TASK PERFORMANCE

NGO in the Philippines

LIVELIHOOD
Urban Program for Livelihood Finance
and Training

Members:
Balasabas, Irine Shen D.
Catusalem, Michaela R.
Hayno, Kenneth M.
Hipolito, Margil O.
Padilla, Mary Rose F.
Ramos,Ara Dianne N.
Villanueva, Mea Ann F.

Background of the Livelihood Program

UPLiFT stands for Urban Program for Livelihood Finance and Training. We are a Non-Government
Organization (NGO) based in the Philippines specializing in microfinance and social services for the
urban poor. Created in 1993 by Inter Aide of France, we are registered with the Philippine Securities
and Exchange Commission as a non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian organization. UPLIFT is a
member of the Filipino Association of Foundations.
Based in Manila, Philippines, we reach out to several areas in Metro Manila and the provinces of
Bulacan, Cavite, Bataan, Zambales, Pampanga, Pangasinan and Tarlac. Every year, we help more
than 35,000 urban poor Filipino families through financial and social assistance, giving them the
chance to overcome poverty and become self-reliant.
Office Location and Project
CHO: Rm 514 5th Floor, Burke Building
Burke St. corner Escolta St., Binondo, Manila

BATAAN
QUEZON CITY
BULACAN
TARLAC

CAVITE
RIZAL
MANILA
PANGASINAN

Objective and Advocacy

Vision
UPLIFT is an organization working towards excellence with a holistic approach
to guide the entrepreneurial urban poor out of poverty so they can
live with dignity and be socially responsible.
Mission
UPLIFT is Committed:
For Our Partners
To empower them through responsive and innovative microfinance,
trainings, business and social development services.
For the Organization and its Employees
To provide opportunities for professional and personal growth
in a learning, participatory and collegial atmosphere.
For the Community
To support them through synergistic and strategic alliances.

Core Values
1. Proactivity
We are responsive to our Partners' needs while maintaining the credibility of the organization.
2. Passion
We put our Partners' best interest at the center of all our endeavors.
3. Commitment
We commit to put our Partners at the heart of our policy and decision making process.
4. Professionalism
We act in compliance with policies and high standards of ethics of the organization and in the
best interest of our stakeholders.
5. Integrity
We effectively manage the organization's resources with transparency in all our
dealings, exercise responsibility, decide based on facts and deliver on time what we have
committed.

 Action Plan
Pulong Trainings are courses that are being facilitated by UPLiFT for Partners and
non-Partners to enhance their capabilities in managing their personal life, business
capabilities in managing their personal life, business enhancement, socio-cultural,
political-economic and health-environmental awareness that leads them to act on
their social responsibilities and be part of the community development as a whole.
a. Entrepreneurial (Mandatory)
- entrepreneurship, business planning, savings and record keeping
b. Issue Based (Non-Mandatory)
- self-awareness (values formation, gender and development)
- family life (responsible parenting, family budget and reproductive health)
- community awareness (environmental awareness, health and sanitation)
Skills Trainings
These trainings are conducted in the Branches and aim to equip the participants with
the necessary skills, knowledge, attitude and capability in developing a certain
product or services. These will also teach the participants a variety of topics that
can eventually be an income generating activity. Linkages with different agencies to
access training, technologies and other resources that will benefit our partners to
improve their personal orientation as well as their business perpective.
a. Food Processing
- meat products, fish processing, vegetable and fruit products, native delicacies
b. Non-Food Products
- candle making, soap making, perfume making, fashion accessories
- cosmetology, reflexology
STATUS OF OPERATION
FINANCIAL:
1. Loan
Provision of microloans amounting from PhP1,000 to 150,000 for the entrepreneurial
urban poor intended for business use including but not exclusive to start-up
additional rolling capital, acquisition of assets and equipment, business expansion or
business diversification. All loan contracts are inclusive of a loan capital build-up
which is essentially a savings mobilization scheme. The LCBU is build-up primarily
intended as a built-up reserve to prepare partners to be to be independent from credit.
2. Capital Build-Up
Voluntary mobilization of savings among Partner-Savers. This aims at encouraging and
strengthening the savings habit of Partner-Savers intended for varied future use,
as well as, to ensure that they are sufficiently covered from various risks.
Orientation for New Applicants:
- Orientation on
Micro-Insurance/
Phil Health
- Mandatory Pulongs

- Issue-Based Pulongs
- Skills Training
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
The urban program livelihood finance and training are conduct to improve their organization and to
have a wide branches and to help the family that also what to improve their ability to build their own
small business.