Stories
Perlita D. Embih
This was Ate Perlita’s sari-sari store. After the Marawi siege, she was able to expand her business but lacks capital.
Upon receiving the loan from TSKI, she was able to infuse capital and stock up, improving her bottomline net income with the increase of her sales
Felipe T. Galarpe
Nanay Felipa is married to Tatay Felipe. They are one of those Christian couples living in Marawi City since 1988. Nanay Felipa was from Suminot, Zamboanga Del Sur and Tatay Felipe was from Libertad, Misamis Oriental. For 20 years, they are blessed with 6 children. They are into a small snack vending business at the MSU Comcent where they rent a space for their business. They cook suman, biko, camote que and other local delicacies. They joined CARD Inc. in March 4, 2016 and availed Php 7,000, just before the siege. She used it as additional capital for her business.
During the siege, they were forced to leave Marawi and evacuated to Tambo, Iligan City, living in the house of her husband’s relative. In the words of Nanay Felipa, this was the hardest part of her life where she experienced hardships and difficulties, both financially and emotionally.
They do not have income, and they cannot provide for their family’s needs. They relied on relief goods given by government and private agencies including those from CARD Inc. They evacuated for almost 6 months. Upon their return, Nanay Felipa started all over again. It was hard for them to earn money and regain their income. She was able to avail loan from CARD Inc. amounting to Php 10,000.00. Now, Nanay Felipe was able to renovate their house ceiling and support her youngest daughter in School.
Khaironesa M Musa
Prior to the Marawi siege, Khaironesa M. Musa owned a gold shop that is worth around Php1 Million. She lost everything during the Marawi siege.
When she heard about the livelihood assistance program, she applied for a TSKI loan and ventured into a new garment business. Currently, the business is growing and she is slowly starting to get back on her feet again.
Raida G. Cabugatan
Nanay Raidah is married to Tajah Cabugatan, both of them are from Lanao del sur. She was from Lumbaya nagi and Tajah was from Balindong. They reside in Marawi City after their marriage and was blessed with 3 children. She became a member of CARD Inc. last March 4, 2016. She has a mini grocery which complements his husband’s income as a private school faculty staff.
During the siege, Nanay Raidah was in Lumbaya nagi, attending a “Tibaw “of her relative. It was still 3 months after she gave birth to her youngest son. She was separated from her family and was stuck in Lumbaya nagi. It was only after a month when she was reunited with her family in Iligan City where they evacuated, and eventually transferred to at Wato Balindong, Lanao del sur. After 4 months of evacuation, they returned to Marawi City. They had been supported by his husband’s family for their needs for a month before they start doing business again. Nanay Raidah then availed Calamity loan of Php 10,000 as additional to her existing business loan.
Today, her income is still lower than what she has before the siege. She is still happy that all of her family survived the tragedy and is now embracing a new beginning. She is hopeful that their family business will grow and increase their family income to support all the needs of their family in the future. She was also learning to save money in times of emergency.
Khalid Lumangco
Khalid Lumangco owns a cell phone accessories store, and is looking for additional capital in order to expand his business
Two months after he received the loan from TSKI, he was able to expand his cell phone accessories store to DVD merchandising, resulting an improvement to his overall financial earnings.
Emma Mangondaya
Nanay Emma is born and raised in Marawi City where she got married and have her 7 children. They have food vending business as the source of their income. They cook pater and other viand and sell it in the neighbourhood. Her husband is also working in Cotabato City to support their children in school. She became a member in October 12, 2015.
During the siege, the family evacuated to Cotabato City and stay there for 6 months. In Cotabato, they already have shortage of food, yet survived from the relief goods given and from the support of her relatives. They returned to Marawi last November 2016 and again survived by the relief goods from the government and other private sectors including CARD, Inc. It was in March 2018 when Nanay Emma availed the Calamity loan offered by CARD, Inc. amounting Php 5,000.00 and started her food vending business again.