Who would've thought that Mrs. Villar will make it during the Senatorial Race last May 2013 election, after being bashed and talked about by the medical community.
Good thing she made it. Giving her more chances/opportunity to serve the public/masses. To continue to educate people about small-scale business, entrepreneurship and a lot more.
Senator-elect Mrs. Cynthia Villar wasted no time in fulfilling
her promise of creating livelihood to the poor, while protecting the
environment.
She, together with Las Pinas Rep. Mark Villar and Sen. Manny
Villar, recently inaugurated the first Waste Plastic Recycling Factory in Metro
Manila, which turns plastic wastes into durable school chairs that could last
up to 20 years.
“We have a lot of plastic wastes here in Metro Manila. When disposed
improperly, these result in clogging
of our drainage and eventually cause flooding, spread of diseases, and many
others. So we thought of processing these plastic wastes and come up into
something useful. That is when I read about this technology in Davao, which processes
plastic wastes into school chairs,” relayed Mrs. Villar.
Villar went to Davao herself to witness if the technology is
really working.
“I have been using biodegradable wastes as resource in my other livelihood projects. I
was so happy when I saw this technology, because now, we can also process
non-biodegradable wastes, and we have tons of them here in Metro Manila,”
relayed Mrs. Villar.
Villar said she is very proud of this project not only for
the livelihood it brings to the poor, but also to the environmental benefit it
brings.
“In processing the unavoidable plastic wastes into something
useful, like school chairs, we are not only cleaning and protecting the
environment, but we are, at the same time, providing livelihood to the poor –
to the workers in the factory who are processing the wastes,” said Villar.
She explained, the plastic wastes recycling factory located in Ilaya,
Las Pinas City is a pilot project of the Villar Foundation.
Villar said if this project will be successful, it can be
replicated in other provinces in the country.
Villar earned the moniker, Misis Hanepbuhay, because of her
many livelihood projects built benefitting the poor.
Before running for Senate, Villar served as Congresswoman of
Las Pinas for 9 years and became
Managing Director of the Villar Foundation, where she continued providing
livelihood projects in 200 towns and cities all over the country.
The waste plastic recycling factory is in addition to the
existing livelihood project or so-called green social enterprises of the Villar
Foundation: waterlily basket weaving enterprise, coconet weaving enterprise,
handmade paper factory, handloom blanket weaving enterprise, charcoal-making
enterprise, citronella oil-making enterprise and organic fertilizer making
factory.
As of latest count, incoming senator Cynthia Villar has
established over 230 pilot centers of the livelihood enterprise all over the
country. She will pursue this advocacy even as a senator as she vowed to put up
one pilot center in each of the 1,600 towns and cities in the Philippines. Her
husband, Senator Manny Villar, will continue her other advocacy other the
Villar Foundation.
The Villar Foundation continues to warn the public about
misleading text messages using its name, it has no existing raffle draws or
promotion, so please ignore or report to the foundation. Please see their
warning.
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