29/07/2025
🌸 Kaiponera Day: Meet Ate Minerva – The Coin Jar Heroine 🌸
(Based on a viral savings story from a Baguio resident)
“Hindi porket sukli lang, hindi pwede maipon!”
Meet Ate Minerva, a teacher-turned-super-saver in the north—who accumulated ₱120,000 by simply collecting spare coins and storing them in a water container under her bed.
📌🧾Her story in a nutshell:
• Sa isang lumang plastic water container niya sinisiksik ang mga barya araw-araw, walang pressure, walang deadline.
• Pangarap nya balang araw magkaroon sila ng puhunan para sa kanilang negosyo.
💬 A quote from her:
“Walang gimik na checking app. Hindi kailangan fancy account. Basta tuloy-tuloy ang sakripisyo…”
That’s the power of disiplina and Maliliit na Barya, Malalaking Pangarap.
🔍 Why We Celebrate Ate Minerva:
• She turned simplicity into strategy—no apps, just will.
• She proved that saving isn’t about kung magkano ang kikitain, kundi kung paano mo umpisahan, kahit maliit.
• Barya by barya, she built a better future—without pressure and without utang.
💖 Saludo kami kay Ate Minerva.
Isa kang tunay na Kaiponera, quietly changing tomorrow, one coin at a time.
📝 ILR Reflection:
• Not everyone has ₱5,000 to start—but everyone has at least a peso.
• Hindi maliit ang barya kapag pinagsama-sama.
• Hindi lang pera ang iniipon, kundi disiplina at pag-asa.
