Project Report
| Feb 15, 2019
Learning organic agriculture
By Cesario Sayre | Project Leader
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study visit
Dear Friend,
Greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project helping families displaced by insurgency. The Philippines is one of the country where we experience one of the longest insurgency foisted by the Communist guerilla. Even if communism has already banished in most parts of the world, our problem persists largely because of the poverty in the countryside. This reporting period we used our time in order to undertake a learning tour for other practitioners doing organic agriculture. We want to learn how this is done by others so that we will be able to apply our learning with our beneficiaries. Our team travelled to Bukidnon province and was able to learn a lot including adding value to farm products by innovative labeling and brnding. Most of the products are simple but the way they are presented are indeed innovative. For example, corn is made into organic coffee, rice is made into cakes and pastries, and so on. We hope to share our learning with our beneficay groups in the coming weeks.
Again thank you very much for your support.
Very sincerely yours,
Cesario
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Nov 19, 2018
Celebrating birthdays
By Cesario V. Sayre | Project Leader
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Celebrating birthdays
Dear Friend,
Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project providing assistance to those affected by insurgency. The remote areas in Mindanao has for so long having a problem with insurgency and local residents especially poor farmers are affected. When they are displaced, they lost their resource base and they become dependent to their relatives who are equally poor like themselves. This reporting period we assist them by holding feeding program among their children in order for the children to experience happiness especially in their difficult circumstance. We also join them in celebrating their birthdays which we feel they will remember for a long time. We are able to assist 230 children this way during this reporting period. hoping for more support from you.
Again thank you for your generosity.
Very sincerely yours,
Cesario
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Aug 13, 2018
Providing livelihood support
By Cesario V. Sayre | Project Leader
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Food selling as one of the livelihoods
Dear Friend,
Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project helping those affected by the insurgency here in Mindanao. the Communist-inspired insurgency is one of the longest running insurgency in Asia and it has created havoc and mayhem to lots of families here. The displaced families either go to their relatives and build new lives or go to evacuation centers. Local government is having difficulty supporting these displaced persons and they are the most vulnerable. Some of them are suspected as sympathizers of the Communist movement and do not receive aid. Our strategy in helping them is to train them in different livelihood opportunities and then provide them with some funds in order to start their own business. Some of the livelihood activities that 430 of our newly-trained beneficiaries are undertaking include food vending, raising of small animals such as goats and chickens, carpentry, furniture making and bread and pastries making. We decided on this approach in order for the displaced families to establish themselves and not depend on the government or their relatives.
Hoping for your continuing support to our initiative.
Very sincerely yours,
Cesario
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