Learning workshop on business plan preparation to eliminate child labor
AsiaDHRRA, in collaboration with its partner organizations, conducted training on Rural People’s Organizations’ (RPOs) business plan preparation for the livelihood grant facility on 9-11 December 2024. The three-day workshop took place in San Fernando, Bukidnon, and participated by two RPOs each from the municipalities of Kapalong and Asuncion in Davao del Norte, from San Fernando, […]
Capacitating farmers on basic digital literacy and financial training
Day 1: AsiaDHRRA’s Smallholder Economic Empowerment through Digital Solutions (SEEDS) Project conducted a two-day workshop on capacitating member farmers of Matulatula Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative (MARCCO) on 9-10 December 2024 at Pola, Oriental Mindoro. The first day of the workshop focused on essential functions and understanding using smartphones, operating systems, applications, and best practices for […]
Counting the gains and assessing challenges on RUML’s second year
The Rural-Urban Market Link (RUML) team conducted its second Annual Assessment at the Partnership Center, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, on December 3, 2024, and participated by the consortium and project specialists from donor agency, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Mr. Cezar Belangel, Chief of Monitoring and Evaluation, facilitated the project’s evaluation session, […]
AsiaDHRRA Supports National Children’s Month 2024
AsiaDHRRA, through its EU-funded RISE-UP Project, attended and supported the National Children’s Month (NCM) 2024 celebration on 27 November 2024 at DayNor Sports Complex, Mankilam, Tagum City, Davao del Norte. The meaningful event was organized by the Department of Labor and Employment Region XI (DOLE XI), gathering children and parents across the Davao Region to […]
A Celebration of 50th Year: Empowered to Lead and Innovate!
AsiaDHRRA, with its partner DHRRAs, farmer organizations, development partners, and donors, celebrated its 50th Anniversary, recalling its milestone, priorities on family farming, farmers forum, and new programming cycle in 2025, in Ha Noi, Vietnam, on 22 to 25 December 2024. The first day of celebration reflected on recognizing the founding leaders (including posthumously) who sustained […]
Third batch of enhancing the capacities of PLGU’s TWG on agricultural investment
The third batch of capacity-building workshops for the project “Strengthening the Implementation of Regional and Local Peace and Development Agenda in Mindanao (SPADE-EU KoFI)” is currently being conducted at Poblacion, Davao City, from 18 to 22 November 2024 and for the Technical Working Group (TWG) of Lanao del Norte and Saranggani provinces. AsiaDHRRA is a […]
Discussion on government financial grants supporting cooperative businesses
The Rural-Urban Market Link (RUML) team and their cooperative beneficiaries participated in a briefing on the Kadiwa Financial Grant Assistance Program conducted by the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) on 15 November 2024. The meeting revolved around the possibility of providing grants from the DA to support RUML’s cooperative beneficiaries, including shared insights from Yello […]
Addressing Youth’s significant role on poverty eradication in the region and agents of change towards resilience
AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary-General, Ms. Marlene Ramirez, participated in the 13th ASEAN Public-Private-People Partnership (PPPP) Forum on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication organized on 12 November 2024 at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. AsiaDHRRA, with its work and contribution towards enhancing the socio-economic well-being of the rural people’s organizations (RPOs) in the region, moderated Session 5, provided […]
Intersectoral workshop eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour
AsiaDHRRA attended an Intersectoral Workshop on the ASEAN Roadmap for Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2025 on 4-6 November 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is also a Follow-Up to the ASEAN Declaration on Prevention of Child Labour, including Worst Forms of Child Labour, and gathered representatives from the International Labor Organization […]
Second batch of capacity-building workshop on conflict-sensitive agricultural investment promotion planning initiative
AsiaDHRRA conducted the second batch of learning workshops to enhance the capacities of the provincial governments of North Cotabato and Bukidnon on 5-6 November 2024. The activity is under the project “Strengthening the Implementation of Regional and Local Peace and Development Agendas (SPADe),” supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’s (GIZ). As SPADe project’s service […]