Meeting Tony Meloto of ‘Gawad Kalinga’
Spent an amazing day at the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm! Built around a GK village, the farm is the showcase of many projects: ⁃ re-establishing use of the land with plantations, animal farm, etc ⁃ An ‘incubator’ to support social entrepreneurs who are providing employment for the families of the village ⁃ An undergraduate school […]
Day one in the Philippines, meeting with Sikat.
Today I had a meeting with Chito Dugan from Sikat Philippines. Sikat is a ‘non-profit organisation established in 1991 which aims to enhance coastal community resiliency by implementing community-based Coastal Resource Management (CRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction Programs (DRR), and promoting good governance practices.’ It was a very interesting and productive meeting. Chito was exceptionally […]
