Health is Wealth

A training on proper sanitation and community hygiene brought fresh awareness among members of community organizations, and eventually to spread around the community in Lanao del Sur where these organizations are based. Dubbed as Wash, for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), the Maradeca Inc. has partnered with the Caritas Australia to conduct the training for …

Waste experts ask Lanao residents to segregate

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 …

Armed conflict victims get relief assistance

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 …

Lanao del Sur farmers train on new rice and corn farm tech

              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 thirtyย participants from the municipalities of Bubong, Lumbayanague and Masiu trained under Mr. Jamil D. Amer, the agricultural development officer …

Resource-mapping piloted in Lanao del Sur villages

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. ย  Maradeca Inc., with the Community Sustainable Development Program, conducted the Community Resource Mapping workshops in the four barangays in Lanao …