WIMLER Foundation: At A Glance
WIMLER Foundation Hong Kong Ltd. was officially registered in 2011 as a non-profit and charitable organization. Our primary objective is to support the capacity building and empowerment of migrant communities regardless of nationalities and to promote cultural diversity in Hong Kong-based on mutual respect and solidarity.
We achieve this by enhancing and harnessing the capacities of migrants and their organizations to become more active transnational citizens through conduct of gender-sensitive capacity- building program.
We also promote access to education for all and support programs that contribute to the integrated promotion of sustainable livelihoods of poor communities.
WIMLER HK is run and managed by volunteers.
In 2018, WIMLER HK was awarded the Banaag Award of the Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas.
Our Programs
Our Partners
WIMLER Foundation Projects are made possible in collaboration with
We prepare OFWs in their reintegration back to the Philippines.
Our OFWs who have been working for years in Hong Kong often overlook the process of reintegration back to their families in the Philippines. Some of the most common problems are the lack of savings, planning where to get their funds after leaving abroad.
We started a yearly program, the Ateneo Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship Training Program in partnership with the Ateneo University School of Government (ASoG), Overseas Filipinos Society for the Promotion of Economic Security (OFSPES), the Social Enterprises Development Partnerships Inc. (SEDPI) and several government institutions, the Philippine Consulate, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).
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News and Updates
WIMLER HK launches ALSE OF-LIFE Batch 127
May 5th, 2024, Hong Kong. The launch and orientation of the Ateneo Leadership Social Enterprise Overseas Filipinos Leadership, Innovation, Financial…
ALSE OF-LIFE Course Starts in Hong Kong
After a three-year hiatus, Ateneo School of Government (ASOG) and WIMLER Foundation Hong Kong, launched the Ateneo Leadership and Social…
Accomplishment Report for 2021-2022
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic. Because of restrictions of…
Help and Hope for Over 9,000 Quake Survivors in Mindanao
In October 2019, the province of North Cotabato in Mindanao suffered three unprecedented strong earthquakes within the span of two…
WIMLER Foundation Hong Kong receives a donation from Bella Foundation
On behalf of Wimler Foundation Hong Kong, I would like to express our deepest gratitude to Bella Foundation for its…
Featured Articles
OFW SUCCESS STORIES
From Laoag City to Hong Kong and Back
Five years after attending the ALSE OF-LIFE course, Rolante Corpuz crafted his homecoming…
Faces of Migration and Return:
Alvir Catacutan
The story of Alvir Catacutan who worked as a domestic helper in Hong Kong for seven years gives a glimpse how training and seminars like ALSE could help immigrants…
Faces of Migration and Return: Story 2 – Erlinda F.Chi
Married female migrant workers seek employment abroad to support their nuclear family while young single women, depending on her role in the family, support their parents and siblings. More often than not, extended family…
The Joy of Growing Vegetables, Raising Hogs for Own Food and Livelihood
To grow vegetables and raise hogs for home consumption or as a source of income are…
Diaspora Journey
It is a collection of stories of Filipinos who traveled, worked, and treated Hong Kong as their new home. The question is not to stay or to leave—it’s the journey where migration finds its new meaning that matters.
