Unlad Kabayan

Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation Inc. is a non-government organization (NGO) based in the Philippines. Formed in 1996, we focus on migrant

workers and social entrepreneurship in the Philippines. We pioneered the approach of directing migrants’ savings into business and enterprise development in some of the poorest areas of the Philippines.

We arm migrants with the business knowledge, skills, and support they need to successfully reintegrate when they return to the Philippines. Our activities provide migrant workers with an alternative to migration.

Click on the links above to find out more about our work, some of the issues facing the Philippines at the moment, and stories from some of our staff.

Latest Unlad Kabayan in Focus

Community & migrant entrepreneurs get an upgrade
Thursday, 24 June 2010
At least 30 migrant and community entrepreneurs attended the Social Enterprise Management Training conducted by Unlad Kabayan on April 19 – 21, 2010 in Unlad Bag-ong Linamon SEEDS Center, Upper Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte. The three-day training equipped the participants with new and... Read more...

LGU Sensitivity Training & Workshop held
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Unlad Kabayan held a two-day Local Government Unit (LGU) Sensitivity Training & Workshop on May 30 – 31, 2010 in Unlad Bag-ong Linamon, SEEDS Center, Upper Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte. The training-workshop aimed to... Read more...

OFWs in SG attend Managing Your Money and Intro to Entrepreneurship training
Friday, 15 January 2010
Conducting training among the Filipino migrant workers is one component of the Migrant Savings for Alternative Investments (MSAI) Program. The MSAI program encourages migrant workers to take active role in the economic development in the Philippines by channeling their resources toward building... Read more...

Micro, migrant enterprises expand through loans
Friday, 15 January 2010
Micro and migrant-owned enterprises improved and expanded their operations through loans from Unlad Kabayan. Around 400 jobs were created in 2008, posting a 28%-increase from the previous year. With a credit line from the Development Bank of the Philippines, the Credit Assistance Program of Unlad... Read more...

Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
On 15 October 2009, Unlad Kabayan’s Executive Director Maria Angela Villalba, Development Communications Officer Frozti Ann Agrasada, and Australian volunteer Tim O’Mahony attended the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines ceremony, held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Ms.... Read more...