MASA Inc: January 2017

Sunday, January 29, 2017

MASA Inc

MASA INC

(MAGKASAMANG ADHIKAING SOLAR ASSOCIATION, INC)

MASA Inc or Magkasamang Adhikaing Solar Association,Inc is a non- profit organization whose mission is to light up communities in remote and far flung areas not reached by the local electric provider specially the IP communities living in mountains, forests and remote areas of the Philippines.

MASA INC VOLUNTEERS AND TRAINERS

MASA INC was first created as a facebook group last May 27, 2015 to give free seminars, workshops and training about solar power set ups, innovations and other solar information. Soon enough Ma.Teresita Santillan, the founder-president realized that the group could do more than just giving free workshops and seminars by helping the IP communities have access to solar lighting. Giving them these solar lamps not only help them have lights at night, reduce crime rate in their community but also inspire each child/student to study at night and hopefully produce teachers, engineers, architects and IT experts. With this in mind and heart, she decided to legally register the group at SEC last July 9, 2015.

Since its creation, Masa Inc had already conducted numerous free workshops, seminars, training and had produced 29 Tesda certified EPAS NCII technicians with the 13yrs old as the youngest EPAS NCII holder in the entire Philippines. MASA Inc had also produced the first Tesda certified NCII Solar PV installer Luzon where the only certified NCII Solar PV installer and trainer holder that time was from ARRM(Mindanao)

It had received awards(Heroes Award given by Trojan batteries Singapore), plaques and certificates of appreciation and media acknowledgements and interviews.

MASA Inc circuit designed and innovated by its best technicians had gone to different countries to replace the million dollar global circuit problem of one of the NGOs here with their solar lamps and solar streetlights.

100 solar lamps assembled and sponsored by NuWorks for the Aetas of Botolan Zambales

MASA Inc had been to many remote and hard to reach IP communities of the Philippines giving solar lamps most of the time struggling and braving to trek rugged terrains, crossed rivers and streams, rode bumpy rough roads on sunny or rainy days just to be able to give these lamps donated and assembled by different CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility department of companies and business groups), private companies and institutions, private individuals and other donors and sponsors.

climbed slippery treks going up to the village

It's solar lamps had gone to many upgrades since it was introduced. From the recycled pet bottles, condiment keepers, student's drinking containers to antique gas lamps and now to its world class NATIVE SOLAR LAMPS with a pending patent at IPO.

The New MASA Inc NATIVE SOLAR LAMP

MASA Inc's NATIVE SOLAR LAMP is made of indigenous materials sourced from the deepest and highest mountains of Tanay Rizal. These were handcrafted by the Dumagat Remontados of Magata Tribe in Tanay. Masa inc not only helped them have their own solar lamps but also give them extra source of income by handcrafting these lamp case. The sponsors/donor or CSRs assemble the circuit and lamp in a form of a workshop. The assembled lamp are then donated to other IP community. Sponsors can visit the place and experience the hospitality of the Dumagats, explore the beauty and unexploited nature of Tanay and experience how to handcraft the lamp if they want to.

Magata Tribes Solar Native Lampara production area

There are still thousands of IP communities that live in darkness and have no access to electricity. Please join and support our advocacy of helping light up this villages and give these children hope and inspiration to succeed in their vocation and make us instruments of producing engineers, architects, teachers or IT experts from among them.

Aetas of Botolan Zambales received 101 Solar lamps sponsored by NuWorks

For donation contact MASA Inc at Tel: 8873273 or CP: 09173870895. You may also send us email at masa.inc@yahoo .com or solarlightsofhope@gmail.com. You can also send us a message on MASA Inc FB page.

MASA Inc Page

With Sir Ding Galang at DWDD interview

DWIZ Interview

DZAR Radio Interview

Tarlac OFW Cooperative Livelihood workshop

100 Lights of Hope workshop sponsored by NuWorks

Dumagats of Gen.Nakar

Dumagat Remontados Of Magata Tribe in Tanay

Aetas of Porac Pampanga

1st AFP Climate Change Summit

2nd AFP Climate Change Summit

Conception Tarlac Livelihood Workshop

One of the numerous workshops held at DCP

For donation contact MASA Inc at Tel: 8873273 or CP: 09173870895. You may also send us email at masa.inc@yahoo .com or solarlightsofhope@gmail.com.

You can also send us a message on MASA Inc FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/masainc/

Join and support "DONATE A SOLAR LAMP INSPIRE A CHILD" campaign!

DONATE A SOLAR LAMP INSPIRE A CHILD CAMPAIGN

#MASAInc #SolarLightsofHope

Friday, January 27, 2017

ANG ILAW NG MASA

NATIVE SOLAR LAMP

MASA Inc designed a Native solar lamp using indigenous materials, recycled bottle and MASA Inc circuit. Among the IP Communities that MASA Inc had visited, we felt the need to help the Dumagat Remontados of MAGATA Tribe to have another or extra source of income by teaching them to make these native solar lamps out the indigenous materials found in their community. Rattan, coconut shell and nito fern are abundant in the area and in the deep forest of Tanay.

