Inspiring stories from The Good Guys Bazaar

FROM the outside, The Good Guys Bazaar looks just like any other bazaar you would see in a mall: sellers selling different kinds of stuff, from food to plants to gift items.

Except that this one offers more than the usual bazaar fare. When you buy from these sellers, you are helping extend a lifeline to parents displaced by the pandemic. You give people the means to help others. You are helping displaced Overseas Filipino Workers have the means to stay home with their family. Meet two of these mompreneurs. Suzzaraine Visda of Kiara’s Kitchen mans her booth with her husband. Upon closer inspection, you’ll see she’s not selling heaps of baked bread. Her cinnamon rolls and banana bread are displayed artfully and properly-spaced in her booth. They are baked in small batches to make sure each bread is made with love — a fitting practice for a business named after her own daughter.

Suzzaraine and her family are tenants of SMDC Field Residences in Paranaque. She is one of over 250 resident entrepreneurs participating in The Good Guys’ Entrepreneurship Program.

Maribelle Nervaez of His Staff On Us is a resident of Jazz Residences in Makati. Her booth immediately stands out because it is brimming with signs you can display at your office desk, take home to your family, or give away as gifts. The signs showcase positive messages about hope, reminding all of us about God’s love and His promise never to forsake us.

When you feel weary, this is what you need.

“SMDC asked us if we could join bazaars, so I came up with a business that can help people cope with the pandemic while also being an expression of my faith,”

Maribelle says. “My business partner here is Jesus Christ. It is about sharing the Gospel and keeping hope alive.”

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