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(A Project Proposal)
Project Background
Early this year, the University of San Carlos, through its Community Extension
Services Office (USC-CES) conducted a survey profile of the Basic Ecclesial Communities
(BECs) in Talisay, Cebu which the former have been assisting. One of the pictures that
emerged from the aforementioned survey shows that more than half (53%) of the total
BEC membership are women. Of this, 93% never had College (Tertiary) education. The
survey profile also shows a strong relationship between educational level and employment
options available to women. In urban areas where the labor market is very competitive,
women from poor urban communities like those from the BECs in Talisay, Cebu find
themselves edged out from the labor market.
This situation forces the women from Talisay BEC to look at other areas of
economic opportunities available to them. After a series of consultative meetings, the
women have identified some micro-enterprises that would make them productive partners
in their respective families. One of the identified micro-enterprises is Garment Production.
As a start, the women asked the assistance of several agencies and private
individuals to be able to set-up an informal class on garment production in their area.
Consequently, an informal class on the basics of garment production was conducted by the
Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to an initial group of 20 women.
Classes were conducted on-site (at Talisay) to enable interested nursing mothers to
participate. The first batch of 20 women graduated last September of this year. Because
of the positive and visible effect of the on-site garment production class in building women
economic capabilities, efforts to seek to continue the classes are on-going. Meantime, the
women who have graduated from the first garment production class is now putting its
vision and efforts in implementing an economic project that would productively utilise
what they learned from their garment production classes. This Project Proposal is a
concrete effort to pursue such vision.
Project Objectives
This Project aims to expand access of women from urban poor communities to
economic opportunities by helping build their productive capabilities through an enabling
process. Specifically, the Project aims to accomplish the following objectives within a
span of 3 years:
2. Enable project beneficiaries to earn at least a daily income equivalent to the current
minimum daily wage.
Project Description:
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The Project will have have three(3) major components: Productivity Development,
Marketing Operations and Institutional Development and Strengthening.
Marketing Operations will enable the project beneficiaries to market their own outputs
and as such derive maximum benefits from their labour. This component will enable the
project beneficiaries to identify, develop and nurture its target markets.
Marketing Aspect
The Project will focus on serving both domestic re-seller markets as well as
consumer markets with its garments and textile home furnishing products (curtains and
bedsheets).
There are about 10 schools located nearby Talisay with an approximate total
population of 40,000 students. The Project aims to serve at least 10% of this population.
Talisay is home to many garment businesses (re-seller market) which the Project can serve
as sub-contractor. On the other hand, there are no less than 10 subdivisions within the
municipality of Talisay. These subdivisions have an approximate current household
population of not less than 2,000 and expected to grow at 3% annually for the next five
years. The Project seeks to serve the textile home furnishing needs of at least 5% of these
households within the period of three years. The table below shows a conservative
estimates on the demand of the Projects target market.
Institutional Market:
Consumer Market:
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No. of units per student at
(1) set of uniform/student 2400 4000 8000
Technical Aspect
The Project will procure two types of sewing machines: 30 Twin Master 424 and 6
units of Discomatic 424 zigzagger. Each project beneficiary will be assigned one Twin
Master 424 for her own use. Proper maintenance and repair expenditures shall be the
responsibility of the individual project beneficiary who has the option to purchase the
machine on installment basis payable within 3 years. The individual project beneficiary
likewise take care of providing herself with the other necessary tools for her operation
such as scissors, needle, thread, etc. The institutional and household markets will provide
the materials for their orders and will only pay the labour using labour contract
arrangement. The Project assumes that it will handle 50% of the materials needed for the
students uniforms for which it will charge a mark-up of 10% over purchase price.
The zigzagger machines will serve as a common service facility of the project
beneficiary at 5 producers per zigzagger. Production will be done by individual producers
at their respective homes under allocation system. This scheme allows the Project to save
on capital outlay at the same time allows mothers, especially those who are nursing, to
work without leaving their homes and children. The allocation of lot size to be produced,
quality control, and marketing will be the responsibility of the producers organisation.
For doing these functions the Project organisation will get 20% of the total revenue from
labour. The 80% goes to the producing members or project beneficiaries based on their
number of units produced.
Project Costs
Capital Outlay:
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Twin Master 424 Sewing Machine 30 units @ P 8,519.50 each .... P255,585.00
Discomatic 424 Zigzagger 6 units @ 13,189.00 each .... 79,134.00
Office Furnitures
Tables 2 units @ 2,500.00 each .... 5,000.00
Chairs 6 units @ 350.00 each .... 2,000.00
Calculator 1 unit @ 300.00 each .... 300.00
Filing Cabinet - 4 drawers 1 unit @ 6,000.00 each .... 6,000.00
Sub-total 348,019.00
Funding Source
Cost Item Project Beneficiaries, Foreign Source Total
Equity
Capital Outlay P 348,019.00 P 348,019.00
Working Capital P 20,000.00 150,000.00 170,000.00
Human Resource Devt.
