Project Biyaya
Project Biyaya
Project Biyaya
I. PROJECT BRIEF
Proponents : De La Salle University- Dasmarinas Students
Name of Beneficiaries : Samahan ng mga Aytang Katutubo sa Biaan
Project Title : Project Biyaya ng Biaan (Wild Honey
Processing and Production)
Number of Beneficiaries : 208 members
Project Location : Upper Biaan, Mariveles, Bataan
Total Cost : P 1,800.00
One of the ways in which the Aeta Magbukun have diversified their livelihoods is by
engaging in agriculture. They cultivate various crops such as rice, corn, vegetables, and fruits.
They also rear animals like pigs, chickens, and goats for food and sale.
Another way in which the Aeta Magbukun have diversified their livelihood is through
handicrafts. They are skilled in weaving, basketry, and woodcarving, and they produce items
such as bags, hats, mats, and baskets that are sold in local markets and to tourists.
Recently, the Aeta Magbukun are trying to promote their wild honey in the market in
order to gain a sustainable income for the community and their families. With their deep
knowledge of the forest and its resources, they have developed skills in identifying the location
of beehives and harvesting honey without harming the bees.
The Aeta Magbukun’s honey is known for its unique taste and medicinal properties. It is
darker and thicker than commercial honey and has a distinct flavor that varies depending on the
plants that the bees feed on. The Aeta Magbukun believe that their honey has healing properties,
and they use it to treat various ailments such as coughs, colds, and wounds.
Currently, they are selling their harvested wild honey in recycled bottles and gallons
which are deemed not presentable to tourists nor hygienic. Relative to this, one of the Aeta
Magbukun leaders sought the assistance of the group for the provision of packaging materials in
preparation for the formation of their pop-up stall at the local public market this coming second
quarter of the year 2023. The packaging materials requested will be used in repacking their
stored honey in recycled bottles and gallons.
The Samahan ng mga Aytang Katutubo sa Biaan, composed of 208 members, was
established in February 2019 and was duly registered in the Department of Labor and
Employment as a Registered Workers Association engaged in various agricultural productions.
Many livelihood opportunities were granted to the community such as, but not limited to, cashew
nuts processing, baking and pastry, and dishwashing liquid making. However, these weren’t
sustained as the raw materials for the aforementioned livelihood businesses were not readily
available in the community. Moreover, these defeat the natural hunter and gatherer way of life of
the Aeta Magbukuns.
Relative to this, the association, through its Tribal Secretary, Ms. Marites Literal, sought
the assistance of the group of students from De La Salle University-Dasmarinas to help them in
improving their wild honey products as this is their main source of income that also generates the
largest profit among all their harvest. Specifically, SAKBI would like to have a packaging starter
kit for their recently harvested wild honey in preparation for the opening of their physical store at
the local public market in April, 2023. With the new packaging, it is expected to increase the
members’ income and augment their previous daily earnings as well as respond to the impact of
continuously rising prices of general commodities. Eventually, the group would like to link
SAKBI to various national government agencies and civic groups for capacity development.
Meanwhile, the store will be managed by the officers in accordance with their policies and laws.
Most importantly, the responsibilities, collaborative tasks, financial plan, work plan, and total
project cost are carefully discussed and planned by the members as required for the project.
Regular monitoring and evaluation will also be conducted in coordination with the
SAKBI officers, the Sangguniang Barangay ng Upper Biaan, Biaan Integrated School, and with
the local Non-Government Organization named Making a Kinship with the Indigenous, Inc.
(MAKI, Inc.) to ensure the sustainability of the project and to provide continuous business
advisory.
● Marketing Aspect
The products of the association will be sold in the local setting strategically situated near
the public market, schools, roadside, and other establishments. Specifically, the group has
already partnered with companies and establishments inside HEIP and SBMA apart from their
usual market from the town of Hermosa. They will also sell to peddlers so as to meet the
increasing demand from the vehicles passing by the national road.
