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The Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation, Inc. is formerly the Local Empowerment Foundation or (LEF). WAND Foundation, Inc. provides social development initiatives with emphasis on biodiversity, environment and agricultural sector, rural entrepreneurship, peace-building and gender and development. The WAND, Inc. has grown out of a pool of community development workers in Northern and North Central Mindanao truly concerned about the direct link between severe poverty, local resource mismanagement and the absence of lasting peace. The vision of the WAND is “ empowering local communities so that they are able to contribute fully to the life of the community and live dignified lives.” More...
WE ARE WAND
Impact on Biodiversity, Our agroforestry focus is in promoting ASEAN’s most important trees such as rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), lanzones (Lansium domesticum), santol (Sandoricum koetjape), tamarind (Tamarindus indica), mango (Mangifera indica) and noni (Morinda citrifolia) for their high valued food and medicinal source. More...
Impact on Poverty Reduction
Subanen-Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition, and Development (Subanen-W.A.N.D.)
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NEWS UPDATES and ACTIVITIES
Elmer V.
Sayre's poem 'the difference' is published
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Training
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a.1 Basic Ecological Sanitation Training
a.2 Food Always in the Home Training
a.3 Agroforestry Training Course for Farmers
Community Empowerment
In 2007 we started in-depth organizational development activities and consolidation of the local associations organized in the area. Toward this end, some of the farmer-leaders felt that it is high time to create an umbrella federation that will govern all the rest of the clusters/association created for ease in communication and management. Thus for this year the “Nakasama Na” or Nagkahiusang Kapunongan sa mga Mag-uuma nga Nagtikad sa West Misamis Oriental (Federation of Small Farmer Tillers in West Misamis Oriental)was born. The federation is composed of 23 clusters/neighborhood associations.
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