CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-GPL157 GPL157 CAFOD is engaging 4 partners to conduct participatory research to include the voices of those living in poverty in the post-2015 debate. ECOWEB will conduct one of these research projects. Research participants will play a key role in identifying key aspects of social inequality and poverty and in the reflection on the causes. Basing on the definition of the Beyond 2015 national campaign plan in the Philippines, voices from the following areas shall be prioritized. - Poverty stricken areas - Far flung/ inaccessible areas - Conflict-affected areas - High risk areas to natural hazards - Mining-affected/environmentally vulnerable areas The most vulnerable sectors within the above areas shall also be reached out such as the persons with disability (PWD), children, elderly, and women. From among the basic economic sectors, the subsistent fisherfolks, farmers, informal labor, and forest dwellers shall also be given attention. Other marginalized groups such as the Indigenous People, internally displaced persons due to disasters, the minority Moro people and the informal settlers will also be given priority. In the Philippine context, a voice from rebels or former rebels/combatants shall also be heard whose presence manifest the inequality and injustice prevailing in the Philippine society. Seven (7) areas (cluster of communities) in the North-Western Mindanao region, particularly in the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga and Lanao del Sur are targeted to be covered by this research project. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Infectious disease control Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-12-17 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 20000 2012-12-17 Incoming Funds CGF 4000 2013-03-14 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 4000 2013-03-14 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI316 PHI316 PAKIGDAIT was established in 2001 as an organisation of religious and lay leaders from the different religious groups (Muslim, Roman Catholic, Adventist, Baptist, and traditional indigenous animist beliefs) in Lanao del Norte Province, Mindanao, who were willing to work together to develop constructive community-based solutions to conflict and poverty. Peace negotiations are under way at national level between the Philippines government and MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front), but they need to be backed up by grassroots participation. PAKIGDAIT is therefore focusing on three village communities in Kauswagan Municipality and one in Salvador Municipality, working at grassroots level and seeking to involve all interest groups and viewpoints, through mobilising the four “pillars” of the local communities: traditional and religious leaders, leaders of civil society organisations, women and youth leaders, and local government officials, and persuading them to co-operate with each other and to engage with higher levels of government to promote policies and programmes which are conducive to peace, development, reconciliation and reduction of violence. PAKIGDAIT also forms interfaith peace building groups at community and municipality levels, and particularly encourages women and young people to get involved in peace building initiatives. Recognising that conflict is often rooted in poverty and competition for scarce resources, the project provides support for livelihood initiatives, and help in resolving disputes over land and other resources. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD PAKIGDAIT Philippines Peace building Sectors not specified Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries Human rights Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 9204 2003-01-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 9693 2003-01-01 Incoming Funds CGF 9640 2004-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 9640 2004-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 9309 2005-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 9308 2005-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 11953 2006-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 11953 2006-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 18000 2007-01-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 18000 2007-01-01 Incoming Funds CGF 18000 2008-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 18000 2008-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 18000 2009-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 18000 2009-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 15000 2010-06-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 15000 2010-06-01 Incoming Funds CGF 15000 2011-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 15000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 15000 2012-04-01 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 15000 2012-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 2000 2012-11-22 Disbursement PAKIGDAIT 2000 2012-11-22 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI330 PHI330 The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KsK ), the official member of Friends of the Earth International for the Philippines, provides legal expertise and support to poor and vulnerable people whose livelihood resources (especially land rights) are under threat – particularly to indigenous people, and communities in upland rural areas. LRC-KsK seeks to defend the communities’ rights to land and natural resources, while at the same time encouraging good practice in natural resource management, and local community initiatives for development which are ecologically sustainable, culturally appropriate and economically viable. Forestry, mining and energy issues are all taken into consideration. Central to the activities of LRC-KsK is to monitor, and be ready to critique, policies and laws affecting indigenous peoples and natural resources. Paralegal trainings are conducted with partner communities, and cases filed in the courts as deemed fit by the communities in the context of their own campaigns and struggles. With the assistance of legal policy experts, LRC-KsK develops policy alternatives informed by indigenous communities. LRC-KsK also engages the media, and facilitates networking with local, national and international organisations which can be linked in to add support to local campaigns. