We are putting up a Welding Skills Training Center that will benefit our community members (out-of-school youth, unemployed and underemployed individuals) in Quezon City, Philippines. The training will be conducted by our partner in service, that will enable our graduates technical-vocational skills training that can be their stepping stone to landing a job to enable them to help their families fight poverty. We would like to make the training free to students, but we are looking for ways to sustain the project’s operational cost, such as electricity bills, admin costs, equipment costs, building of the training center, trainer’s allowance, etc. We are looking for partners/donors/philantrophists who may be willing to partner with us to implement this advocacy successfully. We will provide transparent reports to all our partners on the progress of this project/program.

Good for you for posting very clearly what donations would pay for, rather than just a general "we need money" plea!

I hope this can help:

http://www.coyotecommunications.com/outreach/grants.html

I’m the person who prepared this, and I’m happy to pass it on to you ASAP, as soon as I have your email address.

It’s a school thesis. I’m doing a study on the things that can be made out of corrugated cartons. These are not just simple things, it must be unique and not so complicated. The product will be proposed to be used as a livelihood project.

There is really very limited things one can do with a this material. So I need ideas of other people. I have thought of paper sculptures and stuff like that, but the teacher wants something new.

I need anything. Crazy but doable ideas is very much welcome. It’s very hard to think of a good idea when your under a lot of pressure.

During WWII we had little fuel, so we used "Hay boxes". These are two cartons, one inside the other with a 150mm air space between them. This is filled with an insulating material such as hay, straw, shredded paper or polystyrene crumbs including the base and lid. Hot food such as porridge or stew is partially cooked and the container is put in the hay box. The food will be fully cooked overnight, giving a hot breakfast or put in in the morning will give a hot meal for returning workers. Such hayboxes could prove valuable to third world countries, out door workers, campers, and disaster victims. Would make a good project for unskilled unemployed.

Hi,
I currently looking for ecotourism projects that have finished and moved away from the area. I am planning to do a rainforest research expedition somewhere in Latin America, yet still need locations.
I am trying to investigate what happens to the community and wildlife when ecotourist programmes terminate and move. What happens to people’s livelihoods and how is the wildlife impacted by this change is my main focus.
So, if anyone can point me towards projects that had been established for 1 year or longer and concluded their mission, that would be absolutely amazing.
Thanks a lot for your help

Lisa

I really don’t think so. It discriminates against those who wear pink hoodies.

Its funny,especially in smaller government posts…like baranggay,SK,Municipalities etc. those who are voted are people without VISION or Progressive and Forward thinking mind for the job. All the projects they know to do are basketball tournaments..backward livelihood skills training, gay beauty pageants, providing tarpauline sheds with huge names of themselves.

Is it because the Philippines is Third World? And why are we always afraid of computerized automated elections…nuclear power?..

Those people are usually referred to as Republicans.

I will be heading to Cebu next year and I need to find a large local supply of food-grade mineral oil. If anyone knows where to find some, I would greatly appreciate it.

I intend to start a livelihood project by teaching people how to carve spoons. We will need oil in order to treat the spoons so they are heat-resistant and waterproof.

How large a supply? Pints, quarts or barrels? For anything less than a barrel try a local drug store.

Mercury Drug in Cebu (also sells online)

http://www.mercurydrug.com/cgi-bin/visayasdetail.py?id=Cebu

South Star Drug:

http://www.southstardrug.com.ph/

Watsons Drugstore:

http://lisianthusinc.com/default/our-products/retail-store-location/watsons-drugstore

If you are careful about who you buy from you can have it shipped from Amazon. Some shippers will not ship to the Philippines, but some will (I would call them to verify).

http://www.amazon.com/Breen-Mineral-Oil-Gallon-Light/dp/B0010VQL5G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1291858123&sr=8-2

and see:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/shipping.html/ref=dp_pd_shipping?ie=UTF8&asin=B0010VQL5G&seller=ANI9Y4RP0HQDJ

for barrel quantities try

http://www.alibaba.com/member/ph112878023.html

We are a newly-chartered Rotary Club, chartered February 25, 2010. Our projects include a Rotary Livelihood – Welding Skills Training Program, outreach to prisoners, outreach to children with cancer and other preventable diseases, Nutrition program, medical-dental mission, and disaster preparedness and emergency response initiatives. We are also planning to provide a local non-governmental organization (NGO) on emergency response an ambulance with medical equipments. We are now aggressively looking for partners or donors, or sites where we can get potential donor linkages and grants opportunities.

Here is the site where you can locate other Rotary Clubs

http://www.rotary.org/EN/ABOUTUS/SITETOOLS/CLUBLOCATOR/Pages/ridefault.aspx

I am inclined to bamboo industry to serve as a livelihood project for the towns people who need training on how to plant, cultivate, process, harvest, market and sell bamboo. I am looking for a rich person or entity that funds this activity. Pay for the training fee, nursery and

There are individual NGOs and government agencies that fund small business development for local communities in developing countries. These bodies vary from country-to-country. For instance, in Afghanistan, there is funding from the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development that comes from international donors, as well as various small INGOs that give money for small enterprise development. Sometimes, specialists are sought for specific small business development (wine making, bamboo cultivation, etc.) via sites like ReliefWeb.

Does that cost they are willing to pay to regain power include the destruction of our economy, environment and livelihoods?

Apparently yes. And now these maniacs are actually apologizing to BP. They’ve truly gone ’round the bend.
Edit: Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity (neither of whom has ever been elected to anything, btw) in an interview on the f0x "News" channel shortly after the inauguration: "Why would I want him (Obama) to succeed?"
But, in the end, the Republicans’ actions speak louder than words. What have they done this whole time but try to block anything the President has tried to do to move us forward? And please explain the apology to BP–I’m still not seeing anyone here willing to "own" that one.
Edit: From the San Francisco Chronicle’s blog, when Limbaugh was asked for 400 words from a publication at the time of the inauguration:
"So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, ‘Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.’ "
Here’s your link, Debra: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=34773

Well, I happen to know this. The day and night cycle is called the Circadian rhythm. People do MUCH better if they sleep at night and are active during the day. They have better attitudes, better appetites and better health (in general). People who reverse that and are up all night and sleep in the daytime are more likely to be sullen, angry or depressed, have less appetite, and worse overall health. (I spent two years working a graveyard shift at some store – I NEVER felt very good). There’s something about natural sunlight that gets the human body going and motivated. No sunlight = gloomy and depressive and unmotivated.

Not to mention the difficulties of finding a girlfriend when she works days and you work nights. You hardly ever see each other in that scenario – and typically the relationship doesn’t last that long.

And Defending Our Borders from Foreigners Who are Invading US illegally–stealing our livelihoods, our money, paying -0- taxes, exporting ill-gotten $USD to another country–committing crimes here–like terrorists?

Independent who is voting out Incumbents Congress has gotta go.
Please elaborate?

Why all this sanctuary thinking for Illegals who invade and cross our southern and northern borders, and sending soldiers to fight Terrorists who harm America?

There is no difference.