Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your continuing support to our initiative providing home essentials like blankets and mosquito nets. For most of us this basic essentials which would include hygiene supplies are taken for granted but for poor families these are essential items and there is a need to continue providing them at least to assuage the need in the very short term. For example, solar lamps is very much needed by off-grid families who can no longer function during night-fall. Mosquito nets is also very much needed esepcially with dengue caused by mosquitoes is becoming prevalent. This reporting period we are able to provide home kits to 57 families and hoping to provide some more as we approach the holiday season. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances 

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your continuing support to our initiative agro-reforestation initiative led by women farmers. In various literature we can see that women are most affected by poor yields in farming caused by climate change and there is a need to improve their welfare. Reforestation is not effective if we focus only on tree planting but left aside the raising of food crops by and for women. So in this report, we promte the growing of food crops that thrive well under trees that are planted. While waiting for the trees to grow farmers have the security of food as their crops will provide food in the short term. We are able to start this strategy with 10 pilot farmers and hoping that we will be able to expand in the next months. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

Here is our latest report to our project Feed Starving Girls at Global Giving. 

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your support to our initiative feeding starving girls. The intensity of climate change has made farming difficult and less profitable and there is a dire need to improve income and livelihoods as farming is the only source of income and food for so many. Our goal is to promote regenerative agriculture and expand the sources of income of farmers so that they are not only dependent on a single cash crop but could get income from a range of local crops that would grow well in their farms. This reporting period we are piloting the planting of fruit and timber trees with high economic value to 30 farms with plans for expansion as we go along. Hoping for your continuing support to our project. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friend,

Greetings and thank you very much for your support to our tropical storm Agaton recovery initiative. This point in time is the rebuilding of livelihoods for the affected families and we are doing our best to support the poorest of families with farming tools and seeds. We are very much in favor with the provision of vegetable seeds because it is easy to grow and can provide farmers with economic returns in the short run. We were able to support a total of 175 families in this manner thanks also to a local supporter who provided help. Your support is still needed as the rebuilding phase of this project is in progress. Hoping for your continuing support. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your support to our project helping those affected by Super typhoon Rai. This reporting period we are happy to inform you that we continue to provide for the needs of affected families thanks also to donors outside of the GlobalGiving community. The damage caused by the typhoon is widespread and our support is very much welcome in the communities. We are local and our volunteers in the area are able to function with less cost and this is our strength. We can easily mobilize too if there are new calamities. This project period we are able to assist a total of 72 families by providing them with hygiene support, clothing, vegetable seeds and small garden tools. Again thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for supporting our project providing help to child brides. This project is important since female children who get hitched at a very early age is at a great disadvantage. Her future is ruined. This is very true in poor rural communities. Young brides have very little chance of improving herself as the burden of family takes control. The need to provide pro-active program in order to prevent or support child brides is imperative. This reporting period we provided small livelihoods to 8 child brides and their families comprising vegetable gardening and the raising of small animals like chicken and ducks. Your help is very much needed. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances Uy

 Dear Friends,

Thank you very much for your continuing support to our initiative helping elderly women and their families. The situation in remote villages we are supporting is that poverty and malnutrition is getting worse because of low farming productivity and the lack of other economic activities that small-scale farmers can engage into. There is a need to find ways in order to change the situation for the better and meanwhile we are trying to do assessment and pilot-testing, we continue to provide food and ameneties supplies to the most vulnerable of our beneficiaries. This reporting period we provided food especially rice to 30 elderly women thanks also to local supporters who provided help. Hoping for your continuing support to our cause. Thank you very much.

Very sincerely yours,

Michelle Frances

 Remembering my national award as Ten Accomplished Youth Organization in the country. This has provided me with more passion and dedication to work in our local communities and deliver much-needed social services. 

 Greetings all and thank you very much for visiting our blog. I am happy to inform you that we continue to receive support from the Global Giving, which is a superb crowd-funding platform of which we are an outstanding partner since 2018. We have multiple projects posted at Global Giving which enable us to continue implementing initiatives in the field despite the challenges we are facing due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Again, thanks all..

 This new year 2021 we are gearing for more opportunities related to water and sanitation implementation in the rural areas. Our humble beginning was really a small project on water and sanitation and food security which we uses as leverage in order to formally form an association. We are happy that we have succeeded in this venture and we hope for more supporters in the future. 

 Continue support to women entrepreneurs. We are very keen in supporting start-up livelihood projects with a great promise of success in the rural areas where we are operating. Some of the livelihoods are the raising of small farm animals, vegetable gardening, vending, production of face masks and face shields, soap-making and the processing of high-valued farm products like turmeric, dragon fruit, bananas and mangoes. We need all the help that we can get and thanks to donors and angel investors that assist us in our initiatives. 

 Warm greetings for the New Year 2021 and hoping that this year brings more good tidings to our team as well as to the women that we are serving. We are proud to announce that we have successfully implemented a project funded by the Global Fund for Women focused on the empowerment of women-led households and their families. We hope for continued support from the Global Fund. Thank you and Mabuhay!

