Microfinance and Disaster Management Workshop
29-30 November 2011 | Manila, Philippines
The 2-day workshop was the 4th among the series of Microfinance and Disaster Management Workshop organized by the Banking With The Poor Network, which was conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Peoples Republic of China and recently in the Philippines. This workshop aimed to enhance the knowledge of microfinance practitioners on the basic ideas behind disaster managment by focusing on each of the following topics of interest:
- MFI Preparedness
- Client Preparedness
- Rapid Response
- Microfinance in Livelihood Restoration
The workshop was well attended by 37 participants mostly from Microfinance Institutions in the Philippines together with participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Other than the microfinance practitioners, delegates from funding agencies had also participated on the 2-day workshop.
Below is a list of 20 participating institutions during the Microfinance Disaster Management Workshop 2011 in Manila.
MFDM Workshop Attendees
- Abrasa Multi-Purpose Cooperative
- Agricultural and Rural Development for Catanduanes, Inc. (ARDCI)
- Alalay Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. (ASKI)
- Chamroeum Microfinance Ltd.
- Kabalikat para sa Maunlad na Buhay, Inc. (KMBI)
- Malaya Development Cooperative (MDC)
- Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS)
- Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI)
- Mercy Corps Indonesia
- Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)
- Oikocredit Philippines
- Peace and Equity Foundation
- People's Bank of Caraga (PBC)
- People's Center for Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCSD)
- PlaNet Finance Philippines
- Rangtay sa Pagrang-ay Inc. (RSPI)
- Samar Center for Rural Education & Development (SACRED)
- SEEDFinance Corporation.
- Sindh Agricultural Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization (SAFWCO)
- TSPI Development Corporation
