Sebagai bagian dari perayaan Bulan Perempuan Nasional, para istri anggota Pasukan Pengamanan Presiden (PSG) diajari cara membuat kue sebagai mata pencaharian yang berkelanjutan.

 Diresmikan pada 20 Februari lalu, "The Bread Camp," sebuah toko roti yang akan dijalankan oleh PSG Enlisted Personnel (EP) Ladies Club di Malacañang, kini menawarkan "Pan Digong", pan de sal keju kambing premium yang diberi nama sesuai dengan nama Presiden Rodrigo Duterte.

 "Saya dengar dia sangat menyukai roti. Dia adalah orang yang sangat sederhana dan memiliki kecintaan yang mendalam terhadap orang Filipina. Saya rasa pan de sal akan menjadi pilihan roti terbaik yang dia sukai," kata Cristina Versoza, anggota EP Ladies Club.

 Proyek ini diprakarsai oleh Aboitiz Group melalui unit tanggung jawab sosial perusahaannya, Aboitiz Foundation, dan unit bisnis makanannya, Pilmico.

 Sekitar 300 anggota PSG-EP Ladies Club akan secara langsung mendapatkan manfaat dari kebangkitan kembali bisnis toko roti yang dulu sangat menguntungkan ini.

 "Toko roti Itong aming, saat saya laporkan tahun 2016 lalu, masih buka, namun tutup. Kemudian beberapa bulan setelahnya, toko ini benar-benar tutup dan tetap tutup selama beberapa waktu. Mabuti na lang mungkin teman-teman yang bermaksud baik seperti Aboitiz na gustong tumulong sa mga sundalo," kata Komandan PSG, Kolonel Jose Eriel Niembra.

 Niembra mencatat bahwa The Bread Camp memiliki peluang bagus untuk sukses dengan melayani masyarakat sekitar.

Juni 2018 lalu, Pilmico mendonasikan kepada PSG sebuah peralatan bakery yang terdiri dari oven dua dek, mixer spiral, mixer kue, alat pengiris roti, rak memasak, lemari pendingin, lemari pendingin, lemari pendingin tipe dada, serta tepung Pilmico dan bahan-bahan kue.

 Para anggota PSG-EP Ladies Club menjalani pelatihan pembuatan roti dan belajar membuat roti, kue kering, kue, dan produk lainnya di bawah "Program Mata Pencaharian Toko Roti PMAKANAN (Perubahan Terjadi, Mata Pencaharian Pertanian Akan Kami Tawarkan) Toko Roti Berkat Perubahan Livelihood Program

Ini bukan pertama kalinya Aboitiz Group memberikan program mata pencaharian memanggang roti kepada para tentara negara kita. Januari 2018 lalu, Aboitiz Group meresmikan Toko Roti Noble Bakers di Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, yang dikelola oleh para tentara Komando Operasi Khusus Angkatan Darat Filipina (SOCOM) yang terluka dalam pertempuran.

 Aboitiz juga menyumbangkan roti kepada Resimen Pramuka Ranger Pertama di San Miguel, Bulacan dan penduduk Marawi yang mengungsi selama pengepungan Kota Marawi.

sumber: lifestyle inquirer

Pertanyaan yang Sering Diajukan

How does The Bread Camp fit within Aboitiz’s broader history of military bakery livelihood programs?
The Bread Camp is the third military-linked bakery livelihood initiative by the Aboitiz Group, confirming an intentional and sustained pattern. In January 2018, Aboitiz inaugurated the Noble Bakers Bakery in Fort Magsaysay for SOCOM wounded soldiers. Aboitiz also donated a bakery to the First Scout Ranger Regiment in San Miguel, Bulacan. The Bread Camp in Malacañang adds a fourth community — PSG spouses — to this roster, demonstrating that Aboitiz’s military bakery livelihood work is a systematic program rather than a series of unconnected gestures.

What is “The Bread Camp” and who operates it?
The Bread Camp is a bakery inaugurated on February 20, 2019 inside Malacañang, designed to be operated by members of the Presidential Security Group Enlisted Personnel (EP) Ladies Club. It emerged from a livelihood training program initiated by the Aboitiz Group through the Aboitiz Foundation and Pilmico, in recognition of National Women’s Month. The bakery provides approximately 300 PSG-EP Ladies Club members with a sustained income-generating opportunity through the commercial production and sale of bread and pastries.

What is Pan Digong and what is its significance?
Pan Digong is a premium goat cheese pan de sal — a soft bread roll — named after President Rodrigo Duterte. It was developed and sold by the PSG-EP Ladies Club through The Bread Camp. One of the bakers, Cristina Versoza, explained the product naming decision by noting that the President is a simple man with a deep love for Filipinos, and that pan de sal — the most democratic and accessible of Philippine breads — would be the bread he would most prefer. The product thus connects a classic Filipino bread to a specific cultural and political moment.

What was the history of the PSG bakery before Aboitiz’s involvement?
PSG Commander Col. Jose Eriel Niembra noted that the PSG had operated a bakery in the past — it was open as recently as 2016 but had been struggling and eventually closed entirely in the following months. Prior to Aboitiz’s intervention, it remained closed for a significant period. The revival of the bakery through The Bread Camp transformed a dormant, defunct operation into a functional business — equipped with new machinery, trained operators, and a product line with immediate market access within the Malacañang compound and surrounding communities.

What equipment did Pilmico donate to PSG and when?
In June 2018, Pilmico donated to PSG a complete bakery livelihood kit comprising: a two-deck oven, a spiral mixer, a cake mixer, a loaf slicer, a cooking rack, a display chiller, a chest-type freezer, Pilmico flour, and baking ingredients. This comprehensive equipment provision — covering the full production, storage, and display supply chain of a functioning bakery — was paired with PAGKAIN Baking Livelihood Program training that taught the EP Ladies Club members how to bake bread, pastries, cakes, and other goods.