MASA Inc circuit is used to make the solar lighting work. These circuits are usually assembled in sponsored workshops by CSR's, schools and universities, cooperatives, government and private institutions. After assembly of the circuit, these are then connected to other parts in the lamp and the finished native solar lamp is donated to another IP community.

In this way, we had helped an IP community get extra source of livelihood, let CSR's and other institutions have awareness regarding renewable energy, share their extra resources to communities in need, help light up other IP communities and inspire and motivate every child or student who received the solar lamp to do their best in school since they have now their source of light at night to help light up their study nights. Who knows that with these lamps, we could inspire would be engineers, teachers, architects, IT experts and a mayor or president? Besides helping these IP communities have continuous source of light, we had helped them save 15 or more pesos a day for their gas consumption for a bottle of gas lamp. Gas lamps are hazardous to health and the environment.

There are still thousands of IP communities that lives in darkness and in need of our help. We would like to appeal to your kind hearts to support these advocacy through donations or sponsorship. You may contact us at Tel: (632)8873273 or CP: (632)9173870895. You may email us also at masa.inc@yahoo.com or message us on our FB page.

DONATE A SOLAR LAMP INSPIRE A CHILD fund raising campaign is a continuous campaign for the IP communities.

#SolarLightsOfHope #MASAInc Lady's Choice Philippines Unilever Phils. Inc, UN Ave., Manila

Thank you sir Rolly Magpayo for this beautiful video shoot.

MASA Inc SOLAR ADVOCATES

Who is MASA Inc.

MASA Inc is a group of volunteers from all walks of life. Volunteers as young as 10 years old to a very strong and smart 76 years old happily sharing their precious time to help give these lights of hope to our IP communities in need. Without them, MASA inc wouldn't be this successful in so short a time.

MASA Inc youngest Solar Volunteers and trainers

With Sir Ding at DWDD radio interview

We climbed mountains, walked long rough and rugged paths and terrain, battled the heat of the sun or the rain, struggled making a step on very sticky mud or slippery paths going up the site of the village. We had crossed rivers and streams battling the cold and strong water current, traveled the most bumpy and rugged roads still with all smiles and a happy heart.

We climb mountains, cross rivers, and falls to source out indigenous materials for the lamp.

We slept on rugged and rocky floor of the tents that stood just few steps the river banks, bathed in rivers and ate with our bare hands together like one big happy family, a happy friendship that grew deep in our hearts from working together for the good of the community and our environment with thoughts that one day these solar lamps we share will produce better citizens, professionals, teachers, architects, engineers, IT experts or who knows a mayor or a president someday?

We had always been confident and sure our travel is safe and will always be on time with our Logistics Team leader, Lito Pastor on the wheels.

The climb to Man-Omanan Tribe of Baganihan, Bukidnon

Aeta elders of Botolan Zambales with Lito Pastor

The life and heart of the solar native lamp is in the circuit. It had been innovated many times for upgrades and better performance by no other than the best Technical Team leader of the group, Myk Mica.

Myk Mica assembling the Native Soalr Lamp

Sponsors and donors played the most important role in MASA Inc. It is not that easy to scout for one since we are not yet that famous or as other would say we are not yet branded like big NGOs or foundations. But we are not for branding, our aim is to help in any way we could, donations big and small when put together would already put a hope to any IP community. And who does better and more able in that field but no other than our Social and Marketing Team leader, Jeff Samuel Daquilanea.

Sir Jeff Samuel Daquilanea

In the solar world dominated by mostly men, we need woman shakers and movers to empower women and prove to all that women too can be solar advocates and engineers. We are glad to have our Women Empowerment Team Leader Ria San Gabriel.

Ria and sir Jeff

And who could make the best MASA Inc videos but none other than Rolly Magpayo, a known professional photographer, videographer, editor and artist

Sir Rolly documenting Masa Inc acitivities

Finances are not yet that easy flowing for MASA Inc. A lot of times funds would come from our own pockets to push through a project. We are really thankful and owe a lot of gratitude to Maria Dolores Fontanilla for helping us with finances.

Ms.Maria Dolores Fontanilla during Christmas Party with the Magata Tribe

one of the Dumagat Remontado elders at MASA Inc Christmas party

Experiences from the past acquaintances made MASA Inc just even stronger and learned. With the help of our Sales Marketing Team leader Rob Tan, he helped and guided us with patenting our native solar lamp.

Sir Rob with Lito at 2nd AFP Climate Change Summit

These are the hard working solar advocates behind the success of MASA Inc and of course all the volunteers who were untiringly supporting the advocacy and always on call whenever they are need.