“We walk the talk of our advocacy work,” stressed Florence Daguitan, Coordinator of Tebtebba’s Philippine Program during the launching of the said desk’s subpage under the organization’s official website. Participants from the different indigenous community and organization partners of Tebtebba joined in the said online event.
“…Diay inrugin ti Tebtebba nga systems of rice intensification (SRI) ditoy Guesang, maysa nga sitio ti Bangaan, talaga nga ongoing, ipa-practice da piman. Tatta, makitkita nga adda progress na diay sitio ta ada en diay processing da ti squash canton, peanut brittle ken banana chips. Adu en ti suporta nga it-ited ti gobyerno ngem ti kitkitaen tayo ket diay nangrugi ket datayo nga Pidlisan Tribe Organization (PITO) ken Tebtebba (One of the projects that Tebtebba started is the SRI in Guesang, a sitio [a territorial portion that is part of the barangay] of Bangaan, which is ongoing and is being practiced. At present, we see an improvement in the sitio because they already have a processing center for squash canton, peanut brittle and banana chips. The sitio is now receiving support from the government, as well, thanks to the initiative of PITO and Tebtebba),” shared Osenio Lay-os, a Pidlisan elder, as he provided updates on the capacity-building initiatives done by their community through the facilitation of Tebtebba.
The Philippine Program is an initiative within Tebtebba that directly deals with community strengthening and operationalizing of the Indigenous Peoples' Sustainable Self-Determined Development framework in its pilot areas in the Philippines with the support of several funders including the Pawanka Fund and SwedBio.
Visit Tebtebba’s Philippine Program’s subpage at philippine.tebtebba.org.
