Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) and Atikha launched the Go Earn Achieve Return Uplift Philippines ( GEAR-UP) program, a reintegration preparedness program for domestic workers in Hong kong and Singapore. Read more.
Atikha and Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) launched the course on social entrepreneurship for overseas Filipinos and their families called INVEST which stands for Initial Venture into Social Entrepreneurship for Social Transformation. Read more
18 aspiring social entrepreneurs among returning OFWs, their families and support institutions who are in the process of incubating community-based enterprises that will help not only themselves but also the marginalized in their respective communities have started their INVEST Training. Read more
Pinoy WISE International chapter of Bay Laguna identified fish processing as their social enterprise. The group were trained on fish processing by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The group of 25 composed mostly of women migrant returnees and families of overseas Filipinos look forward to seizing the opportunities in the value chain of fish processing from production to marketing.
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Videos Pinoy WISE Audio Visual Presentation
Migration Reintegration and Local Economic Development
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Interview Vivien Napenas, migrant leader
Vivien Napenas, migrant leader from UAE on the impact of the training on the migrants in UAE
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Interview Marico Delica, migrant returnee
Marico Delica, migrant returnee from Italy on investing in SIDC
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Interview Grace Balmes, wife of overseas Filipino
Grace Balmes, wife of overseas Filipino on the value of the whole family learning to manage financial issues
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Interview Misrhym Maulion, FFL Qatar
Misrhym Maulion, FFL Qatar on the need to address family and financial issues
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Interview Rey Balita, Pinoy WISE Qatar
Rey Balita, Pinoy WISE Qatar on understanding the right strategy to save
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Interview Rosalie Bajade, chairperson of ACFIL
Rosalie Bajade, chairperson of ACFIL Torino, Italy on learning to invest
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Interview Minda Teves, overseas Filipino leader
Minda Teves, overseas Filipino leader from Italy on learning to say “No” to address problem of dependency
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Videos The Role of the LGU in engaging overseas Filipinos
Czarina Medina-Guce, executive director of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines explains the role of the local government in engaging overseas Filipinos and contribute to local economic development.
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Videos Ambassador Grace Princesa encourages overseas Filipinos in UAE
Ambassador Grace Princesa encourages overseas Filipinos in UAE to participate in Financial literacy training of Pinoy WISE.