The PEF Board of Trustees has sent out a letter to the Foundation's Partners and Friends sharing important news on directions and operations of the Foundation. You can view the letter published in its entirety here.

Social Development Week 2009

Everyone is invited to come to the Social Development Celebration's (SDC) NGO Trade Fair at the TriNoma Activity Center of TriNoma Mall, Quezon City. This development trade fair will run from December 14 to 16, 2009 and will feature products and services from partner NGOs, POs and communities nationwide.

ECHOVILLAGE Store, a social enterprise opens a new model

ECHOstore Sustainable Lifestyle has partnered with The Village Store of the Partner and Access Centers Consortium Inc (PACCI) to open a sustainable lifestyle store in a village setting. The venture, now aptly named ECHOVILLAGE Store Sustainable Communities, has opened its flagship at the Peace and Equity Foundation’s (PEF) offices along 69 Esteban Abada, Loyola Heights in Quezon City last November 26, 2009. The PEF has been the major supporter of PACCI and has allowed it to operate a storefront in the busy Katipunan area.

PEF Tulong-Tulong POndo(Y): Our Chance to Help

After Typhoon Ondoy hit Metro Manila, a fund drive to gather donations for relief goods for the affected was initiated by the PEF.  The effort was called PEF Tulong-Tulong POndo(Y), where staff members donated an hour to a day’s worth of their salary to raise funds.  A counterpart contribution from the PEF was also released doubling the donation.  A modest collection of clothes and other goods were also given to some households in Sitio Arenda, Taytay, Rizal.

PEF 2008 Annual Report now available

The 2008 Annual Report of the Peace and Equity Foundation, is now available for download in the Downloads section. The report, meant for public reading, covers activities in 2008. It also details PEF's operational strategies and goals as well as a number of interesting developmental insights on actual experiences drawn from the Foundation's various activities.

Facilitating a 'competition for development' among Team Energy beneficiaries

PEF’s expertise in project development, monitoring and evaluation played a key role in organizing the ‘Competition for Development’, one of Team Energy’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs that offered to fund high-impact community projects proposed by local nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) belonging to the fi rst congressional districts of the company’s host provinces, Quezon and Pangasinan.

ACC 21 visits the Mamanwa Integrated Settlement Establishment and Health Enhancement Project

Ms. Megumi Nishijima, project officer of Asian Community Center (ACC) 21 from Japan visited the Mamanwa Integrated Settlement Establishment and Health Enhancement Project in Barangay Marayag, Mainit, Surigao del Norte last September 6, 2009.  

approved projects from jan-jun 2009

The consolidated list of PEF approved projects for the first half of year 2009 is now available. Categorized under various development thrusts and coming from all over the country, a total of 29 projects were approved costing about Php 17.1M. The list (in PDF format) can be downloaded here.

PEF 2008 Financial Reports now ONLINE

The reports comprise the statements of assets, liabilities and fund balances as at December 31,2008 and 2007, and the revenues and expenses statements, statements of changes in fund balances and cash flow statements for the years then ended, and notes to financial statements comprising of a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes. The documents can be downloaded in the Downloads section.

Exploring Partnerships in the Calamianes

Convened by the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF), the local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs), and peoples organizations (POs) in the Calamianes joined hands together on 19 June 2008 and explored partnerships in implementing poverty reduction programs in this scenic group of islands in Northern Palawan.

Going abroad trumps prayer during hard times

For the majority of Filipinos, prayer is no longer the solution to their problems. Going abroad, or having at least having one family member work abroad, is. This was one of the findings of the Pulse Asia poverty module survey on July 2008, dubbed “Crunch Time and the Filipino Household” presented during the forum on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Microfinance sponsored by the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF), a non-government organization dedicated to poverty alleviation, and microfinance institution PinoyMe held at the Asian Institute of Management last September 1.

PEF Annual Reports for 2006 and 2007

The 2006 and 2007 PEF Annual Reports are now available for download. You can access the documents here.

Building tap stand communities • A potable water project in Torrijos, Marinduque

For the residents of the two remote barangays in Torrijos,
Marinduque, the operation of a PEF-funded potable water project has not only spared them from expensive yet unclean sources of drinking water but has helped build communities otherwise obscured by poverty and deprivation of social services.
 

Empowering coco farmers for biodiesel production • A micro-enterprise project for coconut farmers in Romblon

In the marble and coconut-rich island province of Romblon, PEF
is partnering with a local-based St Vincent Ferrer Parish Multi-purpose Cooperative (SVFPMPC) in a trailblazing development project aimed at increasing the level of biodiesel production for the country, while enabling farmers to become its prime movers through unprecedented farming incentives.
 

Bringing tourism benefits closer to the locals: the Puerto Princesa experience

If the Province of Palawan has been considered the nature sanctuary of the world and continues to amaze tourists with its
scenic wonders, Project Coordinator Meliez Zapanta of the Palawan Network of NGOs, Inc (PNNI) said it is “because
there are people and communities that keep it that way.”
 

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