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Environmental policy and administrative management General budget support Human rights General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 30189 2007-01-07 Disbursement Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center 30189 2007-01-07 Incoming Funds CGF 37050 2008-01-01 Disbursement Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center 37050 2008-01-01 Incoming Funds CGF 35000 2009-01-01 Disbursement Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center 35000 2009-01-01 Incoming Funds CGF 35000 2010-01-01 Disbursement Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center 35000 2010-01-01 Incoming Funds CGF 25000 2011-04-01 Disbursement Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center 25000 2011-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI337 PHI337 Indigenous communities are among the poorest and most marginalised in the Philippines. The Subanon people living in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Western Mindanao, are an indigenous group of upland farmers growing rice, root crops and vegetables mainly for subsistence, though they can make some cash income from selling forest products, marketing any surplus food produced, and earning wages from farm work. Daily income is estimated at 30-70 pesos, and there are high rates of illiteracy among school-age children and high infant mortality. CAFOD has for some years been working in partnership with the Subanons’ traditional governing council – the Gukom Sog Pito Kodolungan or Council of Leaders of the Seven Rivers (Gukom) – believed to have been founded around the 16th century, to help them establish legal title to the areas of land which form their ancestral domain, and respond effectively to attempts to encroach on it (eg by mining companies). CAFOD is currently supporting the efforts of 8,401 Subanons living in two selected target areas, Canatuan and Lintangan-Malayal, to draw up a plan for the management of their ancestral domain on which they can all agree, and which is in keeping with their traditional values. Such a plan will ensure a more productive, but always sustainable, management of natural resources, and also improve the community’s lines of communication with government agencies and enable them to access better services. Under the project workshops and consultations are organised specifically with women, to encourage their active involvement. Educational and cultural programmes are also provided for young people, partly to help them achieve better understanding of their people’s traditions, and also to increase the number of Subanon students gaining admission to university. Completion Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Sectors not specified Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 18000 2008-04-01 Disbursement Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan 18000 2008-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 15000 2009-04-01 Disbursement Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan 15000 2009-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 15000 2010-04-01 Disbursement Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan 15000 2010-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 12000 2010-01-01 Disbursement Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan 12000 2010-01-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI342 PHI342 Philippines Indigenous Peoples Links, known as PIPLinks for short, is a UK-based organisation started in response to requests for support from indigenous people’s groups in the Cordillera region of the Philippines, to help them deal more effectively with threats to their ancestral lands and way of life from mining companies. The government is very keen to promote international investment in mining projects, yet the mechanisms in place in the Philippines to hold the companies to proper standards of transparency and accountability, and to monitor compliance, are quite weak. PIPLinks stands for the rights of the local communities to decide and control, and share fairly in the benefit from, how their land and natural resources are used. It works hard to ensure that their voices are heard in international debates, and has been a key partner in CAFOD’s Unearth Justice campaign. Most recently (2008-11) CAFOD has been supporting a project focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on communities living in three selected areas of the Philippines (Canatuan and Macambol in Mindanao, and Sablayan in Mindoro) and the respective mining companies wanting to work in those areas (TVI, BHP Biliton and Intex). CAFOD is also supporting PIPLinks to broaden the scope of its work to influence policy debates in other South East Asian countries. