MARADECA reaches out to save lives

In partnership with Plan International, MARADECA responded to an emergency situation as a  result of the war that erupted in Marawi City last May 23, 2017 to present. On June 14-18, 2017 relief goods were distributed in the Informal Evacuation Centers at the  Madrasatul Jadidah, Baloi Rice Mill & the Mahad Abdel Azis Al-Islamie in …

Building Peace in Mindanao with CRS

The Maranao People Development Center, Inc. (MARADECA) in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) had a joint project called “Applying Binding, Bonding and Bridging Peace in Mindanao. The project aims to improve the relationship between conflicting identity groups by employing a people-to-people approach.  One of its major activities for the month of April 2017 is …

CRS distributes relief supplies to IDPs through MARADECA

The Catholic Relief Service (CRS)  in cooperation with Maranao People Development Center (MARADECA Inc.,) distributed Hygiene Kits (grooming kits) and Kitchen Utensils (towels, bed sheets, mosquito nets, blankets, cooking pots, portable toilet, basins, plates and glasses, and nail cutters) on June 2017, a few weeks after the fall of Marawi City. The targeted displaced people …

Plight of IDPs in the Marawi crisis addressed by NGOs

In the midst of Marawi Crisis, MARADECA through its emergency response component have conducted several interventions to complement the government assistance to the demand for  immediate and basic necessities of the increasing number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This includes the voluntary engagements of Returned Volunteers (RVs) from the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in supporting …

The DAR-IARCSDP Project

The Agricultural Entrepreneurial Development Services (AEDS) evolved from Department of Agrarian (DAR) – Italian Agrarian Reform Community Development Service Program (IARCDSP) that funded a 6-month intervention of MARADECA in the five (5) identified municipalities of Lanao del Sur. The main thrust of the DAR-IARCDSP project is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions …

MARADECA Organizes Training on Climate Change Adaptation with DAR-IARCDSP

About Forty (40) representatives from ten (10) municipalities of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur attended a Training on Climate Change Adaptation on February 6 – 9, 2017. The training was organized by MARADECA in cooperation with DAR-IARCDSP held at Cotabato City. The training process and outputs enabled the various MDRRMO to share their experiences and …