What the Winner beneficiaries of Philippines, say about the information services
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 10-11-2005

WINNER beneficiaries from Zimbabwe about our information service
ZIMBABWE, Users Testimonies 10-11-2005

Leyte Rural Advancement Program
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“Our organization (Leyte Rural Advancement Program) has been an active cooperation partner of WINNER and many of our members have benefited from the training on e-commerce and good business practices...As a result, some of our members are slowly getting exposure to the market through the Internet and other organized events…We are thankful to the UNIFEM and the Italian Cooperation Program in conducting the WINNER in the Philippines…We hope that WINNER will continue to serve the needs of rural-based microenterprises…”

Women’s Business Council of the Philippines
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“As one of the cooperating beneficiary organizations of DEVNET/TIPS in the implementation of WINNER Program, we express our grateful appreciation for the invaluable benefits of the program to women in micro and small enterprises… Increasingly, more and more women entrepreneurs are forging relationships to gain access to the opportunities in the global marketplace. Thanks to the widespread use of modern knowledge of Internet and e-commerce, such as what WINNER has been promoting through training, business encounters in organized events as well as in the Internet…It is our hope that the WINNER programme will gain momentum in reaching more women in micro and small enterprises in more places in the Philippines as well as in our immediate neighbors in the Southeast Asian region…”

Kababaihan Kaagapay
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“The members of our organization KAKASAHA (a nationwide organizations of self-employed individuals from the informal sector) are happy to be associated with the WINNER and to be among its beneficiaries in terms of knowledge of e-commerce, enterprise development and the new environment of the global economy…The Italian government has been supportive of women’s economic empowerment, particularly WINNER. For this, we are grateful and look forward to the Italian government’s continued support…”

Camilles Quilts and Craft Industry
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“I am one of the beneficiaries of the WINNER training courses held in Benguet Province in the Cordillera Mountain region…I would like to thank WINNER for being instrumental in our getting contacts in Australia…Never in my wildest dream that I would be able to find an overseas market… I am so happy that I was able to realize my dream, thanks to the assistance of WINNER…”

PATAMABA
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“Since 1999, our organization has been working closely with the WINNER in the training of women homeworkers in starting home-based livelihood enterprises, in computer literacy, good business practices and building relationships with others…We have been benefited by the programme in many ways, in particular in setting up WINNER Help Desks in our chapter organizations in local communities in Mindanao (Davao Province), Visayas (Iloilo Province and Luzon (Camarines Sur)…Some of our members have linked together to form coalition of small producers in order to compete in the export market…More than the training in e-commerce and good business practices, what our members would be greatly thankful for is the support for their participation in international trade fairs where exposure to market realities is the best education for them…”

The Asian Alliance of Appropriate Technology Practitioners
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“For the last several years, we have been collaborating with WINNER in several training courses for micro and small enterprises from the Philippines as well as Asia and Pacific countries…  As a regional NGO promoting appropriate technology in the production sector, Approtech-Asia combines its experience and expertise with WINNER to provide full benefits to small enterprises…  As a cooperation partner of WINNER, we are happy to be associated with its programme for the economic empowerment of women.  Its success is manifested in the stories told by women who are already productively engaged in business here and overseas through the WINNER network…”    

Coalition of Blue Collar Workers
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“We are pleased to inform you that 16 participants in the WINNER Project have been invited to join a trade exhibition in Hawaii, U.S.A.  The invitation was a result of interaction over the Internet between the women producers of the Cordillera Mountain Region with Hawaii-based importing agencies/organizations…”

Simbayanan in Maria MPC
PHILIPPINES, Users Testimonies 08-23-2005

“Our organization has sent several of its members to the WINNER training program and the results were very positive.  With basic knowledge of e-commerce and entrepreneurship, they were able to make business contacts for transactions and gain access to information resources in the Internet.  Indeed, access to information is empowerment in action…”