A decade of caring, sharing and empowering

“One decade down; forever to go.”

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PROFESSIONAL organizations are meant to serve as platforms for professional development and networking.

The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (Finex) has gone beyond the core of the usual reason for being of similar organizations. Through the working committees at Finex Research and Development Foundation, outreach initiatives are undertaken.

One sustained project at the Social Involvement Committee (SIC) is sharing basic knowledge and experience among the not so privileged members of the society and the general public at large in the last ten years.

Departing from the usual dole-out initiatives to certain groups of the underprivileged and those affected by disasters, the SIC chose a different path eleven years ago. It has embarked on sharing basic knowledge and experience on the Finex members’ core competency: financial literacy. The approach has been holistic, featuring the importance

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of family, education, cooperation, communication, and savings, while keeping focus on the values and priorities that matter most.