Productivity Development 300,000.00 300,000.00 600,000.00
Institutional Development
and Strengthening 45,000.00 135,000.00 180,000.00
Totals P 365,000.00 P 933,019.00 P1,298,000.00
Project Organisation
The Project will be operated and managed by the Project beneficiaries themselves
through their organisation.
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E x e c u t iv e C o u n c il
P r o je c t M a n a g e r
T r e a s u r e r /B o o k k e e p e r
PRODUCERS
P R O D U C T IV IT Y C I R C L E A P R O D U C T IV I T Y C IR C L E B P R O D U C T I V IT Y C IR C L E C P R O D U C T I V IT Y C I R C L E D P R O D U C T IV I T Y C IR C L E E
The Project Manager who is elected from the Executive Council or appointed by
the former from among qualified members of the Community, implements the decision or
policies of the Council, coordinates, and manages the overall Project operations. This
includes allocation of production quotas, market development, marketing and financial
management.
The Project beneficiaries will hold a monthly meeting. These meetings among
others, will form part of the Project monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
Financial Aspect
While the Project projects a loss during its first year of operation, it shows a
projected profit of P112,603.00 and P 658,073.00 on its second and third year of
operation. The first year projected losses is due to expected low revenues considering that
the Project is still feeling its way around its target market. With a total investment of P
1,298,000.00 million and a total net profit of P 715,479.00 the Project shows a very high
accounting return on investment.
As the subsequent projected income statement and table (B) will show, the Project
is profitable both at the Project and at the beneficiaries levels.
A. At Project Level
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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Revenues:
From Labour Contracts P 75,600 P 271,600 P 824,000
Mark-ups on Materials 9,000 P 84,600 19,500 P 290,700 45,000 P 869,000
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2. Marks - ups from Materials
Mark-up is 10% of purchase cost
Per piece of uniform is estimated to consume an average of 1.5 meters
3. Salaries
3.1 Managers : P 5,000/month for the first year; with P1,000 increase every year
3.2 Treasurers : Works only for half day every day; P1,815/month for the first year
with P1,000 increase on monthly salaries the years thereafter
3.3 Bonus : Equivalent to one-month Salary
3.4 Honoraria : P 500 per meeting/session per member
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PROJECT RATIONALE
Early this year, the University of San Carlos, through its Community Extension
Services Office (USC-CES) conducted a survey profile of the Basic Ecclesial Communities
(BECs) in Tangke, Talisay, Cebu which the former have been assisting. One of the pictures
that emerged from the aforementioned survey shows that more than half (53%) of the total
BEC membership are women. Of this, 93% never had College (Tertiary) education. The
survey profile also shows a strong relationship between educational level and employment
options available to women. In urban areas where the labor market is very competitive,
women from poor urban communities like those from the BECs in Tangke, Talisay find
themselves edged out from the labor market.
This situation forces the women from the aforementioned BECs to engage in other
productive activities in order to help their families survive. Of the total women-members of
the BECs in Tangke, Talisay, 22% or 44 are engaged in vending various products. But
since these women are not eligible to borrow from banks, they borrow the money they use
as capital at 20% daily interest (a scheme commonly referred to as five-six) from
usurers. Hence, a substantial portion of their earnings from vending goes to paying the
exorbitant interest. Aside from the 44 women already engaged in vending, many of the
201 women-members of the BECs in Tangke desire to engage in different entrepreneurial
undertakings as a means of earning but shun the high cost of capital. As this group of
women attempt to search for solutions to their predicament, the idea of coming up with a
micro-financing project that will support the entrepreneurial women-members of the BECs
in Tangke came up in one of their group meetings. This Project idea was further
discussed in subsequent informal meetings and pursued through this Proposal.
This Project aims to expand access of women from urban poor communities to
economic opportunities by helping build their productive capabilities through an enabling
process. The Project specifically identifies the women-members of the Basic Ecclesial
Communities in Tangke, Talisay as project holders at the same time, beneficiaries. Within
3 years from operation, the Project aims to have accomplished the following objectives:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
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result on the assessment of the profitability of the enterprise for which the loan will be
used. Individual loans will be collateralized by all of the other cell members who stand
as co-makers of the loan. An appropriate collection mechanisms and system shall be
likewise instituted to avoid delinquency in loan payments.
MARKETING ASPECT
The Project will focus on serving the short-term financing needs of the women-
entrepreneur members of the Basic Ecclesial Communities in Tangke, Talisay. The project
intends to reach 15% of the total women-members of the BEC within its first year of
operation. By the end of the 3rd year, the Project shall have reached 50% of its target
market. There estimates are shown by the table below.