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Human rights General budget support General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 45000 2008-10-01 Disbursement Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links 45000 2008-10-01 Incoming Funds CGF 42500 2009-10-01 Disbursement Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links 42500 2009-10-01 Incoming Funds CGF 42500 2010-10-01 Disbursement Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links 42500 2010-10-01 Incoming Funds CGF 35000 2011-10-01 Disbursement Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links 35000 2011-10-01 Incoming Funds CGF 35000 2012-10-01 Disbursement Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links 35000 2012-10-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI348 PHI348 DIOPIM stands for a grouping of the Catholic dioceses/ prelatures of Dipolog, Ipil, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Iligan and Marawi, covering an area in North-Western Mindao which is one of the most mineral rich regions in the Philippines. The DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues (DCMI) brings the diocesan Social Action Centres together with concerned NGOs and indigenous people's groups. Its aim is to ensure that local people – poor farmers and fishworkers, mostly belonging to indigenous communities – understand the costs and benefits of mining in relation to other land uses and livelihoods options, and can take informed decisions in relation to mining and the protection and management of their land and natural resources. Project activities include research, monitoring of mining activities and their impact, building the capacity of the Social Action Centres and communities in relation to mining and environmental protection, and supporting communities and church structures to engage in advocacy initiatives to influence policies relating to mining at local and national level. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD DIOPIM Committee on Mining issues Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Environmental policy and administrative management General budget support Infectious disease control Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2009-04-01 Disbursement DIOPIM Committee on Mining issues 20000 2009-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2010-04-01 Disbursement DIOPIM Committee on Mining issues 20000 2010-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2011-04-01 Disbursement DIOPIM Committee on Mining issues 20000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-04-01 Disbursement DIOPIM Committee on Mining issues 20000 2012-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI350 PHI350 For nearly four decades the Social Action Centre (SAC) of Pagadian Diocese has been working through its network of parishes, basic ecclesial communities and other faith-based groups to address poverty and marginalisation. Due to its geographical location the Philippines is vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and their resultant effects such as tsunami, landslides, lava-flows, floods and flash-floods. The island of Mindanao has also been identified as particularly vulnerable to temperature increase and El Niño-induced drought, and its vulnerability has been exacerbated by ecological degradation due to extensive deforestation, mining and the ongoing conflict born of a decade old secessionist movement and communist-led insurgency. Since 2007, CAFOD livelihoods partners in Mindanao have been reporting that their agricultural programmes are being impacted by changing weather patterns, and that crops are failing due to extended drought, flooding and pest infestations. Since 2009, therefore, CAFOD has been supporting a programme with SAC and other local partners to strengthen their work on livelihoods through encouraging communities to carry out participatory disaster risk assessments and develop action plans, and to adapt to climate change and other hazards through changes in how they manage their land and other natural resources; they also mobilise the communities to engage with local government to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR), an approach which seeks to identify and reduce vulnerability to disasters, into its 10-year land use plans. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Social Action Centre Pakadian Philippines Food and Livelihood Security Environmental policy and administrative management Food crop production General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2011-04-01 Disbursement Social Action Centre Pakadian 20000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-04-01 Disbursement Social Action Centre Pakadian 20000 2012-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI351 PHI351 Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Josefina, has been a CAFOD partner since 1990, and this project seeks to build on many years of work especially to help the very poor local population improve their livelihoods, and introduce more productive and sustainable farming methods. Like many rural Philippines parishes it covers a large area of which is extremely poor) with just one central church, and a network of basic ecclesial communities in the outlying villages through which pastoral outreach and development initiatives are implemented. The Philippines as a whole is vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and their resultant effects such as tsunami, landslides, lava-flows, floods and flash-floods, while the island of Mindanao has also been identified as particularly vulnerable to temperature increase and El Niño-induced drought, and its vulnerability has been exacerbated by ecological degradation due to extensive deforestation, mining and the ongoing conflict born of a decade old secessionist movement and communist-led insurgency. Since 2007, CAFOD livelihoods partners in Mindanao have been reporting that their agricultural programmes are being impacted by changing weather patterns, and that crops are failing due to extended drought, flooding and pest infestations. Since 2009, therefore, CAFOD has been supporting a programme with Josefina Parish and other local partners to strengthen their work on livelihoods through encouraging communities to carry out participatory disaster risk assessments and develop action plans, and to adapt to climate change and other hazards through changes in how they manage their land and other natural resources; they also mobilise the communities to engage with local government to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR), an approach which seeks to identify and reduce vulnerability to disasters, into its 10-year land use plans. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Josefina Parish Integrated Programme Philippines Food and Livelihood Security Environmental policy and administrative management Food crop production Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2011-04-01 Disbursement Josefina Parish Integrated Programme 20000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-04-01 Disbursement Josefina Parish Integrated Programme 20000 2012-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI352 PHI352 The Philippines as a whole is vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and their resultant effects such as tsunami, landslides, lava-flows, floods and flash-floods, while the island of Mindanao has also been identified as particularly vulnerable to temperature increase and El Niño-induced drought, and its vulnerability has been exacerbated by ecological degradation due to extensive deforestation, mining and the ongoing conflict born of a decade old secessionist movement and communist-led insurgency. Since 2007, CAFOD livelihoods partners in Mindanao have been reporting that their agricultural programmes are being impacted by changing weather patterns, and that crops are failing due to extended drought, flooding and pest infestations. Since 2009, therefore, CAFOD has been supporting a programme with Ecoweb and other local partners to strengthen their work on livelihoods through encouraging communities to carry out participatory disaster risk assessments and develop action plans, and to adapt to climate change and other hazards through changes in how they manage their land and other natural resources; they also mobilise the communities to engage with local government to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR), an approach which seeks to identify and reduce vulnerability to disasters, into its 10-year land use plans. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits Philippines Food and Livelihood Security Environmental policy and administrative management Food crop production General budget support Human rights Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 25000 2011-04-01 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 25000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 25000 2012-04-01 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 25000 2012-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI353 PHI353 The project is a capacity support programme within CAFOD’s Mindanao Indigneous People’s Programme aims to support the empowerment of Indigenous Communities within CAFOD programme areas to lead their own development and improve their quality of life through increased control and more more effective governance, and sustainable management of natural and cultural resources within their ancestral lands. This capacity support will introduce greater partner coordination, led first and foremost by partners who directly represent indigenous communities, and will enable CAFOD to support the following types of initiatives: training / Capacity for indigenous people’s leaders; fact finding missions; follow up scoping visits or visits of technical experts; support to indigenous leaders to participate in national and international meetings; documentation of case studies and pilot livelihoods initiatives Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Mindanao Peace Building Institute Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Environmental policy and administrative management Human rights General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 8000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF -8000 2011-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 8000 2012-04-01 Disbursement Mindanao Peace Building Institute 8000 2012-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 3000 2012-07-01 Disbursement Mindanao Peace Building Institute 3000 2012-07-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI354 PHI354 CAFOD’s Indigenous Rights Programme in the Philippines focuses on the empowerment of Indigenous Communities to lead their own development through increased control and more sustainable management of natural resources within their indigenous territories. The formulation of the Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP) is a crucial phase in ensuring sustainable community access to the resources within their domains in addition to informed decision making on the future use of those resources. The Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan supports Indigenous community to make decisions about envisioned forestland use, resource usage; environmental and socio-economic impact and proposed financing and marketing strategies. The Philippines Association for Inter-Cultural Development, PAFID, will provide technical and capacity building support to 3 CAFOD Indigenous partners (Gukom, PDSI, PGB) for the implemention of the ADSDPP process for the duration of this project. ADSDPP Plans will be initially supported in the Indigenous areas of Bayog, Kumalarang and Lintangan. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Philippines Association for Intercultural Development Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Environmental policy and administrative management Human rights Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-01-01 Disbursement Philippines Association for Intercultural Development 20000 2012-01-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI355 PHI355 Typhoon Washi hit the Mindanao region of the Philippines on 16th December. Flash floods caused by the storm have left a trail of devastation in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro and in villages along the coast. Rivers burst their banks after more than 12 hours of continuous rain. Entire villages have been swept away into the sea. The official figure by the national authorities as of the end December 2011 was 1257 dead, over 1,500 injured and almost 285,000 being served inside and outside 62 evacuation centres (source: relief-web; National Risk Reduction and Management Council). 