June 26, 2022 at 1:30:18 AM UTC
VERIFY
Websites
Runtime: 4.7s
On June 26, 2022 at 1:30:18 AM UTC, https://www.pfpi.org/ was accessible when tested on AS9299 in Philippines.
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DNS Queries
Resolver:
121.54.70.133
Query:
IN A www.pfpi.org
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Answer IP Info
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66.96.149.32
AS29873 (Newfold Digital, Inc.)
TCP Connections
66.96.149.32:443: succeeded
HTTP Requests
URL
GET https://www.pfpi.org/
Response Headers
Accept-Ranges:bytesAge:0Cache-Control:max-age=3600Connection:keep-aliveContent-Length:171146Content-Type:text/htmlDate:Sun, 26 Jun 2022 01:30:17 GMTEtag:"29c8a-5dce6e77a18c5"Expires:Sun, 26 Jun 2022 02:30:17 GMTLast-Modified:Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:19:27 GMTServer:Apache/2
Response Body
<!DOCTYPE html>
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<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.</title>
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<header id="header">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div id="logo" class="pull-left">
<a href="#intro"><img src="img/pfpilogo.png" alt="" title="" width="220" height="50"/></a>
</div>
<nav id="nav-menu-container">
<ul class="nav-menu">
<li class="menu-active"><a href="#intro">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">Who We Are</a></li>
<li><a href="#services">What We Do</a></li>
<li><a href="#team">Board of Directors</a></li>
<li><a href="#portfolio">Projects</a></li>
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<h2 class="top-title">Kababaihang Mangingisda sa Panahon ng Pandemya</h2>
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<div class="container text-justify">
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<h2 class="top-title">USAID’s local partners step up efforts to protect wetlands in Calamianes</h2>
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<h2 class="top-title">Over a thousand crown of thorns starfish removed from San Jose MPA in Coron</h2>
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<a href="https://pcsd.gov.ph/igov/2020/01/28/over-a-thousand-crown-of-thorns-starfish-removed-from-san-jose-mpa-reefs-in-coron/?fbclid=IwAR2EwRn1zS44E2UIsnr8eASVYErVAj7TJv5JeyosBDPs7RTAufgcKTnqc4E" class="btn-get-started scrollto">Read more</a>
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<div class="container text-center">
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<h2 class="top-title">Help save the Dugong.</h2>
<h4 class="sub-title">Be informed. Act now.</h4>
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<div class="container text-center">
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<h2 class="top-title">Help us alleviate poverty.</h2>
<h4 class="sub-title">Share what you can give.</h4>
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<a href="#footer" class="btn-get-started scrollto">Donate Now</a>
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<h2>we accomplish results</h2>
<p>
by designing, implementing, and evaluating research and service delivery projects and cross-disciplinary initiatives in collaboration with communities, government and private sector partners.
</p>
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</div>
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
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<div class="carousel-container">
<div class="carousel-content">
<h2>we empower communities</h2>
<p>with self-help approaches that are manageable and sustainable at the local level</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="carousel-item">
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<div class="carousel-container">
<div class="carousel-content">
<h2>we support communities</h2>
<p>
to adapt and apply appropriate technology and to plan and implement integrated approaches towards human and ecosystems health
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="carousel-background"><img src="img/intro-carousel/image5.jpg" alt=""></div>
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<h2></h2>
<p></p>
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</section><!-- #intro -->
<main id="main">
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<section id="about">
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<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="about-image wow fadeInLeft">
<img src="img/aboutus2.jpg" alt="About Image" width="500" height="450"/>
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<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="about-text wow fadeInRight">
<h3>About Us</h3>
<p>
PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. (PFPI) is a private, non-stock, non-profit corporation registered with the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1992, and with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a charitable organization with 501 (c) (3) status. PFPI is both a technical assistance and an executing agency. Since 1992 PFPI has pioneered innovative approaches and designed, implemented and evaluated cutting edge projects in family planning, health and cross sectoral initiatives by integrating population, health, and environment (PHE). PFPI has worked in collaboration with multi-sectoral stakeholders at national and sub national levels to enhance development efforts in 75 key urban cities and rural coastal municipalities spanning five marine and forest biodiversity conservation areas in the Philippines. Best practices and lessons learned from these endeavors have been transferred to a number of developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific region.
