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Shui Tsai, TaiwanDHRRA volunteer at AsiaDHRRA will present a lecture on December 8, 2004, 10-12 a.m at the National Pingtung University of Science & Technology.
The presentation entitled “A Case Study of Regional NGO Operation” showcases the experiences, learnings and achievements of AsiaDHRRA’s three decades of solidarity and partnership building and development work in rural communities [...]

The Second Asian Rural NGO Leader’s Dialogue, themed “Defining and Nurturing Asian NGO Leadership Amidst Globalization” originally set to be held on November 15-20, 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand has been rescheduled sometime in the first quarter of 2005.
What is ALD?
The Asian Leaders’ Dialogue is a central component of a 3-year project under AsiaDHRRA’s Leadership Development [...]

AsiaDHRRA’s 30th Anniversary DHRRAW conference was successfully concluded, attended by 130 development practioners from 12 Asian countries. The Opening Guest speakers were Secretaries Dinky Juliano- Soliman and Ging Quintos-Deles, representing the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Office of the Presidential Adviser to the Peace Process, respectively. It was a happy occasion to [...]

The 5-day event was capped by the business meeting of AsiaDHRRA’s 5th General Assembly. Updates on the resolutions passed in the 2002 GA in Kuala Lumpur were presented. The Chairperson recalled the network’s key accomplishments for the past two years as presented during the DHRRAW.
The GA likewise accepted the DHRRAW outputs and the major discussion [...]

MyanDHRRA, as represented by the SEARSOLIN Alumni Association of Myanmar (SAAM) was ratified as the newest member of the DHRRA network. The members warmly welcomed the MyanDHRRA representatives who vowed to also develop their DHRRA in the coming years. After more than four years of inter-action with SAAM, it was already deemed timely to respond [...]

Thirty two farmers and NGO leaders from ten Asian countries belonging to AsiaDHRRA and AFA (Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development) attended the “Asian Forum on Rice: Promoting Sustainable Rice, Upholding the Interests of Small Rice Farmers”, held from August 9-18. The event is part of AFA’s and AsiaDHRRA’s joint Sustainable Rice Campaign, in celebration [...]

The second DHRRA On-the-Job Trainee arrived in August 02, 2004 from Taiwan. Ms. Shu Hui Tsai, a second liner of TaiwanDHRRA, has a master’s degree in Agribusiness Management from the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. She will join the AsiaDHRRA secretariat for one year following an OJT program that was jointly developed by [...]

Ushering on its three decades of nurturing partnerships, solidarity building and working with rural communities, AsiaDHRRA in a joint project with PhilDHRRA, has solicited the support of corporations, individuals and partners in development by being one of the sponsors/advertisers in the AsiaDHRRA 30th Anniversary Souvenir Program. The funds that will be solicited will be used [...]

Last May 17-21, 2004 key leaders and staff of AsiaDHRRA took a break from work and headed to Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in Tagaytay to energize their spirit and further hone their leadership capacity. The second leadership development session included a refresher session for the second liners to prepare them for the second [...]

As a regional member organization of the Southeast Asia Committee on Advocacy (SEACA), AsiaDHRRA participated in the Board of Directors meeting held last May 7-8 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
In preparation for the Board meeting, AsiaDHRRA convened a caucus of SEACA’s regional partners, among them Asian Women Cooperative Forum (AWCF), Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and [...]

Esther Penunia, AsiaDHRRA’s Program Officer for Regional Policy Advocacy and Movement Building,  participated in the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, India, last January 15-21, 2004 as o­ne of the representatives of Southeast Asia Committee o­n Advocacy (SEACA), a regional advocacy network.
Ms. Penunia attended various conferences o­n globalization and peasant issues organized by various groups [...]

The ASEAN Standing Committee, at its meeting held on 5-7 May in Jakarta, Indonesia, accorded AsiaDHRRA an ASEAN-affiliated NGO status. As such, it is expected that AsiaDHHRA can engage into the mainstream of ASEAN activities, be informed of the major policies, directives and decisions of ASEAN as well as having the privilege of participating in [...]

The newly-composed Executive Committee (ExeCom) of AFA (Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development) held its 2nd Core Group Strengthening Workshop last June 1-6, in Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop, with the theme, “Enhancing AFA to Promote the Asian Peasant Agenda”, was attended by 19 participants representing the regular members of AFA and [...]

The AsiaDHHRA 2004 Workshop celebrating AsiaDHRRA’s 30th anniversary will finally take place in August 9-13, 2004 at the Development Academy of the Philippines Conference Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Our member in the Philippines, PhilDHRRA, whose pioneers and leaders are in the forefront of pursuing a wide range of social development initiatives, is generously co-hosting [...]

Tri Heru Wardoyo, AFA Chairperson, Vic Fabe, AFA ExeCom member, and Esther Penunia, AsiaDHRRA Advocacy Officer, participated in a three day rice seeds seminar with the theme: “Rights, Life and Culture, Stand Up for our Rice”, held in Devt. Academy of the Philippines, Tagaytay City, Philippines last March 29-April 2.
The workshop was organized by the [...]