What is MMCEAI?

Accredited with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (PSEC) on April 10,2008, Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions, Inc. (MMCEAI) is a service center for migrants active and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their immediately families and communities.

However, it already conducted activities that included distress response to migrant workers like counseling and referrals and in Public Education activities started in 2007.

It was established by a group of advocates, women activist, lawyers, academe, local legislators, former OFWs, relatives of distress OFWs as active response to the alarming trend of distress migrants. Its conception was based on the dire concern of migrants specifically women migrant workers who are caught in despair of this globalization economy of trading people/s for cheap labor as domestic helpers, sex workers and the likes.

It envisions to operate an island-wide scope in Mindanao, Philippines particularly in the 4-exit ports of illegal recruitment and trafficking of women and children, namely Zamboanga City, General Santos City, Cagayan de Oro City and Davao City.

MMCEAI will initiate its active programs in Davao City as political climate is favorable to advocacy and the presence of civil service organizations (CSO) to support island-wide campaign and education for migrants whose relatives are active.