Jeepney a Solution

“The Jeepney Magazine” is a Filipino “street paper” published by the Urban Opportunities for Change, Foundation Inc.

Jeepney has one overriding goal:  To create and provide jobs for the homeless community that meets or exceeds the minimum wage.

Jeepney puts into practice real and effective entrepreneurship.  We provide street and homeless people capital in the way of magazines.  We provide training and education on direct sales.  Our self-employed vendors learn the value of saving.  They learn how to set sales goals.  They learn how to relate and interact with people.  They experience a sense of dignity and self worth.

Street papers are a new idea in Asia.  They have proven themselves in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australia, as a viable method of poverty alleviation.  Jeepney is the first street paper among Asian’s developing countries. Governments the world over, including the United Nations, have recognized “street papers” as an effective way, to reintegrate, homeless people and those trapped in drug and alcohol addictions back into society.

Get involved! alleviate poverty in the Philippines by reading the Jeepney Magazine.

Share on Facebook