Coco Natur Gift Items Out in the Market
Coco Natur announced that starting October 1, 2006, it is ready to receive and deliver orders from institutions, organizations and individuals for their gifts that they intend to give this coming Christmas season. A number of individuals and institutions including the Small and Business Guarantee Fund (SBGFC) of the Department of Trade and Industry have already asked Atikha/Coco Natur to produce for them gift packages as their individual and institutional Christmas gifts. Coco Natur (which replaced Likhang Atikha) is the social enterprise set up by Atikha in the communities of San Pablo City that produces and markets a variety of coconut products. Read More...

Tapping OFW Money for Community Development
Social entrepreneur aims for profit and social impact Coconut farmers in Brgy.Sto. Nino in San Pablo City, Laguna used to sell their produce for only P1 to P2 per piece to traders. Having abandoned copra making after prices plummeted in the world market and lacking the technical expertise to develop other uses for the coconuts, they were forced to sell their harvest at a cheap price. The slow economy also forced many residents there to migrate to the urban areas or find work abroad. But things are changing. Read More...

Where OFWs' and coconut farmers' needs meet.
SAN PABLO CITY, Philippines -- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) always worry about how to save money and where to put their savings, and coconut farmers constantly complain of dropping coconut prices. One solution offered by Coco Natur Overseas Filipino Worldwide and Producers Cooperative is the establishment of a cooperative and the setting up of a community-based coconut enterprise in which OFWs could invest their money.Read More...