Pinoy Worldwide Initiative for Investment Savings and Entrepreneurship
Pinoy WISE
Estrella Mai Dizon-Anonuevo
Executive Director
Atikha
Webinar: GIZ, World Bank and Atikha
October 15. 2014
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Atikha Overseas Workers and Communities
Initiatives
• Community based
NGO
• “Atikha”- tagalog word
meaning to be able to
save and invest
• Established in 1995
• Migrant returnees and
religious leaders of
San Pablo City
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Pinoy WISE
• Initiated by Atikha as a program
• Project assisted by International Fund for
Agriculture Development (IFAD)- UN
Agency• “Mobilizing Migrant Resources towards
Agriculture Development”
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Pinoy WISE strategy
OFWs
Abroad:
Italy, Germany, UAE
Qatar, Singapore, Hongkong
Family
Philippines:
Cavite, Laguna, Batangas
Tarlac, Antique, Masbate,
Agusan del Sur
Rizal, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro
Working on Both sides of the migration corridor
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Training of Trainers
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Pinoy WISE Financial Education Campaign
Be WISE in Managing Your Money
Be Wise in Nurturing Your Family
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Financial Education is not enough
Need to link with concrete investment and business
opportunities
Soro-soro Ibaba Development Cooperative: Egg
Layer Farm
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Not only Economic Issues but also
Family and Social Issues
School Based Program in Addressing the Social Cost of Migration
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Organizing Multi-stakeholder Partnership
Committee on Migration and Development
Regional Development Council Region 4 A
Host
Gov’t
FI’s,
NGO’s
NGA, LGU
Migrants
NGOs
Faith-basedCooperatives, schools
and
Migrant
Private Sector
orgs
families
associations
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Pinoy WISE Launching
Abu Dhabi National Theater
November 23, 2012
Multi-stakeholder network on
financial education
and investment mobilization
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Scaling Up –Training other trainers
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.
Sharing Good Practices
Reuniting Families, Rebuilding Communities, Recreating Economic Opportunities in the Philippines.