Providing water harvesters in a poor community

Warmest greetings to all. We hope that you will be able to help us procure rainwater harvesters for Daisy and Janet and 5 of their neighbors in the remote village of Mahayag. Just a moment ago, Daisy and Janet was able to receive gifts of food and blanket from a very generous donor and we are aiming at providing to the family with access to water. Water is very scarce here and Daisy and Janet used to fetch water from a spring located very far from their house for drinking and cooking. This is also the case of 5 neighbors who do the same. It is usually the children bearing the hard labo

r of fetching water. Now with the Coronavirus pandemic, water is a precious commodity not only for drinking but also for general hygiene as well. The use of rainwater harvesters comprising sanitary recycled 200-liter drums will do wonders for those badly needing water. The drums will be positioned near the roof and connected with galvanized iron gutters. Help us provide them with these harvesters which can only be procured in the city. Thank you very much.

 Launching our village mushroom production project

We will establish a mushroom production facility for 15 households as their source of income and nutrition as well as a pilot for other groups to emulate. Mushroom is an alternative food with very large potential for increasing income and nutrition and it can be grown easily in small space using surplus agricultural waste such as rice straw, banana leaves and coco-coir dust. It is high in protein, amino acids, no cholesterol, no sugar and high ratio of unsaturated fats. It has tremendous ability to improve nutrition as well as provide income during this Coronavirus pandemic. The farm waste as substrate can then be recycled as organic fertilizer mix for vermi-compost.

The mushroom production and processing facility at the Mahangub Integrated Farm in Naawan Municipality and to be managed by a group of 15 households will enable them to source their nutritional needs from the harvest as well as generate income from surplus production. This is especially significant during this Coronavirus pandemic where food is scarce and malnutrition abounds.

The mushroom production facility will grow oyster mushroom as well as straw mushrooms in agricultural waste coming from farms around the area. The resulting mushrooms will then be used by the growers as their alternative source of nutrition and the surplus sold as fresh in the local market. A small portion will be value-added with the production of powdered mushrooms and dried mushrooms for condiment. The facility will produce their own spawns for their needs as well as for market to other growers and enthusiasts in the province. Production of mushroom seeds (spawns) is a big problem by would-be growers and the absence discourage them from going into the venture. We will be getting Mr. Enrico Imperio as our pro-bono resource person in the production of spawns.

 Aiming to launch a multi-purpose training center 

The project is the construction, management and sustainable operation of a training and resource center with “permaculture” as the core practice.  Permaculture is defined as, “a combination of the words permanent and agriculture, offers a unique approach to the practice of sustainable farming, ranching, gardening and living.”  “Permaculture shows how to observe the dynamics of natural ecosystems. We can apply this knowledge in designing constructed ecosystems that serve the needs of human populations without degrading our natural environment. Permaculture sites integrate plants, animals, landscapes, structures and humans into symbiotic systems where the products of one element serve the needs of another. “Once established, a permaculture system can be maintained using a minimum of materials, energy and labor. By recycling "waste" resources back into the system, it also minimizes pollution. It serves human needs efficiently by incorporating useful, high-yielding species. A permaculture system is designed to be diverse, so that even when one element fails, the system has enough stability and resilience to thrive. This gives it greater potential than a conventional system for long term economic stability.”

The training center will offer short trainings, study tours and short visits for local farmers as well as for practitioners and agri-entrepreneurs in the region. The training center will be established in a 5-hectare farm located in Tuod, Manticao, Misamis Oriental.  At present the main products of the farm are vegetables, root crops and herbs, banana and dragon-fruit. Fruit trees, bananas, coconuts, cacao, bamboo and timber trees are also intercropped in the farm

 Duck raising for poor women

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project promoting duck raising for disadvantaged women. The power of raising ducks is that unlike chickens, they are not easily affected by sickness and diseases. They are hardy, sturdy and can survive in difficult weather conditions such as during typhoons and heavy rains. They are also easy to raise and they can provide meat and eggs when they mature. When well-taken cared of, they are egg factories and can provide for the protein needs of the family. This reporting period we realize that we need to improve our breed by the raising of superior breeds and mixing them with our local breeds. In this way the duck bloodlines will improve. We were able to get our stocks from a nearby province and hopefully this will improve our capacity to provide livelihoods to many disadvantaged women.

 Production of high-value crops

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project providing livelihood and nutrition support for women. This time is precarious for poor hoseholds as climate change and the proliferation of virulent virus such as the recent Coronavirus will impact in a hard way local communities with very little coping mechanisms. This reporting period, we are able to initiate the organization of women farmers and housewives to grow and process dragon fruit plants. The plants grow very well and there are a lot of open farmlands that can be devoted to its production. The products are endless, from fresh fruits to soap, candies, jams and wine. The women's association will focus on the processing of various products for the marketand our next step will be to assist in the registering of their association so that they will have a legal personality, accessing support from partners and then start processing the products for value adding. We will provide additional updates in succeeding reports about their progress.

 Food delivery during this time of the Coronavirus pandemic

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your kindness and generosity in supporting our project providing food, livelihood and nutrition support for disadvantaged women and girls. This reporting period is particularly challenging because of the ill-effects of the Coronavirus pandemic into the lives of poor communities. We are hoping that there will finally be a solution and cure to the virus and that communities can re-start their normal lives. Thanks to donors and supporters, we are able to provide food packs to 720 women and their families in 2 villages. Aside from the food packs comprising well-loved Filipino menu, we also provided them with vegetable seeds in order for the families to start small backyard gardening activities. This is aimed at increasing their sources of nutrittious food and added income when they sell the surplus.

 Warmest greetings to all. This is the site for the Women's Action Against Climate Change Association