This project is an integrated community-based endeavor focused on the coastal resource management with a livelihood component aimed to protect, conserve and rehabilitate the coastal resources of Melgar Bay. It envisions a community with a sustained environmental/coastal resource management program in partnership with the LGU and civil society organizations to improve living conditions in the three barangays of Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island Province, covering the barangays of Geotina, New Nazareth and Sta. Monica.
The 3-year project is for environmental protection and conservation cum livelihood assistance activities, focusing on protection of ecosystem and biodiversity in Lake Mainit. We work in the influential areas specifically in the Municipality of Mainit, Surigao del Norte covering the barangays of Tapian, Tagbuyawan and Dayano.
In 2001, the AID Foundation was awarded the RAFAEL M. SALAS POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT AWARD as the only NGO in Caraga Region operating a Socio-Medico Clinic.
The Rafael M. Salas Population and Development Award (RMSPDA) is a yearly prestigious award by POPCOM (The Commission on Population of the Philippines), which aims to perpetuate the legacies of Mr. Salas by honoring and giving due recognition to individuals/groups for their outstanding achievement and contributions in the field of population and development.
For more information about the award, go to the website of the Commission on Population of the Philippines “Knowing the Man and the Award” <http://www.popcom.gov.ph>.
A network of 72 non-governmental organizations involved in various development activities in rural communities all over the country.
Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) – Mindanao
A channel for the exchange of information, resources, and technical assistances especially on population and development among 86 NGO members all around the country.