One of TYF’s partner rice hubs has just marked one year of operations.
The Most Holy Trinity Parish (MHTP) in Sampaloc, Manila opened its rice hub or bigasan in April 2022. Since then, it has sold approximately 2,800 sacks – around 70,000 kg or 70 tons.
The MHTP is a recipient of an interest-free loan from TYF and Philippine Business for Social Progress - The Hunger Project. By buying straight from farmers associations or rice mills, the bigasan helps Filipino farmers; it also provides urban poor consumers with good quality rice at a more affordable price.
Bigasans are also ideal suppliers for feeding programs and donors of ayuda. For example, MHTP has been supplying rice to Caritas Manila.
MHTP sees the bigasan as an opportunity to earn a modest income to support its feeding program for around 250 homeless and street dwellers who receive packed meals five days a week.
Congratulations on your first year, Most Holy Trinity Parish bigasan!