Unlad Kabayan wins in Panibagong Paraan 2008
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Mayor Lumaque of LGU-Kolambugan, economist Winnie Monsod (one of the jurors), and May-an Villalba |
Unlad Kabayan’s “New Lives for Old – Peace, Growth and Good Governance through Social Enterprise” was one of 33 winning entries to receive project grants of up to Php 1 million at World Bank Philippines’ Panibagong Paraan 2008. More...
Unlad Kabayan: A dose of hope for OFWs
By Dennis Carcamo, abs-cbnNEWS.com - Pinoy Migration, March 27, 2008
It has become a cycle of migration: Filipino workers go abroad, earn a little, return to the Philippines, use up the savings, and then work abroad again. More often than not, overseas workers do not get to break this cycle. More...
OFW-entrepreneurs in unserved areas to benefit from Php 10-M loan
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May-an Villalba shakes hands with DBP President Reynaldo David after the MOA signing |
From DBP Bulletin, March 10, 2008
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a Php10-million credit line to Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation to finance its various savings and enterprise development programs for returning migrant workers and micro-entrepreneurs. More...
Unlad Kabayan's ED is Social Entrepreneur of the Year
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With Kevin Teo (left) of Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and Reynaldo David (right) of DBP |
From Business World, February 6, 2008
Maria Angela Villalba, Executive Director of Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation, was named Social Entrepreneur of 2007 in the recent awards sponsored globally by Ernst & Young, and in the Philippines by SGV Foundation. More...
Jomar Ladio: From good deeds to micro-business
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Jomar Ladio, a credit borrower, tends to his store at Teachers Village, Quezon City |
In 1996, Jomar Ladio was a struggling family man working in various jobs to make ends meet, and was not able to provide a secure and safe future for himself, his wife and their three children. More...
Livelihood for Linamon
From ‘Making the Difference Through Muslim Volunteering’ by Kapamagogopa Inc. and Nicole Van Zurk (2007)
‘I can now say that I have my own carabao, one that really belongs to me. I feel happy, because it is an answer to our financial problems,’ smiles 58-year-old Flory Monterde, pulling his carabao out of the mud. More...
Elsa Belarmino: Migrant worker turned entrepreneur
Elsa Villamor Belarmino is among the first members of the reintegration and savings group of migrant workers in Chungli, Taiwan. More...
Building Bridges
Unlad Kabayan's director, Maria Angela 'May-an' Villalba, was named finalist of the Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2007 sponsored by Ernst and Young. She was featured on the front page of Business World newspaper, as shown below. More...
Global activist launches campaign to cut cost of sending remittances
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May-an Villalba (2nd from left) at TIGRA's press conference in New York City |
From Philippine Daily Inquirer-Global Pinoy, July 22, 2007
[TIGRA, or Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action, is a movement of immigrant organizations across the US. May-an Villalba, Unlad Kabayan's executive director, presented the Migrant Savings for Alternative Investment (MSAI) program at TIGRA’s global gathering in the Bay Area in August 2006.] More...
Unlad Davao at migrant rights training in Cambodia
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Melody Java (center) at a breakout session of the DTP in Cambodia |
In October 2007, Unlad Kabayan Davao participated at the Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. More...
Coco coir project at business matching visit to Korea
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Rotchie Ravelo (2nd from right) at the coco coir business matching visit to Korea |
The Davao Oriental Coco Husk Social Enterprise (DOCHSE), the coco coir project assisted by Unlad Kabayan, was one of five Philippine coco coir enterprises at a business matching visit to Seoul, Korea in March 2007. More...
Bringing MSAI to more Taiwan cities
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May-an Villalba and Bernice Roldan with migrant investors organized by the Hope Workers Center |
From January to February 2007, May-an Villalba (Executive Director) and Bernice Roldan (Advocacy Officer) went on a visit to various cities in Taiwan to mainstream the Migrant Savings for Alternative Investment (MSAI) program, in partnership with Hope Workers Center (HWC). More... |
Unlad Kabayan's ED on Mornings @ ANC
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| With Mornings @ ANC host Ricky Carandang |
May-an Villalba, Unlad Kabayan’s executive director, recently appeared on the news program “Mornings @ ANC” on the ABS-CBN News Channel. More...
