An academe-based social worker in Marawi City and a community program coordinator have asked residents to inculcate the importance of solid waste segregation to lessen its impact on the environment. Mr. Esmail Derico Amer, registered social worker from the Mindanao State University in Marawi City told a training among community organizations in Lanao del Sur […]
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The Maranao People Development Center (Maradeca) Inc. and the Caritas Australia sent volumes of food and non-food assistance to more than 700 internally displaced persons in the armed conflict in the Lanao del Sur municipality of Butig. The assistance was provided to 733 IDPs seeking temporary shelter in the town center of Butig and in
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Selected farmers from four communities in Lanao del Sur have been trained to adapt new rice and corn farm technology to increase yield and reduce farm expenses. One hundred thirty participants from the municipalities of Bubong, Lumbayanague and Masiu trained under Mr. Jamil D. Amer, the agricultural development officer
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Four barangays in two municipalities of Lanao del Sur were piloted in a resource-mapping that is aimed at identifying the resources and products that have potential to be products of demand in the market. Maradeca Inc., with the Community Sustainable Development Program, conducted the Community Resource Mapping workshops in the four barangays in Lanao
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Advocates and supporters of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) gathered on September 18 in Davao City for a Mindanao-wide discussion on the experience and fate off the law since it was submitted to Congress. The Mindanao Civil Society Platform for Peace (MCSOPP), through the Maranao People Development Center (Maradeca), Inc. in partnership with the
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Four barangays in two municipalities of Lanao del Sur were taken of their profile for status of the natural resources and the needs of the communities, a move that would hasten the development planning process of a locality. The Maranao People Development Center (Maradeca) Inc. conducted the community profiling with support from Caritas-Australia. The profiling
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The Maranao People Development Centre, Inc. (Maradeca, Inc) enlivened Islamic activities in formerly untapped areas in Lanao del Sur toward better understanding and camaraderie in the communities when it tapped partners and supporters during the holy fasting month the Ramadhan. “Maradeca strikes in different communities in Lanao del Sur during holy Ramadhan through its peace-building
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To avoid further dependence on traders for pesticides and fertilizers, farmers in the municipality of Poona Bayabao in Lanao del Sur were taught to adapt organic farming, and made to learn the ways of producing organic fertilizers. Some 38 farmers, four of them female, sat down with facilitators and trainers from the group, Succeed Global,
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The Ompongan o mga Taribasok sa Ranao (OTR) a farmers organization in Masiu, Lanao del Sur, was the recipient of a bakery equipment given by the Maradeca Inc. The equipment was given to the officials and members of OTR on April 25 in Barangay Macabangun Imbaba where the organization is based. Maradeca handed the bakery equipment as
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Senator Aquilino Pimentel III has promised to be active in the discussions on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Salic Ibrahim, Maranao People Development Center executive director, bared this news after meeting with the senator in Manila recently. “Senator Pimentel, as a senator from Mindanao, has admitted that he needs to know the sentiments of
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