SEDPI was able to clinch two projects from two international organizations – Mercy Corps and Microfinance Opportunities. Mercy Corps commissioned SEDPI to conduct financial education for remittance senders training to Overseas Filipino Workers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in cooperation with Western Union Foundation. On the other hand, Microfinance Opportunities commissioned SEDPI to conduct module pilot test of its financial education microinsurance and risk management module to microfinance clients in the Philippines.
For the month of March, SEDPI staff delivered si training events. Two of the trainings were under the Ateneo-BPI partnership. The trainings were “Microinsurance and Savings” held in Cebu City and “Delinquency Management” held in Tacloban City. SEDPI staffalso delivered two training events on “Financial Product Design and Development & Innovations in Delivery Systems” in partnership with the People’s Credit and Finance Corporation through the Ateneo de Manila University. These were held in Legaspi in the Bicol region and Butuan in the Caraga region. Two customized training were also conducted for the World Wildlife Fund and Rural Bank of Katipunan held in Cagayancillo, Palawan and Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte respectively. A total of 116 participants from 36 organizations attended the training events.