PEF Annual Report 2005 Highlights

The Peace and Equity Foundation Annual Report 2005 is now ready for downloading in the Downloads section. Titled "Creating Access Through Partnerships", this publication elaborates on PEF's strategic goals for the year as well as details the various activities that were done to achieve these goals.

The following is the message from the PEF Board Chairperson in presenting the Annual Report:

My warm greetings to all partners and colleagues in development work, and all of you who share our dream of empowered communities.

Helping the poor gain greater access to resources. For decades now, this has been the goal of hundreds of NGOs and POs across the country. This is also the work for which the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) was established, the work it is committed to support and sustain.

In 2005, PEF's thrust continued to be about widening the access of poor communities to basic services. In fact, a large portion of PEF's resources went into grants for potable water systems. Because of the huge demand for water (a need repeatedly articulated by local governments and communities during poverty mapping efforts), PEF departed from its usual practice in previous years, giving out far more grants than loans this year.

For PEF, however, it is through building partnerships with others that opportunities for the poor are expanded and multiplied. In collaboration, greater resources are unlocked, and partners are empowered for more effective involvement in the challenges of development work.

Thus, all of PEF's endeavors since its beginnings were projects in partnership.

The many water projects were joint efforts with communities and local governments. These resulted not simply in the setting up of water systems, but in the cultivation of stakeholder communities more willing to pursue collaboration in other areas of need.

PEF's support for microfi nancing was also marked by creative partnerships. Working in tandem with professional microfi nance development institutions, PEF was able to offer small and struggling microfi nance organizations not only fi nancial help but a one-of-a-kind mentoring and technical assistance program.

Other partnerships were nourished for collaboration in 2005. For instance, PEF renewed its commitment to work in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi, through the consortium Pagtabangan BaSulTa. A nationwide development grant program was set up in tandem with the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) network.

Pursuing local partnerships was our operational focus in 2005. Agreements were forged with various local government units in the process of poverty mapping. PEF intensifi ed the setting up of its Partnership and Access Centers (PACs) - consortia of local NGO-PO networks through whom PEF can reach farther, and go deeper into priority areas. Of the eleven (11) PACs, five (5) were formed and trained in 2005. PEF worked intensively with these PACs, helping them define their strategic roles, assisting them in building up local cooperation, and training them in mobilizing PEF funds and drawing on other resources from LGUs and the private sector.

Finally, 2005 was timely for refl ecting on the themes of access and partnership. Setting its directions for the years 2006 to 2010, PEF decided to further focus its efforts in its priority provinces and municipalities. PEF hopes to show how purposeful collaboration of local stakeholders can serve as a watershed of access.

Creating access through partnership. The purpose permeating PEF's efforts in 2005. The major thrust of PEF's efforts in the years to come.

I wish to express my gratitude to the PEF members, the board, management and staff of PEF for their dedication and hard work. I also thank our many partners, for the richness of collaboration. It is my hope that in the coming years, we will see many more groups coming to work together to make a difference in the lives of the poor.

Fr. Noel D. Vasquez, S.J.

The following are the contents of the Annual Report:

Creating Access through Partnerships

Zooming In - Seeing through Local Partnerships

Opening Windows for the Poor

Investing in Local Leaders

Using Data to Make a Difference

Partnership Projects in 2005

Treasurer's Report

Board of Trustees and Committees Management and Staff

 

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