“From OFW’s to OFI’s” was coined by our good friend, OFW UsapangPiso co-founder, and fellow financial literacy volunteer Hansen Sy and the phrase has inspired our group to ignite the flame of volunteerism by spreading the advocacy and accomplishing our mission.
How many OFW’s have considered investing back in the Philippines either through business or paper assets? Based on our independent surveys, not even close to 3%. We considered real estate as investment regardless if it’s to be used for generating income or plainly for ownership.
Spreading financial literacy to OFW’s never came handy for the group in the past 3 years. Never been easy. But as one of our volunteers in Manila quipped, “Lets make small ripples of change for the country!” Continue reading Transforming OFW’s into OFI’s (Overseas Filipino Investors)