Feature: Negros Showroom at Rob Exhibits Kidtrepreneurs’ Creation

Nine groups of child entrepreneurs, over the weekend, displayed their crafts and sold their food and non-food items in booths outside the Negros Showroom at

the Central Citywalk, Robinsons Place Bacolod.

ANP’s VP for Advocacy, Cris Villacin and German designer-consultant Anna Kamphues, demonstrate beads making out of recycled newspapers and magazines.* (Gil Severino photo)

Their non-food will be displayed and available for sale this whole month of May dubbed by the Association of Negros Producers (ANP) as "the products of our young Negrense entrepreneurs from the Creative Little Minds" or the Negrense Kidtrepreneurs.

"Kidtrepreneurs" is in line with the Association of Negros Producers (ANP) advocacy of developing entrepreneurship among Negrenses, the value system involved starts at home and at an early age.

This time, ANP has partnered with kid entrepreneurs from nine groups and the kidtrepreneurs’ exhibit was made possible through the efforts of Creative Little Minds’ Kitkat Lobaton as event organizer, ANP’s Vice President for Advocacy Cris Villacin, Showroom’s marketing head Teena Rodriguez designer-consultant from Germany, Anna Kamphues.

The participating nine groups were Praying Kids, Junky and Bar, DIP ko, Sweet Tooth, Crepe Your Own, Iron Kids, Shoe ‘Em All, Sew Fab and ONCE.

Kamphues and Villacin last May 12, demonstrated beads making using recycled

newspapers and magazines and kids had fun crafting jewelry pieces for Mothers’ Day.

ANP member Alex Anuales of Crafted Fantasies on the other hand demonstrated jewelry making by using polymer clay as raw material yesterday, May 13.

ANP manages the Negros Showroom at the Central Citywalk, Robinsons Place Bacolod and at the Ground Floor of the Lourdes C Building, Lacson-9th Streets, Bacolod City.

Thus, an event was also held at Negros Showroom along Lacson Street At Showroom Lacson, last May 12, led by the group of May Cueva’s, the Creative Biz Buddies.

They had an exposure trip to the Showroom where their kid participants enjoyed the various displays of Negros-made products.

VP for Advocacy Cris Villacin gave an inspirational talk motivating the young entrepreneurs to dream big and to start working on their dreams while still young.

The week after, their products will also be on display at the Negros Showroom, Lacson Street.*