During the course of the project implementation, partner associations encourage the involvement of the youth.  This development in the community was a welcome gesture for the youth since the pandemic struck the whole world.  The COVID-19 pandemic forced them to stay and do the modular and/or online classes at home.  When the association decided to …

Two people’s organizations/associations in Samar relentlessly embrace the protection and conservation activities through the DISOP Philippines’ project.    This 2021, the associations established another 60 hectares of endemic tree species inside or within the buffer areas of the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP).  The beneficiaries are forever grateful to the donors of the DISOP Philippines project …

The ongoing global health crisis has affected all walks of life.  When DISOP Philippines started to initially implement the project in the middle of February 2020, who would have thought that activities will be disrupted by this phenomenon!  At first, we are worried about what will happen to the marginal sectors like our farmer-beneficiaries.  The …

The agroecology project that DISOP Philippines has started in Paranas, Samar was focused on the integration of fruit trees in the farmer-beneficiaries’ farms.  Moreover, it also distributed vegetable seeds to diversify the sources of food and encourage vegetable production and FAITH gardening in the community.  DISOP Philippines implemented the project in collaboration with the Organic …

DISOP Philippines’ conscious effort to help mitigate the impact of climate change, prompted the Foundation to continue planting trees and partner with other people’s organization (PO) in Barangay Binaloan, Taft, Eastern Samar.  Binaloan Upland Farmers Agro-Industrial Development Association (BUFAIDA), a PO in the area, is a recipient of a Community Based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA), …

Since the middle of 2017 to 2018, DISOP Philippines embarked on a small grants funding that focused on tree plantation using indigenous trees species for purposes of preserving the mother trees and improving the biodiversity in the area. Along with this, we also promote agro-ecological activities integrating it into the farming systems of the members …

The annual conference of DISOP Philippines partners is scheduled on November 28, 2016 to December 3, 2016.  The dates are confirmed and adopted by Luntiaw Mindanaw, Inc. (LMI), the NGO partner of DISOP in Butuan City which will host the forthcoming affair.  Arrival date of the delegates shall be on November 28, 2016 then a field …

The training-workshop was conducted in 2 batches- August 8-12, 2016 in Tacloban City and August 15-19, 2016 in Cebu City.  It is a trainers’ training activity that aims to teach participants to make digital stories or small movies.  They can choose their subject or topic to portray…can be a human interest story from the beneficiary …

DISOP Philippines successfully conducted a 3-day workshop together with its partner NGOs last March 8-10, 2016.   Twenty-four delegates attended the activity which was facilitated by Mr. Dick Pajarillo and Mr. Willie Perasol.   The workshop was spearheaded by the Southeast Asia Coordinator, Ms. Kathleen Deckmyn, Southeast Asia Coordinator. The following were tackled during the workshop: Review and …

The 2015 conference was successfully conducted and attended by 45 delegates coming from various civil society organizations, donors and networks.  It was held in Cebu City last July 28-30, 2015.  The activity consisted of two major parts…the first one was a one-day field visit to Argao, Cebu which was hosted by Mag-uugmad Foundation, Inc. (MFI).  The …