Holistic Coalition of the Willing began from an AFOS Foundation, Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation collaboration, to a region-wide holistic movement. From a successful Craft Act road-show in Germany, spanning five cities, and then Manila during the PIFS 2015, HoliCOW went home to Cebu, where it all began.
Hacienda Crafts Company is a co-founder of HoliCOW.
WHAT IS HOLICOW?
HOLISTIC COALITION OF THE WILLING
We are the Holistic Coalition of the Willing (HoliCOW for short) – a group of designers, manufacturers, and crafters, mostly based in the Visayas region of the Philippines, who are passionate about sustainability.
WHAT WE DO?
DESIGNING TO EMPOWER
We collaborate with partner-communities to develop, produce, and market sustainable, fair trade products that responsibly tap a community’s skills and resources, and that supplement their livelihood.
DESIGNING TO RECLAIM
HoliCOW partners up with designers and manufacturers to explore more sustainable production practices and develop products from excess materials that usually get discarded. We also consult and help brainstorm with designers to find ways to express and celebrate our Visayan and Filipino identities through design.
