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How to Become Successful Microentrepreneur in Your Barangay

A determined woman and responsible mother Mrs. Nene Legitimas worries a lot about the future of their children. Her dreams are simple- a decent home and clothing for her family, quality education for their children, enough food on the table everyday, and some savings for the proverbial rainy day.

A former vegetable vendor in a public market in Bohol, Aling Nene experienced some difficulty in providing the basic needs for her family because of their meager income. Although his husband was also selling vegetable and even fish, their combined income could hardly meet the high cost of living in Bohol. Their situation became worst when the planted vegetables that were going to sell on the market were all die during summer days. No longer able to sustain their family’s needs, the couple decided to go to Compostela and begin a new life w/ her family.

Since, survival was the couple’s primary goal; the couple ventured into selling beer, soft drinks, junk foods w/c wasn’t very lucrative until they decided to change their business and to begin selling RTW.

With an initial capital of 10,000 pesos, Aling Nene sell plastics, dresses such as-shirt, blouses, polo, pants and slipper and many more. The couple together w/ their loving children helped for the improvement of the business. The business clicked and prospered little by little. After a year, small business grew higher so they employed additional helpers from the neighborhood and from others. A couple of years later, their business became so successful and they are having so many customers or shall we say “suki”. Later, the couple rented a stall in the public market to make their products more accessible. Soon the small dry goods store will be more progressive.

The couple applied a loan when they decided to sell another product like boots, bolo, cooking stove, mantle, floor mat, and etc Thus, dry goods business w/c proved to be very successful. Not only was she able to meet her monthly amortization on time, she was able to put up some savings as she dreamed of.

Now Mrs. Nene Legitimas together w/ her husband Mr. Nick Legitimas are all happy , now that they cannot only provide their physiological needs of their family but also, they can provide more and more needs w/c can consider them as a successful.