HISTORY TIMELINE
January 2014
2014
NWTF celebrates 30 years of service to over 180,000 micro entrepreneurs across 73 branches
Basey, Quinapondan, Guiuan, Liloan, Canlaon, Puerto Princesa North, Kalibo and President Roxas Branches open
January 2015
2015
NWTF client from Binalbagan branch, Victoria Bantilla, is awarded in the 2015 Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards
Culasi, San Jose, Mandaue, Tubigon, Tagbilaran, Loay, Pulupandan, Siaton and Siquijor Branches open
January 2016
2016
NWTF Executive Director, Dr. Cecilia del Castillo speaks about partnerships that work during the 2016 Women’s Forum
NWTF opens its 100th branch
NWTF inaugurates its solar roof, Bacolod City’s First Commercial Net-Metered Solar PV System in operation,
located at NWTF Building 2
January 2017
2017
Project Dungganon expands to Batangas and Laguna
Project Kasanag opens its first branch in Iloilo City
NWTF staff contingent surpasses 2000 employees
Project Dungganon Outreach surpass 350,000 clients
NWTF’s Water Access, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Program steps up to
Phase 2 with Water.org after successfully reaching more than triple of the original
loan target.
Roll out of a tablet based system (CESUCOi) that provides a digitized platform to
support services provided for clients (track loans and savings).
January 2018
2018
NWTF staff contingent reaches 3,000 employees
NWTF reaches the 3 Billion loan portfolio milestone
Project Kasanag opens the 2nd branch in Cebu
Executive Director, Cecilia D. del Castillo speaks on Alleviating poverty through
partnerships and collaboration at the Seamless Philippines Summit, Mall of Asia
September 2018
NWTF mourns the passing of NWTF Executive Director and Founder, Dr. Cecilia
del Castillo on December 1, 2018.
January 2019
2019
NWTF celebrates its 35th year in the industry
NWTF Founders are recognized as Insular Life’s Inlife Sheroes, a movement
borne out of Insular Life’s collaboration with the International Finance
Corporation, gathering women from different industries to inspire other women
through stories and real talk about life.
NWTF co-presented the First Social Business Youth Summit in the Philippines
promoting Social Business. Keynote speaker: Nobel Peace Laureate, Prof.
Muhammad Yunus
Inauguration of the Cecilia D. del Castillo Community Center in San Carlos City,
Negros Occidental
Launching of two Dungganon Books: Dungganon (Honorable) – the story of three
women in Negros: their hopes, struggles and triumphs in creating a better
tomorrow and a coffee-table book also entitled Dungganon (Honorable) which
features the Dungganon communities across the Philipipnes
