Virginia and Aly Lubguban had foresight, were goal-oriented, and always worked as a team. Early in their marriage they invested in planting Gmelina (Beechwood) trees on their property in the [...]

Zosima first started buying and selling firewood that she would peddle to bakeries across her town. Parents of 10 children, she and her husband, Remigio, knew that they needed to [...]

Like countless others in her community, Jesusa Altamera was no stranger to poverty. It was a constant struggle to provide for her three growing children. Her husband, Gilberto’s, wages wasn’t [...]

Daria Ango was content living her life as a housewife to her husband, Agapito. She would spend her days on watching their four girls while Agapito worked delivering water around [...]

Myrna and her husband, Guillermo, met while she was in high school and married after graduation. They lived in a bamboo hut with a roof weaved from coconut leaves. Myrna [...]

Mary Jane shared a shanty with her husband’s siblings in a fishing village. Living conditions were poor and unhealthy, especially for their children. Their worst fears were realized when their [...]