</p>
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<h2 class="title"><a href="#">Our Mission</a></h2>
<p>
The mission of the Foundation is to alleviate poverty, improve health, and promote environmentally sustainable development, particularly in underserved areas of the Philippines.
</p>
</div>
</div>
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<h2 class="title"><a href="#">Our Plan</a></h2>
<p>
We plan to use evidence from our field trials and operations research to mobilize resources from public and private sources to support the scale-up of successful PHE approaches and climate change adaptation measures throughout coastal Philippines and beyond.
</p>
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<div class="img">
<img src="img/ourvision2.jpg" alt="" class="img-fluid">
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<h2 class="title"><a href="#">Our Vision</a></h2>
<p>
Empower young Filipinos to innovate for the betterment of their families, communities and the environment.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</header>
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<br>
<h3>Our History</h3>
<!-- Timeline -->
<main style="margin-top:3px">
<section class="page-section">
<div class="container">
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<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2018-2023</h2>
<p>FISH Right Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2016-2018</h2>
<p>SEAnergy Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2015</h2>
<p>Project Illuminate</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2014-2015</h2>
<p>Pro-WASH Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2014-2017</h2>
<p>Women Engendering Nation Building by Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Population Health and Environment and Climate Change Initiatives </p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2012-2013</h2>
<p>Frontliners Project for Climate Change Adaptation with League of Municipalities in the Philippines</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2011-2014</h2>
<p>Empowering Rural Youth with Population-HealthEnvironment and Enterprise Development Know-How (Empower Project)</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2010-2013</h2>
<p>BALANCED Philippines Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2008-2013</h2>
<p>Building Actors and Leaders for Advancing Community Excellence in Development (BALANCED) Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2008-2010</h2>
<p>Poverty Population Environment (PPE) Project </p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2007-2009</h2>
<p>NGO Initiatives to Prevent HIV/AIDS Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2006</h2>
<p>The Alternative Advocacy Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2004</h2>
<p>PFPI became independent from PATH</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>2000-2006</h2>
<p>Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management (IPOPCORM) Initiative</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>1998</h2>
<p>STD Social Marketing Project</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>1993-2003</h2>
<p>AIDS Surveillance and Education Project (ASEP)</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="timeline__item">
<div class="timeline__content">
<h2>1992</h2>
<p>PFPI was registered with the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)</p>
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</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</main>
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</section><!-- #about -->
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Services Section
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<h3>What We Do</h3>
<p>
Over the past 27 years, PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. (PFPI) spearheaded a number of innovative programs that reached hundreds of thousands of Filipinos with vital information, education and services for improved health and wellbeing. While initially focused on human health, PFPI increasingly recognized the interrelationships amongst human health and ecosystem health dynamics. In the year 2000, the organization explored linkages amongst overfishing, overpopulation and child malnutrition in remote areas of coastal Philippines under the Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management (IPOPCORM) Initiative. Throughout six intensive years of fieldwork, PFPI and its partners measured and documented the advantages of an integrated population-health-environment (PHE) response in comparison to sectoral management approaches. USAID and others acknowledged the rigor of the study design and acclaimed the results as the first quantitative evidence of the preeminence of PHE. A number of donor agencies supported the dissemination of IPOPCORM’s lessons and best practices worldwide while others funded the model’s expansion in the Philippines and adaptation in other developing countries of Asia, Africa and the Pacific. PFPI became synonymous with PHE and, to this day, has endeavored to work with disadvantaged communities to adapt the model so as to redress other threats, particularly those posed by climate change.
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<h3>Areas of Specialization</h3>
<p>
PFPI has multi-disciplinary core competencies including capacity building, policy advocacy, behavior change communication (BCC), social marketing, community outreach systems development, operations research, program monitoring, and evaluation. PFPI has engaged a wide range of Filipinos in self-help and development activities including youth, women, men, fisherfolk, overseas contract workers and their dependents, tourism industry-related workers, individuals at risk of HIV/AIDS, national and local policymakers and the private sector including drug store operators and small entrepreneurs in communities. PFPI designs, implements and evaluates innovative models of community development that work across the population, health, environment (PHE) and climate change sectors and encompass sustainable livelihood enterprises, alternative energy, and education. PFPI specializes in peer mediated behavior change and has developed numerous training curricula, job aids, support materials and other tools to strengthen the capacity of government/NGO partners and target groups in the communities to promote pro-health and pro-environment practices and encourage other desired behavioral changes.
