Vision and Mission

VISION
A non-government organization (NGO) that enables social and economic upliftment of co-op members and the community through:

  • Gender mainstreaming
  • Enterprise development and management
  • Organizational development.

 

MISSION
To enable social, economic, moral and spiritual improvement and upliftment of the co-op members and the community through:

    a) Promoting communication and awareness of gender equality (GE) issues
    b) Ensuring sustainability of the GE program in the co-op.

 

VALUES

God-centered: guided by Divine Providence
Equality: a society of equality/gender fairness
Rights-based: protect human rights through the elimination of social injustice
Commitment and competence: deliver services with passion and excellence

 

OBJECTIVES
As a national advocacy group and training organization, GERC Inc.'s Objectives are:

  • To promote GE in and among co-ops and to heighten the social impact of co-ops
  • To develop capacities of women and households in entrepreneurship
  • To effect the transformation of all persons in the co-ops; to “fight poverty and social injustice with gender equality” (as quoted from the “Call for Action” of the “2nd National Summit on Gender and Development (GAD) in Cooperatives,” Baguio City, PH, 2016)