Furthermore, digital marketing is also included in the long-term marketing and
promotional plan of the project wherein, the products will be posted online through different
digital advertising channels such as social media platforms (Facebook Page & Groups) and
through some of the most common online selling platforms. In addition, the LGU Hermosa shall
support the group by providing a free training session on digital marketing. This training will
help them establish digital channels for advertising or social media platforms like Facebook
pages, groups, and notably online marketplaces. Thus, the Facebook page will be created by the
project management team, given that consumers typically favor online channels, this will be an
excellent platform for product advertising. And lastly, the page can also post through different
groups in Facebook for free and thus can have a large-scale form of advertisement which shall be
managed by the secretary of the team.
● Production/Operational Aspect
Raw materials shall be purchased from wholesale suppliers at very low prices. This will
then be sewn into rugs by the members of the organization and be brought to their various
partner stores, resellers, and peddlers who will remit their sales daily or weekly to the
association. Sales from the rugs will be used for raw materials replenishment and profits will be
divided among their members in accordance with their profit scheme stated in their by-laws.
Specifically, a worker can produce up to 2,000 pieces of 6 inches circumference-rug per
machine per day. This is equivalent to 240 bundles or 12,000 pieces of rugs per six-day
workweek. Should this proposal be approved, it will help the group in meeting the increasing
demand for rugs in the community and nearby provinces. Furthermore, the group would like to
engage in other rug-based products as part of their business diversification/expansion. Relative to
this, each worker has their own task such as, but not limited to, tagasalansan, tagapalaman,
and/or tagatahi who earns on a piece-rate basis.
● Management Aspect
Designated responsibilities are laid in their By-laws duly signed and acknowledged for its
organization. As per the responsibilities of the officers written in the aforementioned By-laws,
the Officers and Management Staff shall perform their pledged duties regarding management
aspects of the business and its organization; from procuring, purchasing, selling, and inventories
up to the shop’s sales and yearly income. This shall be done through the united and harmonious
collaboration of the officers and as well as the members of the association.
● Financial Aspect
The capital for the purchasing of the raw materials and equipment will be provided by the
Department of Labor and Employment. Meanwhile, the Local Government of Hermosa will be
in charge of providing the seminars and technical assistance for the project as part of its equity,
particularly the Entrepreneurship Development Training (EDT).
The association’s livelihood business also anticipates being profitable in its first year of
operation, with earnings increasing over the next two years as they build and expand its customer
base. Their primary priority is to have enough cash on hand to meet their payment obligations
and to be prepared for sudden cash demands. Their cautious predictions show that their company
can generate positive cash flows and significant cash reserves.
Currently, each bundle of 36’s is sold at Php 38.00. On average, a worker can produce
around 1,800 pieces of rugs which is equivalent to 50 bundles of 36’s costing Php1,900.00 each.
Hence, in a six-day work week, the group can earn up to Php11,400.00 worth of gross income or
up to Php45,600.00 in a month per individual worker.
To date, a worker earns Php 7.00 per 50 pieces of work produced. Therefore, in a day of
producing at most 1,800 to 2,000 pieces of rugs, a worker can earn around Php 252.00 daily or a
minimum amount of Php 6,048.00 per month, considering the individual’s productivity level and
the condition of the machine and also excluding other benefits from the association.
In line with this, a reasonable return on profit is expected by the association while the
remaining net surplus shall be distributed to members in the form of interest on share capital not
exceeding the normal rate of return on investment and patronage. Provided, however, that any
cash remaining after deducting the permitted interest and the patronage refund shall be credited
to the reserve fund. The patronage refund payment shall be made accessible at the same rate to
all of the group’s patrons in proportion to their individual patronage.
● Collaboration of Stakeholders’ Commitments (Organization/ ACP, beneficiaries,
etc.)
The Sitio Maligaya Self-Reliant Mothers Association, Inc. shall be responsible for the
formation and implementation of the project. Each member shall help to make the shop stable
from its proposal, canvassing, and purchasing of products, and most especially the promotion
and management of the shop.