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<h3>Chairman of the Board</h3>
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<div class="about-text wow fadeInRight">
<img src="img/msgchairman.jpg" alt="About Image" width="700" height="800"/>
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<h3>Board Officers</h3>
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<h4>Angel Alcala, Ph.D.</h4>
<span>Chairman</span>
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<h4>Joan Regina Castro, M.D.</h4>
<span>Executive Vice President</span>
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<h4>Carmina Aquino, M.D.</h4>
<span>Secretary</span>
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<h4>Leona D’Agnes</h4>
<span>Treasurer</span>
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<h3>Board Members</h3>
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<h4>Juan Romeo Nereus Acosta, Ph.D.</h4>
<span>Member</span>
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<h4>Mechai Viravaidya</h4>
<span>Member</span>
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The Fish Right Program, through its consortium partners PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI) and Marine Environment Resources Foundation (MERF), commenced work with the Calamianes Group of Islands Marine Protected Area Network (CMN) weeks after the Program team spearheaded the network's reactivation. On 14-15 February 2019, an assessment workshop was conducted in Coron, Palawan to review the status of each of the fifteen marine protected areas that make up the CMN.
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USAID's Fish Right Program is implemented in the Philippines by the University of Rhode Island, in partnership with local organizations, such as the PFPI and MERF. Aside from Calamianes (composed of the municipalities of Coron, Busuanga, Culion and Linapacan Palawan), where PFPI is the lead organization, the other priority sites of the Program are the Visayan Sea and South Negros.
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During the workshop, MPA managers interfaced with resource persons invited by Fish Right from the Provincial Agriculture Office of Palawan, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD). PCSD shared their experience and insights from implementing an MPA network plan while the Provincial Agriculture Office provided an overview of its current initiatives in creating a province-wide MPA network which CMN would also be part of. The Fish Right team also briefed MPA managers on the ecological design principles for establishing a resilient MPA network and the evaluation tools that can used to assess the MPA management effectiveness. Moreover, the Fish Right team highlighted the role of women in managing coastal and fisheries resources.
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An effectively managed MPA network is crucial in putting important ecosystems under increased protection. The MPA assessment workshop is an initial step in enhancing management actions carried out by the network and the specific member MPAs. Fish Right's goal by the end of the project is is to bring about 20% of these marine ecosystems under better management systems.
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Over 300 people joined Fish Right's Run for the Ocean in support of marine biodiversity conservation as representatives from local government units, national government agencies, private sector groups and community stakeholders pledged to improve fisheries management in the Calamianes Island Group on 16 February 2019 in Coron, Palawan. The event was spearheaded by PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI), the lead consortium partner of the University of Rhode Island (URI) in Calamianes. URI, which is implementing USAID's Fish Right Program, also works with other local organizations to cover two other priority sites -- Visayan Sea and South Negros.
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Dubbed in the local language as "Gorokudan para sa Kadagatan", Fish Right's advocacy run was aimed at raising public awareness on marine protection and sustainable fisheries in Calamianes. It was held back-to-back with a commitment wall signing by Fish Right champions in the locality. The two events drew people from various walks of life including the youth who joined three race categories.
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Mangrove-planting and a fishing game that simulated Fish Right's right-sizing of fishing effort initiative were among the challenges for the kids who joined the Amazing Race category. After the run, the runners witnessed the ceremonial signing of a pledge wall. The signing of the pledge wall marked the renewal of the public, private and community partnership for sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation in Calamianes.
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"Gorokudan para sa Kadagatan" was co-orgnanized by the Fish Right Program through its implementing partner, PFPI, together with private sector and community partners namely Calamianes Association of Tourism Establishments, Calamianes Marine Protected Area Network, the local government of Coron and youth volunteers.
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Province of Oriental Mindoro is one of the five (5) provinces situated in the Verde Island Passage (VIP) marine Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). The VIP is recognized as the world's "center of the center" of marine shore fish biodiversity and is categorized as extremely high priority for conservation. Marine resources and fish sanctuaries are, however, endangered due to overfishing and tourism activities. Limited opportunities for the communities residing within the KBA add pressure to natural resources due to extractive livelihood activities. Conservation efforts of local government units are sparse and neglect the need to interconnect existing MPAs within the KBA.
