| What
is Mag-uugmad Foundation?
We
are a non-profit organization,evolved from a World Neighbors
assisted Cebu Soil and Water Conservation Project. A U.S.
- Based international development organization; World Neighbors
had been supporting the project since its inception in 1981
to year 2001.
Estabished
by key farmer leaders and staff, MFI was registed with the
securities and exchange Commission on June 22, 1988.
MFI
has over twenty years of experience in addressing environmental
degradation, natural resource conservation and management,
as well as, organizing communities for develpment. we have
Devoted our efforts in providing rurl communities the necessary
knowledge and skills to challenge the issue of low productivity
of farming families through appropriate technologies that
control environmental degradation and promote sustainable
agriculture. MFI employed a strategy of mobilizing villagers
to stimulate a farmers teaching and organizing program.
Vision
A professional and progressive farmer-based learning non-government
organization for sustainable upland development in the philippines
continuously partnering with organized communities and self-reliant
peoples organizations toward transformation of healthy, peaceful,
prosperous, environmentally-friendly and spiritually-culturally
sensitive farming communities.
Mag-uugmad
Foundation foresees a transformation of its role from direct
implementers of development projects to adviser-facilitator
of peoples organizations and ultimately, become one of the
major learning centers for sustainable upland and community
development in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Mission
- Strengthen
the capabilities of partner peoples organizations to effectivly
manage and devlop the local resources for the betterment
of the quality of life in farming communities
- Partner
and empower differnt stakeholders in building of sustainable
and gender-fair communities , Promote and Practice farmer-based
and participatory approaches in continuous learning and
development processes towards nurturing responsible, critical
thingking, and compassionate attitude of men and women farmers
and other stakeholders.
- Mobilize
institutional capacities and genrate resources fro the sustainability
of professional, dynamic and dedicated personnel and operation
of Mag-uugmad Foundation Incorporated
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