More than 5,000 women have undergone the ‘Sari-Sari Training and Access to Resources’ programme, otherwise known as “STAR.”
A partnership between Coca-Cola Philippines and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provided women who own sari-sari stores with alternative financial services, planning and management guides, promotion of gender sensitivity, peer mentoring and additional business networks to assist them in their businesses.
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According to TESDA, 34,258 people from 43 locations around the Philippines have taken the course.
Coco-Cola has said the STAR programme is an initiative to empower five million women by the year 2020.