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Location: Angeles City, Pampanga - Central Luzon Region Organized:
1990 Type
of organization: Cooperative
Products:
Wrought iron light furniture with wicker and rattan weaving Number of workers: 100 members Male/Female: 30/70
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 People's Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance Foundation, Inc.
PREDA Fair Trade Assisted Project Wrought iron, wicker and rattan products BAMPCI, also known as Barangay Anunas Multi - Purpose Cooperative, Inc. is located in Angeles City, formerly the host City of the U.S. Air Force in the Philippines. The members were farmers and laborers who provided skilled services to the local industries created by the U.S. Military Base. As welders, they produce wrought iron light furniture woven with wicker and rattan.
The
cooperative was founded in 1990 with the assistance of the Andres Soriano
Foundation, Philippines and USAID. It has a seven-person board of directors
elected from the membership, and a cooperative management staff of four. It was
noted that the management staff is not paid a fixed salary but rather paid
compensation relative to production. The cooperative has its own office and
warehouse/workshop. Most furniture framing and finishing is completed in the
work area while the rattan and wicker weaving tends to be home based. Workers
are paid by the item. The
cooperative sustains its income mainly through conventional commercial buyers,
however the commercial buyers offer much lower prices than the fair trade price
that was determined after a costing analysis with ATOs.
Production material is purchased in bulk by the cooperative and then
distributed to workers for orders. Materials are local to the area. Most
recently, BAMPCI has received design assistance funded by OXFAM. In
1999 PREDA entered into a partnership with BAMPCI to assist in promotion and
marketing. Please
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