The Department of Labor and Employment commits to provide the majority of the capital
requirements for the financing of the establishment of the project while the remaining portion of
the needed start-up capital will form part of the project proponent’s equity. The agency, through
its designated Provincial Field Office operating within the proponent’s location, will perform
oversight and recommendatory function over this project, subject to the limitations as prescribed
under the memorandum of agreement between DOLE and LGU, and of the provisions under
Department Order 173-17.
LGU Hermosa shall assist the organization in the formation, implementation, and
evaluation of the project. It shall also provide seminars and other learning and development
interventions for the members with topics that will be helpful in preparing the members of the
management team such as but not limited to financial literacy, leadership training, and project
management.
III. ORGANIZATION/ ACP/ PROPONENT OVERVIEW
The Members of this association were residents of Sitio Maligaya, Hermosa, Bataan.
IV. INTRODUCTION
A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
B. OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of the project proposal is to enable the identified beneficiaries in acquiring
livelihood assistance with the following objectives:
E. LOCATION:
The association will use the municipality’s training center as their production area of rugs
with a size of 10x12sq.m located at the Sitio Maligaya, Hermosa, Bataan. Moreover, some
mothers could also work from home as the demand increases and deliver their products to the
center for distribution.
Image 1: Production Area
A. MARKETING PLAN:
● Analysis of the Market
People from various municipalities and nearby provinces migrate in the town of Hermosa
for job opportunities brought by the specialized economic zone in the area. Hence, housings and
establishments begin to sprout here and there. The national roads have also started to get busy as
Hermosa begins to become one of the fastest-earning towns in the province. Relative to this, the
demand for housekeeping and/or cleaning tools is also increasing. Hence, there are numerous
potential markets for the livelihood business.
Initially, the association will produce pot holders. Eventually, rugs such as doormats, floor
mats, and cleaning rugs will also be produced. This will be in various shapes and sizes. Products
will be sold per bundle of 36’s at Php38.00.
● Brand Strategy
To promote and encourage patronage of their products and to achieve a better position as to
preferred stores offering similar goods by their target customers, the proponent of the project will
capitalize on the proximity of their store’s location to offer ease of access, quality and
affordability of the brands of the products to be offered in order to meet the preference of
consumers, and recommendations in order to close deals with indecisive prospective buyers.
● Distribution Strategy
Raw materials such as the rugs (retaso), fillers, and newspapers will be acquired from their
usual suppliers coming from the plants and/or factories inside the Ecozone and nearby junk
shops. Products will be distributed to various stores in the municipality. It will also be offered to
online sellers, resellers, and peddlers to widen the network and increase sales. Delivery via
courier is also an option.
● Product Strategy
The business will primarily cater the needs of the identified customers in terms of price
affordability, brand quality and accessibility but is subject to the conditions such as availability
of their preferred shape, size, and/or material of items. The products will be sold initially through
retail channels with the future consideration of adapting online selling through utilization of free
features of online marketing platforms such as Shopee, Lazada and Facebook Business page with
automated chatbot. The products/items are priced per unit and are considered to be budget-
quality friendly.
Products that will be sold are sealed with paper bags provided with receipts and appropriate
packaging. Consequently. the products shall be monitored and evaluated by the members of the
cooperative regarding their quality and reliability. Hence, the shop shall maintain the good
condition of the products.
● Pricing strategy
The group will use a shared strategy to establish itself as the market's price leader by
giving lower pricing on high-demand items than the competitors. This can be accomplished by
"prize presetting" to evaluate the consumer's preference, by offering a minimum price of
Php38.00 which could continually be increased by the following years subject to price changes
of the raw materials.
● Promotion Strategy
The products will be promoted to the store owners and/or entrepreneurs around Bataan
through social media platforms and members shall also print tarpaulins that can be used in
various stalls.
