Maria Bien

This is Maria Bien, 60, from Mulawin, Pasay City - a populous community. She lives with her husband, Jesus, and their six children.

Maria has been in business for ten years. She rents out their house’s eight rooms to transients and boarders. She also has a pedicab (rickshaw) and she also sells mineral water and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). Combined, she earns more than P20,000 a month. She is saving most of her profits in preparation for her husband’s heart surgery.

Maria joined the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) Credit Cooperative in 2005. She is in need of a new loan of P32,000 for the renovation of her rooms for rent.


About CCT
The Center for Community Transformation (CCT) is an organized Christian response against poverty and social injustice. This is carried out through the fusion of social development initiatives and evangelical mission in a uniquely Filipino context. It serves urban and rural poor communities throughout the Philippines, in pursuit of its desire to see changed lives, strong families, and transformed communities centered in the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

CCT is a member of the Five Talents family.




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