Café Lab Program

Youth-Led Social Business

Skills training for Manila’s impoverished youth for hands-on work experience and increased school participation.

Café Lab Program

Youth are provided an innovative hands-on learning experience, inspiring and empowering them towards higher-education and better employment opportunities in the future while generating economic opportunity in impoverished communities.

Increased productivity

Localized Fair-trading

Food security

New opportunities

New economic opportunities for local social businesses.

Professional training

Youth develop professional skills in hospitality improving future opportunities.

Sustainable development

New income is generated for improving the school.

Professional training

International standard training in best-practice poultry rearing.

Sustainable income

Opportunities for the most impoverished to achieve a regular, increased and sustainable income source.

Women empowerment

Women empowered to join economic activities.

Café Lab Program Impact

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Café Labs operational in Metro Manila urban communities.
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Students trained in entrepreneurship and baking, and food service with hands-on work experience.
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Increase from 85% to 97% in school participation rate of students

The school Café Lab project is an innovative school-based social business that provides youth a unique hand-on learning experience while generating new economic opportunities for impoverished communities.

The project teaches students basic hospitality and entrepreneurial skills through professional trainings and internships in the café. Secondly, new business opportunities are created for local community members to partner and source supplies to the café. Finally, the food and drink served by the café provides a variety of healthy meal choices for the student body and generates income for future student activities.

The Café Lab has been successfully launched in 2 metro-Manila schools drawing requests from several other schools for assistance in setting up their own café training programs.

Manila, Philippines

Project location Siem Reap in Cambodia

$15,000 USD

Launches a cafe lab in a metro Manila school.

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