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USAID, through the Philippine-American Fund, supports PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI) in harmonizing local government initiatives and synergizing community efforts for the effective management of MPAs in the VIP. PFPI assists LGUs in enhancing MPA management plans and in establishing an MPA network in the VIP. The project also provides social incentives for communities to support biodiversity conservation work.
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The Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with PFPI to provide support for the implementation of the SEAnergy Project. Similar to the four MOAs signed by the project with municipal LGUs, the MOA with the Province ensures continued sharing of resources and updating of information, and local engagement in the project activities.
The Calero-Salong Seagrass and Coral MPA in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro was inaugurated in Mar. 20, 2017 following the passage of a city ordinance officially declaring the 107.6-hectare coastal site as MPA and the formal induction to office of the interim MPA Management Body. The activity was jointly facilitated by Calapan City's Fisheries Management Office, the Barangays of Calero and Salong, and the Provincial Agriculture Office.
PFPI also demarcated six MPA boundaries using fiberglass buoys. The MPAs include (1) Harka Piloto Fish Sanctuary, (2) Calero-Salong Seagrass and Coral MPA, (3) Baco MPA, (4) Tamauyan Reef Fish Sanctuary, (5) Punta Ilag Fish Sanctuary and (6) Puerto Galera MPA. In addition, twelve marker signages were installed to demarcate the peripheries of Silonay Mangrove Conservation and Eco-Park.
The project developed and implemented a biodiversity conservation Behavior Change Communication and Advocacy (BCCA) Plan to increase awareness and encourage participation and support in MPA management. Utilizing results from formative research conducted such as focus group discussions, designing behavior change survey and rapid mini-Behavior Monitoring Survey. Appropriate materials such as brochures, calendars and billboards were produced and distributed. The mobile information text campaign was operationalized with a cadre of 42 volunteers promoting biodiversity conservation and related messages such as livelihood, climate change women participation, health and food security.
The project conducted livelihood skills, business planning and financial management trainings for Silonay Mangrove Conservation and Ecopark, Punta Ilag Fish Sanctuary, and Piloto Fish Sanctuary. The programs involved 58 participants (81 percent women). The types of livelihood enterprises were selected through a series of assessment to determine the suitability of the activity, capability of the MPA communities to handle such enterprise, and how these complement marine biodiversity conservation.
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The project facilitated three Conservation Agreements (CA) between the people's organizations involved in the MPA management, the Provincial Agriculturists' Office and the LGUs. The CAs require the POs to undertake marine biodiversity conservation actions, which includes regular MPA management meetings and planning, coastal clean-up and IEC campaigns. The CAs also established the roles and responsibilities of the partners in helping the MPA community achieve marine biodiversity conservation.
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Project Illuminate is a joint initiative of PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI) and a social enterprise called illumination Headquarters Ltd. (www.illuminationsolar.com). The two organizations have joined forces to introduce and evaluate a solar micro-technology innovation (the Mandarin Ultra light) that has direct application to humanitarian and development practice in the Philippines.
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Philippines is the 3rd most disaster prone country in the world (behind India and China). In 2011 the country was hit 14 times by natural disasters which affected 6.5 million persons. Luzon is particularly prone to typhoons, with an average of 3.7 typhoons a year, followed by Visayas (2.1), Bicol and Samar/Leyte (1.9), Palawan (1.1) and northern Mindanao (0.6). Typhoons often cause flash floods that have swept entire villages into the sea and left large areas without electrical power for weeks on end. Most vulnerable are villages and communities located in the coastal zone. Project Illuminate targets this sector for distribution of portable solar lamps for disaster preparedness and as an alternative to kerosene home lighting.
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About 800,000 households burn kerosene for lighting in Philippines and thousands of others use kerosene lamps during disaster situations. Kerosene is expensive, hazardous, damaging to human health and a pollutant. Toppling of kerosene lamps is the world's primary cause of house-fires and a growing concern for relief operations as recently evidenced by a deadly inferno in a Port-au-Prince camp for displaced people caused by oil lamps*. Kerosene lamps also emit CO2 which contributes to global warming and their fumes are known to cause cancer and respiratory disease in humans. Replacing kerosene lamps with affordable solar-powered devices constitutes a fire-risk reduction strategy for humanitarian and development initiatives alike that yields other health benefits as well. By eliminating recurrent expense for kerosene fuel, it can improve the cost-efficiency of relief operations and create monetary savings at the household level.
