♟️socially, we agree
Ang kahirapan is not just an economic condition; it’s also a social shared belief ❇️ that can influence how individuals view themselves and how they are viewed by others.📸
👤Social identities — kung mahirap, may kaya, o mayaman ka — affect the sense of belonging, self-esteem, and self-worth ng isang tao.
📉Poverty can also create a distinct social identity, where individuals may manifest negative stereotypes and stigmas associated with being less privileged. Ito yung dahilan kung bakit ang mahihirap ay may 🫣 feelings of shame, inadequacy, and 🫥 social isolation.
⚠️Ito rin ang dahilan kung bakit ang mahihirap ay lalong naghihirap.
One
👺Identity trap
🥀 Poverty and identity are deeply intertwined. Poverty can shape an individual’s identity that can hinder their ability to improve their economic situation.
Kapag ang tingin mo sa sarili mo ay mahirap, lahat ng behavior, pag-iisip, at pag-uugali mo ay pang-mahirap. ⚓️
Siguro dahil inalipin tayo sa sarili nating bansa for hundreds of years, we lost our identity that was key to our greatness.🥺
Until now, akala natin hindi tayo magaling. Hindi tayo world-class. Wala tayong maipagmamalaki. Hindi natin kayang tumayo sa sarili nating mga paa.
💔The remnants of our painful, traumatic past still linger. Baka naging part na nga ng DNA natin.
🗄️Hindi itinuturo sa atin kung gaano tayo kagaling noon, ano ang mga values na meron tayo that made us thrive as a civilization noong unang panahon.
Because we don’t know our history, our story, we don’t know our real identity. If we don’t know who we are, we don’t know what we are capable of.🧘♀️
⛓️Poor identity breeds poverty.
Two
🤼Competition trap
We thought our fellow Filipinos are the enemies. We rarely collaborate. We fight almost always. We don’t look at a common future. Laging may pinatutunayan. 😤Laging may kalaban. Laging may nanlalamang. Laging may naiiwan at nasasaktan.
🥇For many years, our schools inadvertently developed us as competitors instead of collaborators. Isa lang ang first honor. Kung gusto mong maging number one sa klase, talunin mo lahat.
For many years, we thought success means “beating everybody in the room.” Unless you do, you won’t amount to something.
🥋Fast forward. Nagtapos. Nag-trabaho. Ano’ng nangyari sa trabaho? Lahat kinalaban. Laging may gustong patunayan. Yung iba, seemingly nag-succeed. Yung nga lang, sobrang pagod. Yung iba naman, nag-give up na lang.
🏜️Nawala yung true spirit ng success: It takes a village to raise a child. Nagkanya-kanya. Sa akin ito, sa iyo yan. Ending? magkaka-away tayo kahit pare-pareho naman tayong Pilipino.
⛓️Competition fuels poverty.
Three
🛖Bahay-kubo trap
The smallness of thinking. Oh, wow! We were made to sing “Bahay-kubo, kahit munti…” without realizing the impact it has on us. It allowed us to think small, makunteto sa maliit, huwag nang mangarap. Okey na ang maliit na bahay na ‘yan. Wag ka nang maghangad.
❌Game over. Before the game even begins.
Sa kanta, puro gulay. Bakit walang fruits? May kamatis pala. Nag-iisang prutas, technically.
👎Bakit hindi mangga, avocado, atis, at dragon fruit? Kase maliit lang ang lupain. Wag mangarap ng malaking ektarya. Small time. Small thinker. Small dreamer.
🐶We grow our children to be servants; not leaders. We become a nation of followers instead of a country of great leaders.
No wonder we are the number one human resources exporter in the world. Yung best natin, ipinapadala sa abroad. 🧠Brain drain. Talent shortage. Ibang lahi ang nakikinabang sa galing ng ating lahi.
😭Yung best natin, second-class citizens lang in other countries.
We don’t think abundance. We don’t think big. We think scarcity. We don’t plan to have more so we can give more. We plan to have enough and when we fall short?
🫣Manghihingi. Mangungutang. Mamumulubi.
Yung mababang self-esteem, mas lalo pang bumaba. Then, we start blaming the world for its harshness. Malupit daw ang mundo kahit ang totoo, ang naging problema ay ikaw mismo.
🌱Do you remember the plant was last mentioned in the Bahay-kubo song? Correct. Linga! Sesame seeds.
Nag-start sa maliit na bahay-kubo, tinapos sa napakaliit na linga.
⛓️Smallness of thinking leads to poverty.
The Antidote.
We’ve got solution.