Table 1
Demand Estimate
Y1 Y2 Y3 Total
Since the project beneficiaries are at the same time the Project owner, they are
expected to patronize and nurture the Project. This spirit will be the Projects greatest
competitive advantage over the usurers in the area.
TECHNICAL ASPECT
Micro-Financing
The Project beneficiaries will be grouped into cells of 5 each. The cell members
solidarily stand as co-maker of the loan made by any of its members. Loans will be
granted only after an applicant passes the application requirements which include among
others a favorable result of the assessment of the profitability of the business venture for
which the loan will be used. Applicants will be made to attend an orientation of the
Projects procedures as part of loan application process.
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Loans will be charged an interest rate of 3% per month. Another 2% will be
charged to cover administrative costs for loan servicing. The interest on the loan will not
be discounted thereby allowing the beneficiary to have maximum use of the money she
borrows. The service charge however will be deducted from the principal upon release of
the loan. Loan application processing should be finished within 3 days from the time of
submission of the loan application. All considered, the effective rate offered by the Project
is way below the 240% per annum interest charged by usurers in the area.
Cooperative Development
The capability building stage will run parallel to the micro-financing and
entrepreneurial skills enhancement activities. While the latter aims at building individual
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entrepreneurial capabilities, the capability building stage aims at building and
strengthening the functional capabilities needed by the Cooperative as a social and an
economic organisation.
Integral to the capability building component of the Project are activities that will
help the spiritual growth and enrichment of the members.
Project Cost
1. Capital Outlay
Tables 2 units @ P 2,500 each . . . . . . . P 5,000
Chairs 10 units @ P 350 each . . . . . . . 3,500
Calculator 2 units @ P 300 each . . . . . . . 600
Filing Cabiner-4drawers 1 unit @ P 6,000 each . . . . . . . 6,000 P 15,100
4. Cooperative Development
(P30,000 x 2 sems. x 3 years) ........ 180,000
Funding Source
Cost Item Proj. Beneficiaries Equity Grant Total
29% 71%
100%
PROJECT ORGANISATION
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The Project will be managed by the Cooperative composed of the women members
of the BECs in Tangke, Talisay. The Cooperative will adopt a very lean and simple
organisational structure as shown below:
M E M B E R S H IP
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
C L E R K /B O O K K E E P E R COLLECTOR
P R O J E C T O P E R A T IO N S
M IC R O - F IN A N C IN G E N T R E P R E N E U R IA L E N H A N C E M E N T C O O P E R A T IV E D E V E L O P M E N T
The membership will have the generic functions, responsibilities and powers
provided by the Cooperative Law and will convene in a general assembly once every year.
The general assembly however, can be convened in emergency situations.
The Project Manager shall be elected from among the Board of Trustees or
designated by the Board from among its membership. The Project Manager is responsible
of the overall Project operations and exercise supervision over the Project Staff. The
Project Manager will be paid a monthly salary of P 6,000 plus a certain percentage of net
income (to be determined by the Board) after retained earnings as bonus.
The Project staff is composed of the collector who functions as clerk at the same
time and will be paid a monthly salary of P4,500 plus a certain percentage of net income
after retained earnings as bonus. The bonus will be determined by the Board. The
collector will be hired starting on the second year of Project operation. The collecting will
be done by the Project Manager on the first year operation.
FINANCIAL ASPECT
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While the Project has only an accounting return of investment of 20%, the biggest
contribution of the Project is in providing 100 people the opportunity to have a decent
source of income and in developing and strengthening local institutions among urban
communities.
Table 2
Micro-Financing Support to Women Entrepreneurs in
Urban Poor Communities
Projected Income Statement
1. Revenues:
2. Interest Payments
Y1 : P 5,000 x 30 borrowers x 3% per month x 12 mos. = P 54,000
Y2 : P 7,500 x 60 borrowers x 3% per month x 12 mos. = P162,000
Y3 : P 8,000 x 100 borrowers x 3% per month x 12 mos. = P288,000
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1.3 Proceeds from Forms
Y1: 30 borrowers x 5 x 4 times/year = P 600
Y2: 60 borrowers x 5 x 4 times/year = P1,200
Y3: 100 borrowers x 5 x 4 times/year = P2,000
b) Cooperative Development
Y1: 50 members x P10 x 2 semesters = P 1,000
Y2: 100 members x P10 x 2 semesters = P 2,000
Y3: 200 members x P10 x 2 semesters = P 4,000
8. Honoraria
P100 x 5 persons x 2 quarters 1,000
200 x 5 persons x 4 quarters 4,000 4,000
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10. Electricity (P300/month increasing by 5% 3,600 3,780 3,969
every year)
11. Office Supplies: Y1:P1,000/month 12,000 18,000 18,000
Y2-Y3:P1,500/month
12. Transportation Expense: P500/month 6,000 6,000 6,000
13. Depreciation
14. Using straight-line method;
15. 15,100 3 yrs. = P5,033 5,033 5,033 5,033
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