Our Journey towards Good Works

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One of the things we discussed in our business Ethics class is about service - giving back to others. As part of our class requirement we should have our service learning activity wherein we will be spending at least 6 hours of our time doing charity works to others. In our group, our creative way of doing service is by establishing honesty store wherein the beneficiaries are students belonging to lower income group. Just to give a short background of what we are going to do, below are the highlights of our proposal:

What: Honesty Store

The project was inspired by the success of the Honesty Store in Batanes.

Why:

Our goal is to promote the virtue of honesty and integrity, and at the same time the concept of microfinance is practiced, giving them a long term source of income for their school expenses.

Where: CARD-MRI Development Institute (CMDI)

CARD-MRI Development Institute (CMDI) is a newly set up educational institution that offers Senior High School (SHS) and College education. Located in Bay in Laguna, CMDI as a Center of Learning opened its doors to students last June 2015 with most students coming from nearby communities (Los Banos, Calauan, San Pablo City, Alaminos). CMDI now boasts engaging 91 students for its SHS program and 259 students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship with Specialization in Microfinance.

Who: CMDI students

Most of the students who are currently enrolled at CMDI are children of financially hard-up parents whose livelihood are mostly into agriculture and direct selling.

When: February 25, 2017

Below is our proposed timeline:

February 6, 2017	Submission of proposal to CMDI Head of Student Affairs to support the Honesty Store project.
February 8, 2017	Secure list of School Supplies that will be sold through the Honesty Store
February25, 2017	Visit the CMDI and meet with the Head of Student Affairs and Class Leaders to discuss the requirement and reporting mechanism that we will require
March 11, 2017	Submission of 2 week sales update

How:

Our group will help in the set-up of the CMDI Project re Honesty Store. Each of the members of the group will contribute PHP 500.00 which will be used to purchase school supplies.

Our project will continuously be managed by The Block 7 students of the BS in Entrepreneurship of CMDI, since they are the one who initially thought of this project, and in cooperation with the school’s student council.

Inspired by Lasallian principles, our group aims to promote the value of honesty and integrity to students of CMDI. We also want to support them for their long term needs, and teach them how to manage their businesses. In the future, we hope to see not just the success of honesty store, but also its positive impact to the school and students. Honesty is one of the values that is hard to maintain, but through this kind of initiative wherein honesty will be practiced each time students buy, we are hoping that honesty will be planted in their hearts and become one of their personal core value. As Lasallian business leaders, we are here to implement change in order to achieve a more productive and peaceful society.