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In an effort to assess the potential application of solar micro-technology in the Philippines, PFPI and illumination conducted a field trial of the Mandarin Ultra light among a sample of 500 rural off-grid households located in typhoon-prone areas of coastal Bohol (Visayas). Majority of the respondents were poor fisherfolk that typically spend 28% or more of their weekly income on kerosene for lighting. After switching to a Mandarin Ultra, the same households reduced their kerosene consumption and expenditure by 72%. Respondents also reported significant reductions in kerosene-related accidents (65%), house fires (49%), burns (51%), eye ailments (59%) and respiratory problems (49-63%), and dramatic improvements in children's study time after dark (78%). Ongoing monitoring will provide further documentation of the Mandarin's utility during the upcoming typhoon season.
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<a href= "http://www.illuminationsolar.com/report-on-illuminations-field-study-into-relieving-energy-poverty/"> http://www.illuminationsolar.com/report-on-illuminations-field-study-into-relieving-energy-poverty/ </a>
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<li>Organized a dialogue on Building New Constituencies for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): Climate Change & SRHR. At least 52 policymakers from the House of Representatives, Civil society organizations met to share and discuss COP 22 updates and to promote the integrated population, health and environment (PHE) approach to address SRHR issues in Climate Change actions towards improved climate change resilient communities. Thereafter a roll out activity was also organized and conducted in Iloilo City </li><br>
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PHE Voices Storytelling Initiative and In-Country Capacity Strengthening PFPI assisted the USAID supported Knowledge for Health (K4Health) in organizing and conducting a PHE Voices Story telling Initiative. The project aimed to improve local capacity for storytelling among PHE partners in the Philippines and to gather a collection of stories to help share the PHE experiences of these partners and beneficiaries. The scope of work was designed in consultation with the USAID Bureau for Global Health, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, PATH Foundations Philippines Inc.; and USAID/Philippines. PFPI contributed in achieving the following results:
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<li>Thirty two (32) interviews conducted in three different provinces (Iloilo, Bohol, and Oriental Mindoro) and portrait sessions with PHE stakeholders for a collection of stories on Family Planning Voices (#FPVoices) specifically on PHE (i.e., #PHEVoices). </li><br>
<li>Organizing and facilitating a two-day training entitled “Storytelling as a Knowledge Management Tool for Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Advocacy.” A total of 26 participants from PHE network members including representatives from the Department of Health, Civil society organization engaged in reproductive health and conservation programs participated. The training provided for various knowledge management (KM), storytelling, and other related techniques and tools that participants can use in their work </li><br>
<li>Reviewed the PHE stories that were published as an Exposure piece (https://kǽhealth.exposure.co/family-first) on PHE in the Philippines; the FPVoices Tumblr site specifically on PHEVoices tag (http://fpvoices.tumblr.com/tagged/phevoices)</li><br>
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<p align="justify"><img src="img/projects/01_eco_youth_warrior.png" width="233" height="466" alt="firefox" class="float-left" />"Rescue Toby!" is the battle cry of the Young Eco-Warrior Movement, which Path Foundation Philippines and partners are working hard to promote with funding support from the Disney company's Friends for Change program and other sponsors.</p>
<p align="justify">Young Eco-Warriors are Filipino teenagers that live in remote coastal islands and whose families depend on fishing for food and jobs. But now their lives are being threatened by persons and companies that use cyanide to catch aquarium fish which are then shipped to the USA and Europe for sale to unsuspecting customers like you. Cyanide fishing is very destructive to the environment and destroys the fragile coral reef habitats that are home to beautify tropical fish, like the Black-saddled Toby (left). Without a healthy reef, the Toby fish can not survive and reproduce.</p>
<p align="justify">The Young Eco-Warriors are reaching out to children globally with information about how demand for aquarium fish is fueling the problem and contributing to the destruction of reef habitats in the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and other Asian countries. But they need your help to put a stop to cyanide fishing.</p>
<p align="justify">With these simple steps, you too can become an Eco-Warrior!</p>
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<li>Treasure the aquarium fish you may already own and use them to motivate your friends to become Eco-Warriors</li>
