Breaking out of poverty


Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, co-founder and president of Rags2Riches, with AirAsia Foundation's inaugural social enterprise award. The enterprise uses the weaving-skills of the Payatas women as the launch pad for their business. - Photo by/from ???

Improving people’s lives is the core business of social business enterprise, Rags2Riches.

SUSAMARIE Estabillo flashes a big, warm smile as she holds open the gates to the quaint house that is home to Rags2Riches, Inc, a social business enterprise that was founded and is based in Manila. The organisation helps impoverished communities in the Philippines lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty.

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