Activities Field partner Type NGO Website http://www.aidfi.org/

Location Murcia Road Brgy. Mansilingan 6100 Bacolod City Negros Occid. Philippines

Contact Auke Idzenga Email auke_idzenga@yahoo.com Phone +63 34 4463629

AIDFI is a non-government, non-profit, non-corporate, service institution. We started 1992-93, made breakthroughs in 1998-2001, expanded 2002-2004, surged in 2005 to present.

Our Standpoint:
For development but one that is preferentially biased for the poor and marginalized sectors, landless farmers, farmworkers, agrarian reform beneficiaries, settlers, indigenous communities, small agricultural producers, urban poor associations

Our Vision :
A society where technology systems exist in harmony with nature and serves as a foundation of growth and sustainable development where people share and live in abundance and happiness and where there is justice, freedom, and equality.

Our Mission:
To work for the empowerment of the marginalized sectors to stand up for their rights; struggle to own land/farms, houses and avail of gov’t services; and regain their self-dignity, self-worth and self-confidence to chart their own destiny.

Our Goals:
To have a mass of marginalized sectors effectively equipped with the capacity to control resources (land, labor and capital), develop and promote sustainable agriculture through appropriate technologies, and direct political governance. To promote and implement environment-friendly appropriate technology towards sustainable development; To achieve food security through sustainable organic agriculture; To organize and strengthen local organizations and communities for self-governance and empowerment through democratic process; To develop self-reliant communities by creating local enterprises and opportunities; To strengthen and develop individual communities, institutional capabilities, efficiency and effectiveness in organizational, program and project development; To promote awareness and institutionalize gender and advocacy issues and concerns with respect for cultural diversity; To strengthen research and documentation capabilities in appropriate technology and development issues; To establish and develop network and linkages with PO’s and NGO’s the academe, local and foreign partners and; To maximize local and international resources accessing to support organizational thrust, programs and services.

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