<li>Ask for help from parents and grandparents to spread the word </li>
<li>Write blogs and articles to educate people about the problem and what can be done to "Rescue Toby!" and save coral reef habitats in Asia.</li>
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<p align="justify">Eco-warriors can learn about the very dangerous effects that cyanide has on coral reefs, aquarium fish and human being by downloading the following article which is free from Scientific American. <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cyanide-fishing">www.scientificamerican.com</a></p>
<p align="justify">We invite you to view the following video which tells the story of the Youth Eco-Warriors on Cuyo Island and how they are educating people in their communities about marine conservation and the dangers of cyanide fishing.</p>
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<p>EMPOWER is a new poverty reduction initiative launched by PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. (PFPI) in partnership with the <a href="http://www.ashmoregroup.com/corporate-investor-relations/the-ashmore-foundation/">ASHMORE Foundation</a>. The project focuses primarily on the plight of young (15-24 yr) adults in impoverished coastal communities whose livelihoods depends on fisheries resources, which are in rapid decline due to over fishing and environmental degradation. EMPOWER builds upon the lessons and best practices of the IPOPCORM Initiative whose operations research documented positive impacts on poverty reduction, human health and ecosystem resilience in rural areas where integrated population and coastal resource management strategies were implemented in conjunction with income diversification strategies for fisher folks <a href="http://www.pfpi.org/pdf/S0376892910000779a.pdf">(Environmental Conservation)</a>.</p>
<p align="justify">EMPOWER targets youth in high-growth marine hotspots with inputs designed to build their capacity to plan and implement integrated approaches to population, health and environment (PHE) that promote self-help, improve quality of life and enhance the sustainability of coastal/marine resources. Priority hotspots include the Danajon Double Barrier Reef (Bohol) and the Verde Island Passage Marine Biodiversity Conservation Corridor (Oriental Mindoro). Available information indicate these areas have above-average rates of population momentum ("youth bulge") and unmet need for family planning and reproductive health (RH) services which portents increasing population growth and anthropogenic stress on dwindling natural resources for decades to come. In an effort to remediate these trends, EMPOWER will engage youth in the design and implementation of community-based and integrated family planning and coastal conservation activities. PFPI will also target the same youth population with inputs that will enable them to reduce dependency on fishing and pursue more diversified livelihood options that are viable, sustainable and environment-friendly.</p>
<h3>Changes the Project Hopes to Achieve</h3>
<p align="justify">EMPOWER will increase public awareness of the interrelationships among population-health-environment (PHE) dynamics in coastal Philippines and their implications for food security and sustainable livelihoods- particularly among members of youth groups, Peoples Organizations (PO) and other civil society organizations operating in the target marine hotspots. This change will serve as the catalyst for the mobilization and engagement of young people and civil society groups in self-help efforts that work across PHE domains and can improve human and ecosystem health outcomes and promote livelihood diversification and environment-friendly economic development (EED). The project will also transfer PHE planning and implementation know-how to members of youth groups and POs that will enable them to spearhead community-based family planning, coastal conservation and EED activities in their area and to influence development planning processes in their barangays, which in turn, will enable the village to tap into municipal government funds to sustain the PHE activities initiated under the project.</p>
<h3>Intermediate Results and Indicators to Measure Success</h3>
<p align="justify">EMPOWER will work towards achieving the following Intermediate Results during 2011/2012:</p>
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<li>Improved awareness of PHE issues and capacity of local institutions and communities to plan and implement integrated approaches to PHE for improved quality of life, human health and sustainability of coastal/marine resources.</li>
<p><em><em><em>Intermediate Result (IR) Indicator(s):</em></em></em></p>
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<li>Number of local institutions with capacity to advocate, plan, implement and monitor integrated PHE approaches and programs </li>
<li>Number of Youth Peer Educators (YPEs) trained and active in volunteer PHE work in target areas</li> <br />
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<li>Improved RH outcomes among young people living in rural coastal areas.
