One of the most anticipated events of the year, 🍸 Impact Happy Hours — Year End Special🍸, was a grand success where members of the Impact Entrepreneurship community in the Philippines got together for some light hearted fun and frolic. Read Raffy’s account of what went down at the event! …

High-touch mentorship, learning labs, masterclasses, and technical assistance — what more can a girl ask for? Raffy walks us through the radical WE Rise accelerator program and how it changed the game for women entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Entrepreneurship can often be a difficult profession. Managing, leading, and understanding your…

When we work together — great things happen! Women Entrepreneurs in the Philippines now have a unique advantage of belonging to a community that nurtures them and creates opportunities. Miki Eala, Venture Associate at Villgro Philippines who spearheaded the inception of the WE Rise Community; talks about the initiatives and…

How do women entrepreneurs balance work, life, and everything in between? We asked some of our WE Rise cohort members to share their secret sauce to success. Read on to discover how they ‘keep it all together’. It is no secret that women leaders are expected to be everything to…

How did women entrepreneurs in the Philippines deal with the uncertainties of a global pandemic? Read on to find out. The pandemic was a great leveller of sorts. While it shook the very foundations of our existence, it also forced us to pause and reflect on the inequities that were…

We sat down (virtually of course!) for a heart-to-heart with Ian Fishburn and Lisa Hanson, co-founders of Global Urban Village, and our valued partners in the ShelterTech accelerator Southeast Asia, to find out how they felt about the program, our journey together, and their vision for affordable housing solutions in…

ShelterTech Symposium — Southeast Asia addresses critical issues pertaining to housing affordability crisis and how innovative shelter entrepreneurs find themselves on the frontlines. On June 9, 2021, Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter in partnership with Villgro Philippines, held the ShelterTech Symposium under the ShelterTech Accelerator. The…

ShelterTech’s Southeast Asia cohort holds its first Investor Dialogue. On April 28, 2021, the ShelterTech Accelerator, a joint endeavor of Villgro Philippines, Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter and Global Urban Village, hosted its first Investor Dialogue. The event introduced the Southeast Asia cohort of ten startups…

Katherine Khoo, Program Manager — Villgro Philippines, examines the urgent need for affordable housing in Southeast Asia and how ShelterTech is supporting innovative entrepreneurs address it. When world leaders cautioned citizens to stay at home in mid-March of 2020, what ensued was a total shift in how we lived our…