Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Ruth Callanta's 2011 Year-end Report




How did God work in and through the CCT Group of Ministries in 2011?  Ruth Callanta, president and founder, describes 2011 as a year when "several clear glimpses of the CCT vision were seen."  Read highlights of a year of fulfilling ministry  here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/88658034/CCTNews-2011-yearender

Glory to God!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Micro-entrepreneurs Learn Meat Processing



Nearly 40 CCT micro-entrepreneur partners learned how to make siomai, pork tocino, skinless longanisa, and restructured ham at a meat processing seminar recently offered by CCT’s Business Development Services unit.

The speaker was Paz M. Katigbak, sales and technical manager of MGM Commodities Corp. 

The Nanays watched  the actual meat processing procedure, received copies of recipes, and learned of cures, seasonings, and  packaging material for the products. They were also shown production cost, profit, and selling price per kilogram. At the end of the seminar everyone was given pieces of the finished products for tasting. 

The BDS unit hopes this learning will add value to current meat products already being produced by some of the Nanays and will improve income opportunities for the rest.

The seminar was held at the support office in Manila on March 23, 2012. 

An assistant demonstrates how an ordinary kitchen funnel can be used to stuff meat into casing. 

Newly processed meat products being cooked for a tasting session at the end of the seminar.

Seminar attendees take notes and listen intently. 
Liza Quirante, a micro-enterpreneur from Intramuros, Manila and  a recent graduate of the Grassroots
Entrepreneurship and Management (GEM) course, uses some spare minutes during the seminar
 to  tell fellow CCT community partners of the benefits of attending GEM.