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<li>Proportion of sexually active respondents aged 15-24 yrs reporting current use of any contraceptive method during most recent Behavioral Monitoring Survey (BMS) round </li><br />
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<li>Reduced vulnerability to poverty and food insecurity in rural coastal communities, particularly among young adults. </li>
<p><em><em><em>Intermediate Result (IR) Indicator(s):</em></em></em></p>
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<li>Number of young adults (18-24 yrs) initiating Environmentally-friendly Economic Development (EED) ventures</li>
<li>Proportion of respondents aged 15-24 yrs reporting income above poverty level during most recent BMS round</li>
<li>Proportion of BMS respondents aged 15-24 yrs who agree with the opinion statement "Sometimes there is not enough food to go around and the family goes hungry."</li>
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BALANCED is an exciting new five-year Population, Health and Environment (PHE) technical leadership initiative, awarded September 17, 2008 by the USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health. The Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island leads the project in collaboration with international partners PATH Foundation Philippines Inc (PFPI) and Conservation International (CI).
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PHE provides a sustainable approach to protecting both human and ecosystem health. BALANCED follows on a decade of USAID investments in PHE global leadership and field-based projects to promote wider adoption and use of PHE approaches by:
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In key bioregions of the country, the threat of demographic factors on the biodiversity and productivity of marine ecosystems and the sustainability of conservation gains are highest. USAID/ BALANCED is a global project to advance and support results-oriented population, health, environment (PHE) field approaches in biodiversity-rich areas. BALANCED Philippines will promote the PHE approach to empower communities in globally significant marine bioregions - Verde Island Passage (VIP) Marine Biodiversity Corridor and the Danajon Double Barrier Reef (Visayan Bioregion) - to meet their expressed need for voluntary Family Planning (FP) services and information and educate them on the underlying linkages between reducing population pressure and improving the management and sustainability of coastal resources, and empower stakeholders to manage and conserve marine resources and biodiversity assets. The project will also create an enabling environment that promotes the integration of PHE into governmental plans and programs.</p>
<p align="justify">BALANCED Philippines will assist 29 municipal local government units (LGUs) located in the two bioregions, reach over one million people , and serve an estimated 100,000 under-served women (15-49 years) with FP methods and PHE information, improve the management of an estimated 800 hectares of marine protected areas and increase incentives for coastal and marine conservation among fisher households.</p>
<p align="justify">BALANCED is implemented by The Coastal Resources Center-University of Rhode Island (CRC-URI) in partnership with PATH Foundation Philippines Inc. (PFPI) and Conservation International (CI). Started in December 2010, the project will run through August 2013.</p>
<h3>GOAL</h3>
<p align="justify">To build the leadership and implementation capacities of national and local governments and stakeholders to respond in an integrated manner to interrelated population, health and marine environmental issues.</p>
<h3>PROJECT COMPONENTS</h3>
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<li>Improving community's access to family planning/ reproductive health (FP/RH) services in key bioregions, through assistance to rural health units (RHUs) and NGOs, to enhance their knowledge and skills on FP/RH and population, health and environment (PHE) linkages, and establish alternative community-based distribution (CBD) outlets, and social marketing arrangements with municipal local government units (LGUs); </li>
<li>Increasing community awareness and support of family planning and conservation as a means to improved health and food and environmental security through recruitment and training of adult peer educators and implementation of a behavior change communication strategy; </li>
<li>Increasing local policy makers' commitment to FP/RH services, CRM and integrated PHE policies through joint PHE orientation and planning with stakeholders, national-level PHE orientation and advocacy and technical assistance for PHE activities; </li>
<li>Improving governance capacities of provincial and municipal LGUs in the VIP and Danajon Bank marine ecosystems through strengthening of marine protected areas (MPA), Bantay Dagat Networks and fisheries management; </li>
<li>Increasing incentives for coastal and marine conservation among coastal fisher households through provision of technical livelihood support
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<h3>PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS</h3>
<p>BALANCED Philippines continues to promote integration of PHE in 28 municipalities of the Philippines located in the Danajon Bank bio region and Verde Island Passage bio-region – both of which are located in the global epicenter of marine biodiversity. The project enjoys support from different sectors that are collaborating with PFPI to integrate PHE strategies and tools into their development plans and programs including Local Government Units, Non- Government Organizations, people’s organizations, youth groups and private entrepreneurs in the targeted communities. </p>
<p><strong>1. Establishment of Community Based Distribution (CBD) Systems</strong></li></p>
