Caritas Manila’s BUY & GIVE Expo 2

Buy and Give 2 through Caritas Manila’s Expo at Glorietta

The Social Entrepreneurship Program of Caritas Manila will hold the second-run of a Grand Expo dubbed “Buy and Give Expo 2”on November 28-30, 2014 at the Glorietta Activity Center, Palm Drive, Makati City.

Caritas Manila’s Social Entrepreneurship Program helps the livelihood of poor communities by encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit and marketing their products. This program is providing skills and training to the urban poor communities and marginalized sector as well as honing them to become social entrepreneurs. Caritas Margins and Segunda Mana are two of the programs under Social Entreprise.

The first expo was held last year, November 29, 30 and December 1, 2013 at the TriNoma Mall in Quezon City.

Buy and Give Expo 2 will showcase products made by social entrepreneurs. It aims to raise funds to help sustain the social enterprise and other pro-poor programs of Caritas Manila.

Here are some of the products that you can see in the expo:



The Expo will sell products which are 100% made by marginalized communities in Metro Manila and provinces, such as gift items, accessories and personal care products made by urban poor families. It will also offer artworks made by residents of the National Bilibid Prison and pre-loved items and inventories generously shared by the benefactors and corporate partners of Caritas Manila.

The Expo is dubbed as BUY and GIVE because every product enables the buyer to GIVE and SHARE in 3 ways: First, the buyer generates income for the producer from the marginalized community or sector. Second, part of the income is plowed back to Caritas Manila to sustain its pro-poor programs, specifically the Skills and Livelihood Training and the Youth Servant Leadership and Education Programs. Third, the buyer gets high-quality products at friendly prices for his personal use or as gift to people he cares about.

Chris Tiu – CARITAS Ambassador is also helping the caritas manila to gain more funds and send more unfortunate kids to school, and give them brighter future..

Come to Caritas Manila’s BUY & GIVE EXPO 2 for good finds at reasonable prices. Shopping has never been this indulgent to the heart.


Programs of Activities Buy and Give Expo 2 Glorietta Activity Center, Palm Drive, Makati City

Day 1 – November 28, 2014 (Friday)

- Opening/Ribbon Cutting/Blessing/Remarks with Caritas Manila’s Board of Trustees and Guests
- Choir Performance
- Meet and Greet with Chris Tiu, Caritas Manila Ambassador
- Launching of Caritas Manila Mobile Application
- Healing Mass with Rev. Fr. Ferdinand “Soy” T. Hernando

Day 2 – November 29, 2014 (Saturday)

- Choir Performance
- Cooking Demo by Chef Jessie
- Performance by GMA Artists
- Showcase of Caritas Margins Products (Fashion Show)
- Healing Mass with Fr. Joey Faller

Day 3 – November 30, 2014 (Sunday)

- Choir Performance
- Showcase of Caritas Margins Products (Fashion Show)
- Healing Mass with Rev. Fr. Anton Pascual

Segunda Mana Charity Store Now Open in Greenfield District

Caritas Manila opened its new Segunda Mana Charity Store at Platform Northbound, Greenfield District Station, Mandaluyong City last November 15, 2014.


Rev. Fr. Anton CT Pascual, Executive Director of Caritas Manila, graced the blessing and ribbon cutting of the newest branch.

This is the 16th branch of Segunda Mana. Other stores are located at Caritas Manila Head Office, Makati Cinerama Complex, Harrison Plaza, StarMall-EDSA, StarMall-Alabang, Victory Central Mall, Victory Shopping Center, Victory Pasay Mall, Farmer's Plaza, Sta. Lucia Mall, Riverbank Center-Marikina, Metropoint Mall EDSA-Taft Rotonda, San Roque Cathedral and Victory Mall, Lacson Underpass, Quiapo Manila.

Segunda Mana, also known as Caritas In-kind program of Caritas Manila. Segunda Mana accepts the following items: old items that can still be use, used items that still have value, new items, and old stocks and non-moving inventories.

Pre-loved items such as clothes, shoes, bags, toys, home and fashion accessories are donated by generous companies, organizations and individuals which are offered at friendly prices in Segunda Mana stalls.

Proceeds from the sale of the items will go to the pro-poor programs of Caritas Manila particualrly to support the scholarship of hte Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program(YSLEP).

As Rev. Fr. Anton Pascual puts it, "Buying is hte new way of giving."

To know more about our programs, just visit www.caritasmanila.org.ph