Pinya-Kurat is a Kicking Vinegar

In one of our community based trainings on rural enterprise development, I met Elisa of Tupi, South Cotabato. 

I was surprised of her product.... vinegar (try the extra hot with lost of hot chili).... with a pineapple twist... 

Never mind the simple packaging of a recycled rhum bottle and labeling with colored printed bond paper... the taste is just kicking delicious better than the famous one from the northern Mindanao.

I recommend this with anything fried and grilled...or sauted vegetables... how about side to all kinds of "nilaga"... manok, baka, isda.... (make a try??)

Order now through 0907-225-6037. 

The Evolution of Mommy Juling

One important thing I learn in product promotion and marketing is the importance of updating product labels and packaging to fit current trends, market requirements and tell stories of how the product as a brand grows. 

For micro-entrepreneurs, these are seldom easily realize due to the high cost of labels and packaging materials. But for Bing of BKR Food Products, changing labels to the need of time is a important as continuous research and development on product lines. 

Today, I noticed three bottles of pickled papaya (atsara) in our shelves in different labels. In remember, these are different labels in 2009, 2010, and 2011. 

In 2009, I met Ate Bing with an old label. In 2010, RuMEPP changed it to cater new markets. And in 2011, when BKR Foods finally went to International Food Expo.... yahooooooo... and export quality label that is..... (shown below... left to right)... 

Please have yourself a treat....of the best quality papaya pickle (atsara) in South Cotabato.... Get it crunchy in the wet markets of KCC Malls in GenSan and Marbel, GAISANO Mall GenSan, NCCC Mall Davao, GMall Davao, Victoria Plaza Davao, Ace CenterPoint Marbel....and very soon Robinsons General Santos. 

AIM-TeaM Energy Center Welcomes Fellows of Mindanao Bridging Leaders Program

from: http://www.theaimblog.com

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Mia Zamora

TO OFFICIALLY welcome the cohort of 22 fellows to the Mindanao Bridging Leaders Program (MBLP), the Asian Institute of Management (AIM)-TeaM Energy Center for Bridging Leadership hosted a dinner reception at the AIM Conference Center on July 11, 2011.

The overall objective of the MBLP is to build a cadre of Bridging Leaders in Muslim Mindanao who can effectively address issues like education, health, land conflicts, poverty, and poor governance, among others, towards peace and development. In 15 intensive months, the fellows will work on a real-life and existing program, addressing a specific societal issue, with well-defined goals to pursue. The program will provide the fellows with access to resource providers and opportunities to engage and build partners and support for the program. Through formal workshops, practicum in between workshops, and mentoring by experienced development practitioners (in the fields the fellows have chosen), the program is designed to deepen and enhance the fellows’ personal and professional competence to meet leadership goals as a prerequisite for achieving social outcomes as desired.

Leading the Institute in welcoming the fellows were President Edilberto de Jesús and TeaM Energy Center executive director Nieves Confesor (right photo: leftmost, standing), as well asWorld Bank Country Director Mark Woodward (left photo) and TeaM Energy Foundationtrustee Ma. Teresa Lopez. Also present at the event were the Center’s academic institutional partners for the MBLP, current partners, researchers, and staff. The fellows were joined by  coaches and fellows from previous cohorts, officially marking their entry into the program and the Center’s network.

The MBLP runs until April 2013 through the assistance of the World Bank under the State- and Peace-Building Fund coordinated through the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.

About the AIM-Team Energy Center for Bridging Leadership

The TeaM Energy Center was established in 2004 as an endowed leadership and training institute with the vision of A Society Without Divides. In working towards this vision, the Center has been performing the mission of developing leaders, primarily through the cultivation, in both theory and practice, of the Bridging Leadership Framework as an appropriate and effective leadership approach for addressing complex social problems in Mindanao, the Philippines, and the Asian region.