Messy Bessy by H.O.U.S.E.

Heart2Heart is proud to feature behind the scenes of Messy Bessy…… aside from it being environmentally friendly, it also helps 8 young adults. Messy Bessy is only one of the projects of H.O.U.S.E. which is a foundation set up by my sister, Krie.  I am looking forward to more of her projects because she is very creative..so watch out for more things to come from H.O.U.S.E 

 

Here is a short background of the foundation from Krie:

H.OU.S.E. was built to be a group of businesses that are run by young adults who are disadvantaged (formerly abused, impoverished, neglected and/or incarcerated) 

Established in 2007 and has since generated over 4,000 hours of work experience for the 8 beneficiaries, all of whom are young adults from the Virlanie Foundation (www.virlanie.org).  Virlanie is the largest non-sectarian child-caring nonprofit organization in Manila.

The first enterprise of H.OU.S.E. is Messy Bessy Cleaners, Inc., established in November 2007. (www.messybessy.com)

Messy Bessy Cleaners, Inc. is a manufacturer and wholesaler of eco-friendly, nontoxic household cleaners.  Currently, we carry 18 different products offered in over 10 distribution points.

Profits from Messy Bessy are funelled back into the beneficiaries — through (1) salaries and (2) personal development programs which include home schooling, art therapy and the like.  Home schooling for 3 of our beneficiaries/employees started in March of this year.

The upcoming enterprises of H.OU.S.E. include the following:  Daisy’s Daydream all-natural Ice Cream and Misis Linis, a lower end line of green cleaners to be distributed through women’s livelihood projects in depressed areas.

HOUSE is a social enterprise — a for-profit venture with social goals.  Although our businesses are designed to sustain the project, we are still hoping for  donations to jumpstart our development programs.  We are in particular looking for:

(1) A space with affordable rent for Safe HOuSE — a center that holds our kitchen, office, storage and School HOuSE.  

(2) kitchen supplies, office furniture, text books, books

(3) old clothes, uniforms, aprons

Previous Entries:

Messy Bessy November 5, 2007

Thank You from Messy Bessy January 12, 2008 

Earth day Message from Messy Bessy April 22, 2008 

Messy Bessy Holiday 2008 and Introducing Messy Baby October 30, 2008 

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