CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR MANUAL OF OPERATIONS  DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT TERMS OF REFERENCE for Consultancy for the development of the Operation manual:  Model A and B RE Abaca Fiber Processing and…

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TERMS OF REFERENCE for Consultancy for the development of the Operation manual:  Model A and B RE Abaca Fiber Processing and Solar Drying Facility

Loreto community members demonstrating sustainable farming practices. "This really helps with our daily lives and livelihoods. Our livelihoods are mostly farming, fishing, and gardening. We also have livestock," states Nena…

Continue ReadingTowards a Resilient and Sustainable Tomorrow: Re-echoing Diversified and Integrated Farming System (DIFS) and Concoction Making in Loreto, Agusan del Sur

Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Tomorrow: Re-echoing Diversified and Integrated Farming System (DIFS) and Concoction Making in Loreto, Agusan del Sur

Brot für die Welt’s program manager for the Philippines Jonna Lena Raphaela Seemann visited the abaca farmers in the hinterland of sitio Salvador of barangay Rogongon, some 40.4 kilometers far…

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BRoT program manager in PH visits abaca farmers in Iligan; learn farmers dev’t

“How did the abaca plantation and its social enterprise change us?   It changed me and my companions dramatically. We used to be full of vices; deficient in knowledge on farming;…

Continue ReadingAbaca plantation and its social enterprise recover our sense of self-respect, says Higaonon farmer 

Abaca plantation and its social enterprise recover our sense of self-respect, says Higaonon farmer 

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Purok Liaonan, Caob, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte Liaoyan as a project site was discovered by accident, or perhaps by chance.…

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Dayo sa Isla (Strangers in the Island)

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Barangay Santa Cruz, Socorro, Surigao del Norte made it to the national news days after Typhoon Rai/Odette made landfall here on…

Continue ReadingCash to address immediate needs

Cash to address immediate needs

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Sitio Uba, Barangay San Carlos, Dapa, Surigao del Norte At night, when standing on top of a hill in Ayotay, across…

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GIHUKASAN

The Salvador Migsabuwa Farmers’ Association (SMFA), a registered abaca production guild (PG) in Sitio Salvador, Rogongon, Iligan City just opened their cooperative store last May 6, 2022 after their loan…

Continue ReadingAbaca Production Guild in Rogongon, Iligan City withstands economic downturn, opens Cooperative store

Abaca Production Guild in Rogongon, Iligan City withstands economic downturn, opens Cooperative store

After the Marawi siege in 2017, thousands of Meranaws experienced a massive displacement in and around Lanao del Sur. Some of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) sought refuge in the…

Continue ReadingAgri project thru demo farm to bolster economic conditions of IDPs, food security

Agri project thru demo farm to bolster economic conditions of IDPs, food security

“We used to be at the mercy of traders, now we buy our abaca fiber and our production guild (PG) is slowly earning profit,” says 33 years old Rudy Bendanillo,…

Continue ReadingFirst Abaca-Focused Indigenous Peoples Social Enterprise (Ipse) Owned, Managed By Higaunon Established In Iligan City

First Abaca-Focused Indigenous Peoples Social Enterprise (Ipse) Owned, Managed By Higaunon Established In Iligan City