80% of the served people are outside of the evacuation centres. OCHA talks about nearly 340,000 affected across Northern Mindanao. Numbers are expected to raise in the coming days as more rural areas are reached. CAFOD's Philippines Accompanier, Rockrock, together with our partner ECOWEB (based in the area and best placed to respond) conducted an assessment into rural affected areas. In some places they were the first outsiders to arrive. The most immediate needs are short term food supplies, NFIs and shelter - construction material/tools to provide temporary shelters, repair of houses and removal of debris. In a longer term farming seeds and tools will be necessary to replace livelihood losses. Ecoweb's proposal includes first phase emergency food ration for 3 days, NFIs and tools for WFP food for work in communities where Ecoweb works (clearing landslides from roads). Ecoweb will distribute 450 shelter kits consisting of 12 GI sheet, 8 plywood sheets and essential tools in rural areas and in the peri-urban area of Iligan City Ecoweb will build 50 temporary shelters in the workst affected neighbourhoods (Santiago, Hinaplanon,Upper Hinaplanon). The temporary shelters are to be built using timber washed out of the mountains by the storm and confiscated by Iligan City hall municipality; these will be sawn into appropirate shapes and sizes using a rented band saw. Additional work in rural areas will focus on repairing 4 gravity fed water systems, and, to assist the agricultural recovery of rural communities, the distribution of 200 seeds and tools kits (100 with ploughs and 100 without). Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits Philippines Emergency Relief and Recovery Material relief assistance and services Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 100000 2011-12-21 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 50000 2011-12-21 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 50000 2011-12-21 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI357 PHI357 This project forms part of CAFOD’s indigenous people's land and livelihoods programme which aims to support the empowerment of indigenous communities in the Philippines to lead their own development, and improve their quality of life, through increased control and more sustainable management of natural resources within their ancestral lands. The Subanen people who live in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, are among the poorest and most marginalized people in the Philippines. Most Subanen communities are located in remote but resource-rich areas, but Subanen people have little, if any, effective representation in decision-making bodies, and indigenous women have even less say. This project will support two indigenous organisations to apply for land rights and develop land use plans for the ancestral lands. Pigsalabukan Gukom de Bayog is a traditional council of the Subanen People of the central region of the Zamboanga Peninsula representing the Bayog Indigenous community. This project will support the community of Bayog to secure their land rights and to undertake a land use planning process in order to reduce resource related conflicts and to ensure the natural resources within the domain will be managed sustainably PDSI is a Subanen women’s network representing the Kumalarang indigenous community. Through this project CAFOD, and will support the community of Kumalarang to secure their land rights and undertake a land use planning process. This process will also ensure that Indigenous women can participate in community decision-making particularly with regard to the management of ancestral lands, maintenance of peace and order, and resolution of conflict. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Pikhumpongan Dlibon Subanen, Inc Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Human rights Environmental policy and administrative management Human rights General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 17500 2012-04-01 Disbursement Pikhumpongan Dlibon Subanen, Inc 17500 2012-04-01 Incoming Funds CGF 50000 2013-01-01 Disbursement Pikhumpongan Dlibon Subanen, Inc 50000 2013-01-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI358 PHI358 The Subanen people who live in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, are among the poorest and most marginalized people in the Philippines. Most Subanen communities are located in remote but resource-rich areas, but Subanen people have little, if any, effective representation in decision-making bodies. Pigsalabukan Gukom de Bayog (PGB) is a traditional council of the Subanen People of the central region of the Zamboanga Peninsula. PGB's Bayog Ancestral Domain Sustainable Land Use and Governance Programme forms part of CAFOD's Indigenous People's Land and Livelihoods Programme (IPLLP) which aims to support the empowerment of indigenous communities in the Philippines to lead their own development and improve their quality of life through increased control, more effective governance, and sustainable management of natural and cultural resources within their ancestral lands. The Subanen community is in process of securing title to its ancestral domain in Bayog and the right to make decisions relating to it, and natural resources within the domain will be managed sustainable through implementation of land use plans, disaster reduction and livelihoods strategies which apply indigenous knowledge and appropriate technology. PBG will engage with local and national government bodies to ensure policies and practice that respect and promote Subanen culture and tradition, and ensure that women are included in decision-making. The aims of the project include consolidation of PGB as an indigenous organisation to ensure that the Subanen communities in Bayog can be governed in accordance with their people’s traditional knowledge and customs within their legally recognised ancestral domains, and that this can be harmonised with the existing legal and political systems in the Philippines. