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PSHF
Philippine Self-Help Foundation
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HOW WE STARTEDThe PSHF came into being in January 1987. The island of Negros in the Southern Visayas region was plunged into crisis when the price of sugar in the world market collapsed. Read more.. -
ABOUT THE FOUNDERThe PSHF came into being in January 1987. The island of Negros in the Southern Visayas region was plunged into crisis when the price of sugar in the world market collapsed. Read more.. -
LOANSThe PSHF's main goal is to provide loans to poor families in the Philippines. The PSHF's intention is to encourage self-help so the loans are used as capital for small businesses. Read more.. -
GRANTSWe also help individuals with grants for unaffordable medical treatment, housing assistance, business revival and training, specifically through organic farming seminars. Read more.. -
LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING CENTERIn 1997, we branched out and opened a preschool, the LLC, in Bulacao, a poor suburb in Cebu city. The primary goal of the school is to provide good quality and affordable education to poor children. Read more.. -
FARMWe have a 2.3 hectare plot of land on the island of Guimaras which we are developing into a pioneering farm for the practice of permaculture and in the future, we hope, a training centre for sustainable agriculture. Read more.. -
ENVIRONMENTThe PSHF has set up an environmental arm in order to help address the effects of pollution and global warming in the areas where it operates. The initial step taken towards this end is the clean up of the creek in Guba village in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental.. -
Partnering Towards Self-Reliance.
TYPHOON ULYSSES
The northern Philippines is battered by a category 4 typhoon causing massive flooding. PSHF sends help. Read on ....
Featured Project for March 2021
Through a PSHF livelihood loan, Renante and Emie will be able to have their own fishing equipment. Read their story....
THE STRUGGLES OF THE URBAN POOR UNDER COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
With Bacolod City under lockdown due to Covid-19, slum residents are struggling. Read how PSHF is responding in two neighbourhoods...
PSHF VENTURES INTO REMOTE PARTS
All aboard for the rides back to Sto. Niño
Richard interviews loan applicants in the hills of Negros Oriental, tells their stories and delves into the daily lives of the local people. Read on ...