● Prospective Buyers
Utilizing the conducted market research, the management have their ideas regarding
target market and what would be expected from the customers. Thus, they are in business to
retail with wide range of rug types to the following groups of people and other residences;
a. Store Owners
b. Online Sellers
c. Resellers
d. Peddlers
B. OPERATIONAL PLAN
Raw materials will be ordered directly from the supplier and will be delivered to the shop for
inventory. After the inventory, the items will then be available for production and distribution
and will be subjected to weekly inventory of the items sold and in-stock for strict monitoring.
The association will initially produce “Pot Holder” with an average size of six (6) inches
and weight around 13 grams. The process involves arranging, stuffing rag materials such as
“retaso”, “mogmog” and “newspapers” and finally sewing to hold the materials together and
form the final product. As per time and motion conducted, two (2) workers can form and arrange
at least 700 pieces of Pot Holder a day, while a skilled sewer can sew/produce a thousand pieces
of said product. Overall, a total of eight (8) workers is required to produce Two Thousand
(2,000) pieces of Pot Holder, comprising three (3) arrangers, three (3) stuffers and two (2) skilled
sewers. Workers are paid daily in a per volume quantity rate, as illustrated:
Rate per Capacity
Daily Labor
Production Required
Process Volume Quantity Per Worker Cost per
Target Workers
Worker
Volume Cost Quantity Cost
TOTAL 8 868.00
The average six (6) inches Pot Holder that weighs 15 grams is composed of retaso (70%),
“mogmog” (20%) and “newspaper” (10%). Currently, the unit cost per ton of “retaso” is at
Php11,000.00, “mogmog” is at Php7,700.00, while per kilo of scrapped newspaper is at
Php90.00. With this, we arrived at the total material cost per unit of Pot Holder product as
presented below:
In Price per Material Grams Material Cost
Materials Price Unit
Grams Grams % per Unit per Unit
The initial production cost per unit of said product amounted roughly to Php 0.70 covering
the labor and material cost. As such, daily production cost to produce 2,000 units is estimated at
Php 1,400.00 (0.70 x 2,000). Lastly, operation and production will be six (6) days a week with
job rotation and shifts to familiarize organization’s members in the production processes while
providing them alternative sources of income.
● Plant/ Workplace
The Sitio Maligaya Self Reliant Mothers Association Inc. site is situated at Sitio Maligaya,
Hermosa Bataan. They will, however, use the training center of the municipality while other
members will work from home whenever necessary.
Hi-Speed Sewing
unit Machine 6 17,600.00 105,600.00
TOTAL: 300,000.00
● Personnel
The project Management Team involves six (6) personnel composing the President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, and P.R.O. Each member of the project management
team shall comply with their duties and responsibilities regarding the organized and structured
operation of the project. These duties and responsibilities were mentioned already in the
management plan. To ensure that the business project is supplemented with competitive
inventory of manpower, the proposed number of personnel will undergo skills development
training such as those being provided by the other government institutions for free or other paid
training subject to the availability of funds.
C. MANAGEMENT PLAN:
SITIO MALIGAYA- SELF-RELIANT MOTHERS ASSOCIATION INC.
OFFICERS
● As to the Monitoring
● DOLE RO3
● DOLE PFO
● Beneficiaries
● Review the Annual Plan and budget and recommend for the approval of the
General Assembly
● Evaluate the capability and qualification and recommend for the approval of the
General Assembly the engagements of the services of an External Auditor;
● Review, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the programs, projects and
activities;
● Formulate and review the vision, mission and goals of the cooperative
● Establish risk management system;
● Establish policies and procedures for the effective operation and ensure proper
implementation of such;
● Report to the General Assembly the performance and achievements of the
association;
● Present to the General Assembly policies which require confirmation as provided
under the law, the By-laws, and regulations;
● Present to the General Assembly the financial, social and performance reports;
and
● Perform such other functions as maybe authorized by the General Assembly.
