The WIMLER Foundation Hong Kong has just forged an agreement with the Philippine government to support its full-cycle reintegration program. WIMLER signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Migrant Workers to co-organize return and reintegration-related activities.
Since 2012, WIMLER in Hong Kong has been co-organizing virtual and face-to-face course on leadership, financial education, innovation, and social entrepreneurship for Hong Kong-based Filipinos in collaboration with the Ateneo Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship (ALSE) program.
It also conducts other seminars like effective communication, Doing Business in the Philippines and Entrepreneurial Mindset in collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry Region XI, Managing Fears and Worries During the Pandemic, and Stress Management Seminar. Since 2012, at least 5,000 OFWs in Hong Kong benefitted from WIMLER's various activities.
The agreement with DMW specifically aims to:
1) Tap and mobilize Hong Kong-based resource persons who can provide voluntary services to lecture on relevant topics.
2) Establish a partnership with the City University of Hong Kong and other future potential partners in Hong Kong to provide institutional support for trainings and mentoring of OFWs.
3) Form a pool of qualified individuals in Hong Kong who can do mentoring.
4) Conduct research and publish studies on topics/issues related to return and reintegration in the Hong Kong – Philippine corridor.
5) Assist DMW in studying the viability of tres por uno program (Mexican migrants model).
On behalf of WIMLER Hong Kong, Rispens-Noel signed the agreement with DMW Secretary Maria Susana Ople last June 7 at DMW's headquarters in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City.