OFW boycotts in the works
By Miko Morelos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
March 13, 2008
Different OFW groups, including the militant Migrante, recently called for a “Zero Remittance day” to dramatize their protest against President Macapagal-Arroyo in connection with the scandal-ridden $329-million National Broadband Network deal with China’s ZTE Corp. More...
Int'l Women's Day at reintegration center
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| Elsa Belarmino (2nd from right), who started her business through the reintegration program of Hope Workers Center and Unlad Kabayan |
On March 7, Unlad Kabayan celebrated International Women's Day with returned migrant women at the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) in Intramuros, Manila. More...
Sweet and sour flight
By Babes Romualdez, Philippine Star – Business, January 31, 2008
In spite of it all, there’s still some good news. The wife of the former Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, Mrs. Marilyn Collette, told me that there was this Filipina who was a participant in the “invitation only” Summit for Social Entrepreneurs that was held in Zurich last week. More...
Unlad Kabayan, Taiwan partners strengthen MSAI
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Melanie Valenciano (center, in stripes) with the ‘Savers for Good’ savings group at a dormitory in Hukou, Taiwan
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Unlad Kabayan and Hope Workers’ Center (HWC) continue to strengthen the Migrant Savings for Alternative Investment (MSAI) campaign in Taiwan.
On January 5-21, 2008, the Savings and Investment Mobilization (SIM) Officer of Unlad Kabayan, Melanie Valenciano, conducted a series of meetings and MSAI seminars among overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan. More...
Youth VCO producers win in British Council contest
We congratulate the Association of Linamon Young Producers (ALYP), our assisted youth group in Lanao del Norte, for winning in Hatag Kalinaw, the British Council Philippines’ project grant contest. More...
Shaminoden Sambitory: Learn from other cultures
From ‘Making the Difference Through Muslim Volunteering’ by Kapamagogopa Inc. and Nicole Van Zurk (2007)
‘I grew up very dependent on my parents and family, in almost all aspects of the common practice among Maranaos. Nearly all my friends were Maranaos.' More...
Migrant returnee trains at Jandug noodle factory
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Josephine Gildo (far left) visits Unlad Kabayan to discuss her potential business |
Josephine, wife of Jerome Gildo, a member of a savings group in Taiwan, went on a training and exposure visit to Best Choice noodle factory in Davao in December 2007. Best Choice is an assisted enterprise of Unlad Kabayan. More...
Sharing Unlad Kabayan’s experience in Indonesia
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| May-an Villalba and Carla June Natan at the reintegration dialogue in Indonesia |
In September 2007, Unlad Kabayan’s director, May-an Villalba, was the main speaker at a public reintegration dialogue in Indonesia. More...
Unlad Kabayan one of four reporters of civil society to GFMD-Brussels
In July 2007, Unlad Kabayan actively participated in three key events in Brussels, Belgium:
- Civil Society Day (CSD) organized by the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) on July 9 More...
Social entrepreneurship as a key to development in the Philippines
By Justin Hakuta and Bernice Roldan
From http://traffickingproject.blogspot.com
Water boils. Machinery grinds and whirls. Dough is shredded into ribbons.
I’m at a factory in Davao surrounded by piles of pancit, the noodles sold everywhere in the Philippines. More...
Lanao SEEDS Center
In February 2004, Unlad Kabayan entered into a partnership with the local government in Linamon, Lanao del Norte, led by Mayor Cherlito Macas. At the core of the partnership was the shared commitment to people-centered development. More...
Giving credit to the entrepreneurial poor
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Lolita Tocayon supervises employees at work |
From Unlad Kabayan’s 2005 report, Sharing the Benefits of Migration for Poverty Alleviation
Unlad Kabayan’s Credit Assistance Program started as an avenue to promote financial assistance to the enterprises of migrant workers and their families. More... |
