Joji (aka Lakambini Mapayapa) graduated from the University of Santo Tomas (B.Sc., 1979). She also studied International Relations at the University of the Philippines. She moved to Canada in 1986 and since then developed a successful career in the investment and financial industry. She returned to the Philippines in 2006. As CEO of Coffee For Peace, Inc., she became the Women Entrepreneur Winner of CitiBank-Business in Development Network, Philippines in 2010. She also received, in 2015, an N-Peace Award from the United Nations Development Program – Impact Investment Exchange Asia (UNDP-IIXAsia) in behalf of the women who comprise the 80 percent of the farming farmers of Coffee For Peace, Inc. She was invited for the N-Peace Awards Ceremony at One UN Hotel, New York, NY. In October of 2017, Lakambini completed her Master of Entrepreneurship in Social Enterprise Development, Ateneo de Manila University - Graduate School of Business. Asked why she left her career in Vancouver, Canada for Mindanao: “I can’t imagine having a summary of my life printed on my tombstone as: ‘Spent her life managing rich people’s money.’ I want to be remembered as: ‘A person who walked with the people as they find dignity through sustainable economic development.’”
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‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ WON A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AWARD
Coffee For Peace (CFP) won second prize in a national business competition called “Developmental Social Enterprise Award–Solution for Social Change”. This award is a new venue to showcase social enterprises that are committed to delivering impactful ways to solve social challenges. CFP is one of the social enterprises in the Philippines that qualified to participate in …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2015/03/15/coffee-for-peace-won-a-social-enterprise-award/
TALA IS OUR NEW MISSIONARY TO KALINGA
We, at PeaceBuilders Community and at Coffee For Peace, have learned to respect Tala as a person who enjoys leading people and who is patient in managing things. She has no trouble talking with people and loves to organize them. When assigned a leadership task, she can anticipate problems and provide solutions even in circumstances …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/18/tala-is-our-new-missionary-to-kalinga/
INCLUSIVE GROWTH IS THE KEY ASPECT OF OUR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION ADVOCACY
As we are getting deeply immersed in divided communities because of unresolved conflicts, the more we are becoming aware of the need for inclusive economic development as a critical aspect of our peace and reconciliation ministry. Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) is the heart of our ministry. Our concept of peace — from the Hebrew term …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/07/02/inclusive-growth-is-an-aspect-of-our-peace-and-reconciliation-advocacy/
WILLARD METZGER JOINS PBCI AND CFP 2014 RETREAT IN MINDANAO
28-30 May 2014. Dr. Willard Metzger, Executive Director of Mennonite Church Canada, visited Mindanao and encouraged us during the joint spiritual retreat of the PeaceBuilders Community and Coffee For Peace. Willard was accompanied by Gordon Janzen, MCCanada Witness Facilitator for Asia. Before coming to Davao City, they spent time with our sisters and brothers at …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/05/31/willard-metzger-joins-2014-pbci-and-cfp-retreat-in-mindanao/
WE INVITE OUR CANADIAN PARTNERS TO INVEST IN MINDANAO
We are calling investors from among the Mennonite Church Canada to come and see for themselves what is happening in the economy of the Philippines, especially in Mindanao. Our country’s economy remained to be on an upward trend even after the major floods, armed-skirmishes, super-typhoons, storm surge, and earthquake we have experienced in the past …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/03/20/we-invite-our-canadian-partners-to-invest-in-mindanao/
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY TAKES SHAPE AS PART OF OUR DREAM
Part of our dream at PBCI is to be economically sustainable in our ministries in the Philippines. But we don’t want to remain in a dreamworld. With God’s grace, we will continue with our labour of love to worship God and to realize our dream of peace and reconciliation in our land. In order to …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/07/03/economic-sustainability-takes-shape-as-part-of-pbci-dream/
OUR SMALL ‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ IS MAKING A BIGGER IMPACT
Our social business is small but its impact is getting bigger. According to the Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, a social business is “a non-loss, non-dividend company designed to address a social objective within the highly regulated marketplace of today. It is distinct from a non-profit because the business should seek to generate a modest …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/06/06/our-small-coffee-for-peace-is-making-a-bigger-impact/
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