Archive for September, 2004

A Successful 30th Anniversary »

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 5th AsiaDHRRA General Assembly »

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 is newest member of the DHRRA Network »

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 [...]

AFA conducts Asian Rice Forum »

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 [...]

TaiwanDHRRA OJT »

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 [...]