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 with a unique, hands-on learning experience, while also generating new economic opportunities for impoverished communities in the Philippines.

Primarily, the project teaches students basic hospitality and entrepreneurial skills through professional training and internships in the café. Secondly, new business opportunities are created for local community members to partner with and provide supplies to the café. Finally, the food and drink served by the café offers a variety of healthy meal choices for the student body, while also generating income to fund future student activities.

The Café Lab project has been launched successfully in two metro-Manila schools, drawing requests from several other schools to receive assistance in setting up their own dynamic in-house café training programs.

Manila, Philippines

Project location Siem Reap in Cambodia

US$15,000

 launches a Café Lab in a metro Manila school

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