Just like you, frustrated din kami. We channeled our dismay into this movement — one which, we believe, can break the chain of poverty.
🤗🥹🫠 We’re glad you asked
Yakap sa Mamamayan (also known as Yaman Advocacy Cooperative), founded by Asian-Filipino motivational speaker and author Lloyd Luna, is an advocacy cooperative established alongside Filipino professional speakers and trainers, thought leaders, subject matter experts, and key opinion leaders aimed at addressing poverty through free learning programs.
Our ♥️ advocacy centers on poverty alleviation through 🥷🏻 training and 📗education.
Yung mga excessive at expensive fees sa mga talks, seminars, training, and workshops, hindi mo na problema! Libre na if member ka ng kooperatiba.
Not for everyone! 🙅♂️
Any person (Filipino and of legal age), who 😍 loves to learn, 🥊 fights for a cause, ❤️🔥 aspires to be wealthy.
In other words:
For questions, you can join our Yaman Pre-Membership Education Seminar.
Regular membership are reserved for professional public speakers, trainers, thought leaders, key opinion leaders, and subject matter experts.
To qualify to teach, a regular member must be a member of Philippine Speakers Bureau. Dapat graduate ka ng Certified Public Speaker o CPS® Program or Public Speaking Fellow o PSF® program mula sa Public Speaking Institute. Or, mayroon ka nang at least 5 years as a professional speaker or trainer.
If you’re interested to be a member, you can join our Pre-Membership Education Seminar.
Associate membership are for students, out-of-school youth, teachers, freelancers, all working professionals, self-employed individuals, private and government employees, elected officials from barangay level to local government to national posts, entrepreneurs, and civic society and church leaders.
Our application in Cooperative Development Authority is on process. As of July 2025, we have completed our Pre-Registration Seminar with the Cooperative Development (CDA) of the Philippines.
You’ll receive regular updates when you sign up.
We’re not a credit cooperative. Hindi po kami ‘yung nagpapa-utang ng pera ng members. We’re not an electric cooperative. We’re not an employees cooperative. We are not other types of coop.
We are an ❤️🔥 advocacy cooperative, which means we grow our wealth while pushing for our cause. Yung kinikita ng coop from our talks, seminars, and training ang pinapalaki namin para makapagbigay kami ng benefits sa mga members namin.
Primary cooperative kami. We provide professional training for all other types of cooperatives. Hindi kami kalaban. Kakampi kami ng bawat kooperatiba.
Ito ang sama-samang pagkilos para sa sama-samang pagyaman. 💰
Imagine you’re learning and earning and supporting a cause altogether. Cool, yeah?
Not typical.
Talks. Seminars. Trainings. Workshops. Consulting works.
We are built different. We do different. 🧩
Every talk, every seminar, every training we make makes our fund grow for distribution to members in the form of 🍰 dividend income and ⬅️ patronage refund — and a lot more!
From a movement initiated by our founder and chairman 🦸♂️ Lloyd Luna, our cooperative is composed of thought leaders, professional speakers and trainers, key opinion leaders from different industries, disciplines, and professions.
We not only have academicians, businessmen, government officials, corporate managers, church and civic leaders, and working professionals in our group.
We have work-at-home moms, dads, aunts, uncles, retirees, part-time and contractual workers, out-of-school youth, and students in our community.
Kahit ano pang estado mo sa buhay, 🫠welcome ka sa Cooperative namin — either tapag-turo ka or tinuturuan.
🍰 Dividend or interest on your share capital, patronage refund, discount on program fees, complimentary learning events, emergency health and accident assistance and occasional whats-in-a-bag provision, exercise of leadership and other inter-personal skills, satisfaction in supporting a cause, among others.
😍 Almost complete benefits can be seen here. ⬅️
An annual membership fee of P500 for associate and P1000 for regular members — and a minimum share capital of P1000. Naka-base sa share capital mo ang magiging dividend income mo.
When your membership application is 👍 approved, you’re on to your Yaman journey.
When you’ve completed your Pre-Membership Education Seminar, you can apply now as a member: Fill up this ➡️ form.
🧩 We definitely have plans. Branches in Mindanao, Cebu, and Luzon. But give us some time.
We are, however, a national cooperative. We operate in the entire country. We do our learning programs online and onsite. We maximize the use of available 🤖 technology to build this cooperative.
Wherever you are in the Philippines (and abroad), you can be a member!
Pwede kaming pumunta sa venue ng mga clients namin when needed.
🐣 You can attend an online orientation para malaman ang kumpletong detalye ng papasukin mo. If you like the idea, then you can decide to apply as a member.
Fill up this ➡️ application form.
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