● Maintain a Petty Cash Fund and Daily Cash Position Report; and
● Record, prepare and maintain records of all minutes of all meetings of the Board
of directors and the General Assembly;
● Ensure that necessary actions and decisions of the officers are transmitted to the
Serve notice of all meetings called and certify the presence of quorum in the
conduct of all meetings;
● Keep copies of the Treasurer’s report & other reports;
Business Operation
*Note: All the members cited above only apply if the business falls under medium scale.
Otherwise, all the duties and responsibilities cited above will be shouldered by the proprietor
in case of business start-up where no additional manpower is required in the beneficiary’s
business proposal.
Monitoring
DOLE PFO – The PFO shall have the immediate exercise of regulatory
power over the direction of the operation of the livelihood project. Its
representative shall work closely with the beneficiary relative to the progress
in the different aspects of the livelihood project and shall see to it any plans or
changes on the nature, scope and other pertinent matters affecting the
livelihood project and its operations remain consistent with the provision of
DO173 – 17.
D. TRAINING NEEDS
The beneficiaries may undergo the following pieces of training depending on the need:
● Values reorientation
Hi-Speed Sewing
unit Machine 6 17,600.00 105,600.00
TOTAL: 300,000.00
c. Overhead Cost
1. * Marketing Cost:
As per discussed in the marketing aspects, the proposed project shall be introduced and marketed
to the consumers through digital marketing. Hence, the shop doesn’t have marketing costs.
2. * Monthly Utilities :
Utilities Cost
Electricity 2,000
TOTAL 4,500
3. * Transportation: 0
4. * Rent : 0
● Pre-operating Cost
i. Cost of Trainings
ii. Licenses/permits
TOTAL
ITEM DOLE DOLE RO LGU BENEFICIARIES
COST
3. Working Capital
G. WORK PLAN:
NO. OF
NEEDS/ISSUES/CONCERN SPECIFIC SERVICES BENEFICIARIES SCHEDULE BUDGET RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
Counterpart contribution
Access to government’s to GSIS 4th week of
35 1,960.00
social protection scheme the month LGU
Licenses & Permits 10,000.00
3 months upon
Liquidation
awarding
Financial Assumptions:
1. Estimated monthly production projection is at 2,000/day x 24 days = 48,000 items
2. Selling price at Php38.00 per bundle of 36pcs indicates a per unit price of Php 1.05
3. Monthly Gross Sales is projected at Php50,148.00 equivalent to volume sales of 47,760 units
covering 99.5% of the monthly production projection
4. The cost of production per unit is estimated at Php0.70 which includes material and labor cost at
approximately Php0.27 and Php0.43 respectively
5. Monthly Production Cost is at 48,000 x Php0.70 = Php33,600.00
6. Initial investment is estimated to increase by 48% on the first year of operation based on the
annual income projection presented below and computed as Php144,576.00/Php300,000.00 =
0.48
Operational Expenses
Utilities 36,000.00
H. Commitment of Stakeholders
The Sitio Maligaya- Self Reliant Mothers Association Inc. shall be responsible for the
initiation and implementation of the project. The organization shall also be committed to the
productivity of the shop and shall continue to market and manage the products in order to ensure
the sustainability and profitability of the operation. Furthermore, the members of the
organization take the responsibility to promote the products and involve themselves to provide
the financial, operational, and management needs of the said project.
On the other hand, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall provide the
capital for the acquisition of initial stocks. The agency shall support and evaluate the project’s
objective in the creation of livelihood and entrepreneurship among the members of the
organization.
And lastly, LGU Hermosa shall assist the organization in the initiation, implementation,
and evaluation of the project. The agency shall also conduct seminars for the members of the
organization in order to prepare them for the operation of the project. Hence, the LGU shall
guarantee the effective and efficient management of the business through strict execution of
formulated and approved sound business and management policies for the association. They will
be encouraged to promote, patronize and monitor the beneficiary’s proposed business to its
sustainability for a lifetime commitment.
Prepared by:
OFELIA S. DATU
PESO MANAGER
Noted by:
13 g retaso
- Retaso 70
- Mogmog 20
- Newspaper 10
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