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Overseas Filipinos and migration stakeholders in 4 Countries and 7 provinces to participate in a project to Mobilize Migrant Resources for Agriculture Development
Overseas Filipinos and families together with government, NGOs and private sector in Italy, UAE, Qatar and Singapore and Batangas, Laguna, Oriental Mindoro, Tarlac, Ifugao, Misamis Oriental and Agusan del Sur in the Philippines will participate in a project
Migration Stakeholders launches Gender Sensitive Financial Education Course for ASEAN Migrants in Singapore
The goal of many migrant workers is to be able to send their children to school and support the needs of their families. They dream of saving and investing enough money to be able to build homes and to start
Landbank joins Pinoy WISE Events in UAE and Qatar
Landbank joined the successful back to back activities of Pinoy Worldwide Initiative for Investment Savings and Entrepreneurship (PinoyWISE) Movement in United Arab Emirates and Qatar from November 5 to November 15 to promote investments, agri-business and services to overseas
CALABARZON Investments, Agri-Business and Services for Overseas Filipinos in Pinoy WISE Events in UAE and Qatar
Seventeen (17) Philippine delegates headed by Engr. Luis Banua, Regional Director of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) joined the successful back to back activities of Pinoy Worldwide Initiative for Investment Savings and Entrepreneurship (PinoyWISE) Movement in United Arab Emirates
Pinoy WISE Encourages Overseas Filipinos from UAE and Qatar to invest in their Local Communities
The first Pinoy WISE International Conference with theme: “Engaging Overseas Filipinos in Migration and Development Initiatives” was held in Crown Plaza Hotel in Abu Dhabi on November 7-8, 2014. It brought together around 200 delegates from the Philippines, Singapore, Qatar,
BPI sponsors Training of Trainers on Financial Literacy and Addressing Barriers to Reintegration for OFWs in Qatar and UAE
BPI sponsored the Financial Literacy Training of Trainers seminars conducted by Atikha in Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The training [...]
BPI sponsors Pinoy WISE Financial Education campaign in UAE and Qatar
"The Financial education course changed my mindset. Before, all my income was spent for the family as I always want to give the best for them. I even took loans for travel and vacations because I know that I have
Sec. Proceso Alcala and Gov. Alfonso Umali Jr. lead the launching of the savings and investment mobilization movement for OFWs in United Arab Emirates
Sec. Proceso Alcala, of the Department of Agriculture, Gov. Alfonso Umali Jr, H. E. Ambassador Grace Princesa, together with representatives of OWWA and Atikha, a NGO working for OFWs leads the International Launching of the Pinoy WISE movement on November
PinoyWISE Public Meeting successfully held in Turin
By Ms. Aileen Penas
A very successful public meeting was held at Casa del Quarteri in Turin, Italy last March 11, 2012 organized by Atikha and ACFIL. The said gathering also marked as the kick-off activity of PinoyWISE International, an association of Financial Counselors
Inculcating the Value of Regular Savings: An Approach to Secure Investments
Presented by: Rosalie Orozco-Bajade, PinoyWISE Turin Coordinator
To encourage OFWs to save and invest was one of the main goals of the financial literacies and orientations of the Pinoywise movement that we conducted last year. We endorsed Save Before You Spend” and introduced the formula of saving