of P100,000 during a formal ceremony at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila. The Citi MOTY Awards program is a nationwide search for outstanding Filipino micro entrepreneurs. This is its tenth annual run.
Rabia, who sews wedding gowns accented with inaul, the
Magindanao handwoven fabric, has been a community partner of the Center
for Community Transformation Savings and Credit Cooperative since 2008.
In addition to the cash prize, she also received life and
health insurance coverage for a three-year period, and the privilege of attending an entrepreneurship
course.
A total of 108
microentrepreneurs were nominated this year by 28 microfinance institutions
from around the country. Out of the 108 nominees, 18 semi-finalists
were picked, and 11 finalists were named, before six winners were chosen. One national MOTY awardee was recognized
and three regional winners were chosen -- one each from Luzon, Visayas,
and Mindanao. A special enterprise award and a special award for
innovation were also given this year.
This is the second year in a row that a beneficiary of CCT's
microfinance program has won a MOTY award. In 2011, Andresa Javines of
General Santos City was also named MOTY awardee for
Mindanao. http://cctgeneralnews.blogspot.com/2011/10/nanay-andresa-mindanao-masikap.html
Rabia with other winners (front row) and the MOTY board of judges. |
...with CCT program managers and staff... |
...with (left to right) her brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and husband Rosano... |
...with writer Myra Gaculais del Rosario. |
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