25 August 2015 – Around 23 participants received certificates of completion after undergoing the 2-day Training of Trainors programs of the Pinoy Worldwide Initiative for Investments, Savings, and Entrepreneurship (Pinoy WISE) held from July 31 to August 01 at the Embassy Chancery. The graduation ceremony was held at the Philippine School Doha (PSD) Auditorium on August 07.

Pinoy WISE is a program initiated and spearheaded by Atikha Overseas Workers and Communities Initiative Inc. (Atikha), a Filipino non-government organization that provides financial education to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families on both sides of the migration corridor, and links financial education to concrete savings and investment programs of selected cooperatives, microfinance institutions, social enterprises, insurance companies, banks and other agencies in the Philippines.

Atikha also assists OFWs in looking for other investment opportunities in the Philippines.

Athika Executive Director Estrella Dizon-Anonuevo was in Qatar recently for the training. “The idea of investing in Qatar’s food industry has been a perennial topic among participants of the Pinoy WISE training held at the Philippine Embassy,” she said

“The Philippine Embassy in Qatar emphasizes the need for financial management among OFWs to dissuade them from unnecessary spending. Being an OFW is only a short-term arrangement; there will come a time when the person will retire and he or she must have some form of investment to come back to after retiring from overseas employment,” Philippine Ambassador to Qatar Wilfredo C. Santos said. END