Technological progress and development have opened the advent of a materialistic world.  Many people in the urban and rural areas are explicitly and implicitly influenced by the global commercialization.  In many instances the influx of western culture envelopes the innate and distinctive attitudes of who we really are every now and then.

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The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas in Mindanao (PhilDHRRA-Mindanaw) convened its 45TH Regional Assembly on 25 – 26 March 2010 at D’ Leonor Hotel in Bajada, Davao City.   Highlighting the theme ““Strengthening Adaptive Capacities and Responses to Climate Change and Vulnerabilities to Disaster”, the network hopes to build on its past gains to start with the right foot on embarking appropriate measures responding to the challenges on climate change. (more…)

The PhilDHRRA Mindanao secretariat and project staff conducted its first general staff meeting cum Annual Planning for 2009 on January 12-13, 2009 at the Caraga Project Management Office in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. RC Abando facilitated the two-day activity with the general staff. (more…)

Nine (9) participants from 7 NGO/POs attended the Five-day training on Microsoft Office Access sponsored by PhilDHRRA-Mindanao Secretariat.

The training is the third of its kind organized and hosted by PhilDHRRA-Mindanao for its members and external partner-organizations and agencies.  It is part the network’s ICT capacity building program under the ICT for NGOs component, a prelude to the 2nd phase of the program focused on integrating ICTs for rural development initiatives. (more…)

Five members namely, HSPFI, GROUP, KAANIB, MASSPECC and TOUCH of the Northern Mindanao Cluster of PhilDHRRA Mindanao participated in the recently conducted advocacy forum on anti-mining held at Searsolin on October 23-24, 2008. The activity was a highlight of the celebration of “Integrity of Creation Solidarity Week” in celebration of the Indigenous Peoples Month this October. (more…)