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Pikhumpongan Dlibon Subanen, Inc Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Environmental policy and administrative management Human rights General budget support Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 17500 2012-01-01 Disbursement Pikhumpongan Dlibon Subanen, Inc 17500 2012-01-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI359 PHI359 This project will be implemented by Philippines partner Sabakan and forms part of a multi-country gender programme with partners from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Philippines. The Philippines partner Sabakan will engage with the national gender related network initiated by the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Sabakan have strong existing experience of mobilising and strengthening church mechanisms on gender and family violence prevention. This will be captured in reflection workshops and shared within the network of partners engaged in the overall programme. Initial research and documentation will be undertaken with Sabakan to identify learning, effective strategies and recommendations which will be shared with the other participating partners and within CAFOD to inform the ongoing programme. Sabakan’s experience of working with the church on gender is unique and has gone through various phases. Initially formed within church structures it began to operate more independently when funded by CAFOD and Cordaid. This allowed for a stronger focus on advocacy resulting at times in a more challenging relationship to the church. Following reduced funding Sabakan had to re-integrate itself back into the church structures which led to changes in their advocacy approach, but a stronger support from clergy for their gender work due to the church’s sense of ownership. Further useful tools to be shared with the African partners is the gender training modules Sabakan has developed for clergy as well as the strategy of establishing men’s support groups in their awareness raising work on gender based violence in the parishes. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Sabakan Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Human rights General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 7500 2012-04-01 Disbursement Sabakan 7500 2012-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI360 PHI360 The Philippines is vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and typhoons. Communities living on the island of Mindanao are also particularly vulnerable to temperature increase and climate change. Deforestation, mining and the ongoing conflict has increased this vulnerability. CAFOD has working with three local partners in Mindanao to support communities to identify the factors making them vulnerable to disaster, and to adapt to climate change and other hazards through changes in how they manage their land and other natural resources. Communities are also encouraged and supported to engage with local government to access support for climate change adaptation and to reduce their risk to disaster. This project will strengthen this programme by supporting these partners to increase their coordination with eachother and with government agencies and by strengthening the ability of communities and local government to make decisions about land use and natural resource management through the use of innovative technology. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits Philippines Food and Livelihood Security Environmental policy and administrative management General budget support Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-04-01 Disbursement Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits 20000 2012-04-01 CAFOD GB-CHC-285776-PHI362 PHI362 This project forms part of CAFOD’s Indigenous People's Land and Livelihoods Programme which aims to support the empowerment of indigenous communities in the Philippines to lead their own development, and improve their quality of life, through increased control and more sustainable management of natural resources within their ancestral lands. The Subanen people who live in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, are among the poorest and most marginalized people in the Philippines. Most Subanen communities are located in remote but resource-rich areas, but Subanen people have little, if any, effective representation in decision-making bodies, and many of them are at risk of displacement from their land or exploitation by mining companies. CAFOD have supported Gukom, a council of indigenous elders, representing Subanon communities throughout the Zamboaga Peninsula, in applying for the land rights for their indigenous territories. This project will support 3 communities to undertake land use planning for their ancestral land areas in order to protect and develop their natural resources and improve their quality of life in preparation for receiving their land titles. Implementation Untied CAFOD cafod@cafod.org.uk CAFOD Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan Philippines Governance, Citizenship and Rights Environmental policy and administrative management Human rights Private grants Project-type interventions Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Incoming Funds CGF 20000 2012-04-01 Disbursement Gukom of the Subanons of the Pito ka Dolungan 20000 2012-04-01