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CAFOD is promoting a chemical-free form of rice farming in the Philippines called "Masipag" [Annie Bungeroth]

In the particularly poor central, north and western parts of the island of Mindanao, where CAFOD works, povety is exacerbated by conflict

Key Challenges

Conflict and peace: Ongoing conflicts in the Mindanao region resulted in 300,000 people being displaced in 2000.

CAFOD spent £297,000 in the Philippines in 2006-07

Economic exploitation: Recent economic activities in Central Western Mindanao have seen prime agricultural lands being reclassified for commercial, residential or industrial use – mining in particular.

The mining industry has a poor record of environmental and human rights abuses.

CAFOD supports a number of partner organisations working on these issues.

Community leader Onsino Mato who is campaigning to stop large-scale mining on his people’s land [PIPLinks]

Defending communities from mining

CAFOD partners DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues and Philippines Indigenous Links are working to protect communities and the environment from foreign mining interests.

Sharing peace-building experience

The Mindanao Peace-building Institute brings together people with experience in peace-building to share their knowledge.

Dreams become reality

Running water, three meals a day and going to school seemed impossible for many families in the Philippines five years ago - but not any more

The Philippines: Sacred land destroyed

Mining for gold and other minerals in the Philippines has caused people to lose homes, lands and livelihoods. But they are standing up for their rights

Call for peace in the Philippines

CAFOD partners are at the forefront of a relief effort to help those caught up in escalating violence in the Philippines

A vendor wades through knee-deep floodwaters as a bus passes after Typhoon Fengshen pelted Metro Manila with torrential rain and high winds June 22, 2008 [REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Typhoon Fengshen: CAFOD partners assisting

CAFOD partners in the Philippines are helping those affected by the devastating typhoon which swept across the country on Saturday, June 21

Building peace in the Philippines (481.50 kB)

Downloadable 16-slide powerpoint with photos

More than three million people in Colombia have been forced to flee their homes during decades of fighting between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the army - the highest number of displaced people in the world after Sudan [CARITAS Colombia/CAFOD]

Support our partners in their struggle

CAFOD has repeatedly asked the UK government to press the Colombian authorities to publicly defend human rights. Please support this call to action and the work of our partners in Colombia by emailing your MP now.

YOU can make a difference

The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]

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Published on 04/12/2007, last updated on 07/03/2008

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