Grassroots program from the heart of JP Morgan
MANILA, Philippines -The JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) Entrepreneurship Education for Community Development Program under Bayan Academy’s JPMC Technical and Livelihood Center continues its goal towards training 500 scholars, with 75 individuals for its third cycle.
Twenty of the JPMC scholars chose the Commercial Cooking course. Most are in the employable ages of 18 to 30 years old and decided to join the program to make a difference in lives of their respective families.
During their training, they were taught standard procedures for Hot Kitchen, Cold Kitchen and Baking and Pastry to shape them into capable workers for restaurants, hotels, and the kitchens of cruise ships. With Bayan Academy’s classes on Entrepreneurship and Management, they were also given the tools to start their own small businesses. The course fully prepared them for whichever type of work they would pursue after graduation by imparting lessons in values formation, surviving job interviews, etiquette in the workplace, and writing effective resumes.
The technopreneurship course on hairdressing was held on Feb. 5 with 20 JPMC scholars. Bayan Academy partnered with Reyes International School of Cosmetology for the 40-day program, including a week of OJT training.
The Beauty Care program for BASECO scholars was held from Feb. 19 to April 25, with 14 participants. The program covered hands-on training in Nail Care, facial spa, foot spa, body massage and waxing, with Technopreneurship topics in Opportunity Seeking, Screening and Seizing (OSS); Customer Profiling; Quality Delivery and Price/Input; Throughput and Output; HR; Finance and Business Planning.
The outreach class conducted a three-day community service in BASECO from March 6 to 8. It was held in the Barangay Children Protection Program Building (March 6 and 7) and the Senior Citizen’s Center (March 8).The scholars served 347 children and senior citizens by providing free haircut, manicure and pedicure services. This number includes those who were invited as models in Bayan Academy.
For inquiries, e-mail: patricia.javier-gutierrez@jpmorgan.com or felipesphilip@yahoo.com.
