CASE STUDY 1: Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan (APB) Foundation Incorporated

APB was launched on June 16, 2010 and has reached more than 20,000 public school students as

of the end of 2014. It envisions the revival of the high moral and cultural values of the Filipino for the

common good by assisting schools and communities through its project called CaCHET (Campaign for

Character Education Tenacity). APB empowers public school communities, youth, parents, and teachers

through character formation, teaching them to become God-fearing, productive, responsible, and self-

reliant.

APB volunteers undergo an intensive formation to equip them to teach character education and

give catechism classes. Volunteers usually come from different professions teachers, engineers, architects,

accountants and even housewives. The plan of formation for volunteers is well rounded-encompassing

ethical formation, values and religious formation, and professional formation (they undergo classes on

preparation of lesson plans, actual teaching, and child psychology). Each volunteer is mentored by a more

seasoned volunteer-creating a team of two volunteers-who in turn conduct the class and mentor the

students. Mentoring entails talking with a student on a one-on-one basis in order to follow-up the student’s

personal struggle to live the lessons given in class.

APB believes that character education is key to helping people see what is true, good and beautiful

in life despite hardships at home, in school, and elsewhere. Volunteers share their time and talent, skills,

and experience to teach children the basics of Christian living.

APB, along with three other NGO’s, are founded wholly or in cooperation with their friends by

the couple Mr. Walter Brown and Mrs. Annabelle Pizarro-Brown.

CASE STUDY 2: Soleq

Soleq is a builder, operator, and owner of solar power projects focusing on the Asian market. It is

focused on becoming Southeast Asia’s largest independent solar power producer. Soleq currently owns and

operates 70% of solar facilities totaling 91mw in Thailand. Soleq is also the Philippine’s largest solar

producer with about 193mw investment projects in Ilocos Norte, Negros Occidental, and Bukidnonz. Soleg
is the solar power arm of Singapore-based Equis Funds Group Pte Ltd, a leading private equity group

focused on energy and infrastructure in Asia.

CASE STUDY 3: Jun Cabochan and Pandayan Bookshop

Pandayan Bookshop evolved from the school and office supplies section of CVC Supermarket, a

Caloocan City supermarket founded in 1956. On July 5,1993, the first Pandayan store began operating as a

separate corporation. The main office of Pandayan Bookshop is at 700 Rizal Avenue Extension, Grace

Park, Caloocan City. Pandayan stores are found in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Rizal.
 As a business experiment, Pandayan is an attempt to show that the business can be a

socioeconomic tool to bridge the gap between workers and owners, and thereby contribute to national

development. An innovative compensation program gives Pandayan associates a greater share of the profits

compared to most other businesses establishments. Incentives for employees include empowerment and the

pursuit of their dreams.

CASE STUDY 4: Gawad Kalinga (GK) Enchanted Farm

The GK Enchanted Farm is Gawad Kalinga’s platform to raise social entrepreneurs, help local

farmers, and create wealth in the countryside. As we learned that the road out of poverty is a continuing

journey and therefore, providing homes is merely the beginning, we also realized that our country is

abundant with resources (land included) that we can harness for every Filipino to continuously lead a life

with dignity.

What Filipino entrepreneurs need today, especially young and rising ones, is an environment that

will help bring their ideas to life and challenge them to aspire for the greatest social impact. This means

keeping connected to community and gaining access to good mentoring, value-added networking, and basic
facilities and resources. As a Village University, classrooms are connected to communities, making it an

ideal site for any university student. Here, students will be exposed to how to start social enterprises and

communities.