Pinoy WISE

PINOY WISE MOVEMENT INITIATED

Atikha and the Philippine Consortium on Migration and Development (Philcomdev) organized the PINOY WISE MOVEMENT (Pinoy Worldwide Initiative on Savings Investment and Entrepreneurship) an information, value formation and education campaign to encourage OFWs and their families to save and invest the hard earned money of the Overseas Filipinos wisely.

There are approximately 8 million Filipinos overseas in about 200 ... Read more

Soro-soro Ibaba Development Cooperative Launches Investment Program in Agriculture for Overseas Filipinos

To assist OFWs and help create jobs and economic opportunities for migrant families and rural communities, SIDC, Atikha and the Filipino Women's Council are launching the SIDC Investment Program for OFWs. Initially the target of the investment mobilization program are migrants from Italy but this investment package is also open to other OFWs willing to invest in agricul... Read more

Mobilizing Migrant Resources Towards Agri-based Cooperatives

Despite the huge remittances being received by the Philippines, there is minimal development impact on the source communities of migrants. Agriculture is one of the sector suffering negatively due to migration because farmers family ceased to work when they have migrants abroad. Farmlands are slowly being converted into subdivisions to accommodate the desire of the migrants to b... Read more