When the Kolping Society of the Philippines received some machineries donated by the Kolping International Society in Germany in 1987, the local branch, in its desire to utilize the equipment, organized several unemployed residents in Calabanga to train in handicraft making.
The Community Crafts Association of the Philippines (CCAP), is a non-profit, non-government organization. It is into crafts, development marketing and sustainable development.
CCAP believes that the individual craftsworker can better achieve progress by uniting with his fellow workers and acting collectively to solve their problems, both social and economic.