Badong Monteiro was 15 years old when he worked at a footwear factory and decided to put up his own business after his self-designed floral flipflops sold well.
Fifty years after, Badong’s now produces 2,000 pieces of slippers every month and brings in P50,000 a day on weekends, with its bakya and sandals with woodwork its signature products.
In “My Puhunan,” Badong teaches Victor Ancheta, a shoe repairman, how to make slippers so Victor can earn twice or thrice as how much he currently earns.
Diros Bigornia, meanwhile, gives a source of livelihood to two families that can barely make ends meet in “Mutya ng Masa” tomorrow (Jan 7).
Don’t miss “My Puhunan” this Wednesday (Jan 8), and “Mutya ng Masa” tomorrow (Jan 7), 4:45PM on ABS-CBN. For updates, follow @mypuhunan and @MutyaNgMasa on Twitter or like www.facebook.com/MyPuhunan and www.facebook.com/MutyaNgMasa.
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