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<li>At the barangay (village) level, the project has helped to build CBD systems and services in 68% of the 716 targeted barangays as of October 2012. Adult Peer Educators (APEs) have also been capacitated to counsel men and women of reproductive age about voluntary family planning and marine conservation. The APEs also refer individuals to the rural health unit for screening should they decide to use family planning methods. If they decide to use pills or condoms, the rural health unit directs them to the village based community based distributors where they can obtain supplies at very low cost. This two way referral system is currently being practiced in 2 municipalities in Bohol (Trinidad and Talibon) and 2 municipalities in Batangas (Lobo and Mabini).</li>
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<p><strong>2. Increased LGU policy makers’ commitment</strong></p>
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<li>PFPI has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with 24 municipalities for the implementation of BALANCED-Philippines project activities in the focal areas. </li>
<li>The municipalities of Hindang in Leyte and Looc in Occidental Mindoro went a step further by passing a PHE ordinance. The ordinance ensures the sustainability of PHE integration in these municipalities via the creation of a PHE council. The council assures that policies in support of FP/RH and biodiversity conservation are enacted with corresponding fund support while at the same time coordinating efforts of the different sectors so that their inputs complement each other in support of PHE approaches. </li>
<li>PHE perspectives were incorporated into 10 draft CRM plans (5 in Leyte and 5 in Bohol). In Clarin, Bohol the CRM plan with strategies to address population and health issues was approved.</li>
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<p><strong>3. Improved governance capacities in managing ecosystems</strong></p>
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<li>In recognition of the fact that increasing population-consumption pressures pose threats to biodiversity conservation and the productivity of life-sustaining marine/coastal ecosystems, the project works to strengthen the management of 12 marine protected areas (MPAs) located in coastal areas of Bohol (5) and in the VIP (7). These MPAs were selected based on the results of assessments that used the Management Effectiveness Assessment Tool (MEAT), which identifies the current stage and effectiveness of MPA management. The project focuses on those MPAs that showed the weakest MEAT scores and extends technical support for the MPA managers to develop their own plans for improving local marine protected area management. Foremost among the strategies that were identified was to build the capacity of local management bodies. The project will also assists these bodies to integrate family planning and reproductive health interventions in their management plans programs and projects so as to assure the sustainability of MPA gains in the long term. Massive information campaigns are also planned to engage the health sector in conservation activities.</li>
<li>The project has facilitated a number of MPA Forums in Calapan , Oriental Mindoro and Batangas City. In support of the barangay level MPA managers, representatives from the LGU were present to lend support to the initiative. A major agenda is the MEAT assessment where they discussed the status of their MPA management. They also discussed the integration of Climate Change Adaptation strategies and PHE into their plans and programs. In Oriental Mindoro, the event was also a venue for discussing ways in which the MPA managers or the fisheries sector could act as a local supplier for family planning commodities.</li>
<li>Collaborating NGO partners (CI and the Malampaya Foundation) and DENR organized a VIP summit which was convened on September 27-28, 2012. The summit examined issues pertaining to CRM, biodiversity and climate change initiatives in the VIP. During the summit, participants assessed existing management plans vis-à-vis the management framework plan of the VIP and identified emerging models of biodiversity conservation. A highlight of the summit was a presentation about PHE developed by a local champion, Marilyn Alcanises (Provincial Agricultural Officer of Oriental Mindoro) and a fellowship night dedicated to a film showing and discussions on PHE. This is intended to spur interest among non-BALANCED sites to adopt PHE as a strategy for promoting biodiversity and coastal resource management.</li>
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<p><strong>4. Increasing incentives for coastal and marine conservation</strong></p>
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<li>In Bohol, MPA managers are incentivized for good performing in the governance of their MPAs. The project also supports livelihood improvement inputs. For example, a training course on conservation enterprise was extended to members of the People’s Organizations in Cuaming, and Asinan. As result of these training courses, their members were able to identify environmentally-friendly enterprises that complement conservation efforts. </li>
<li>Managers of Asinan identified seaweed cultivation as a way of providing supplementary livelihoods to lessen dependence on fishing. They recently concluded a training course for seaweed production. </li>
<li>In Cuaming, a certified trainer of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is conducting a 20 day training course on rag and dress making. This is intended to provide women with skills that they can use to earn money so as to diversity the income sources of their households which mainly engage in subsistence fishing.<strong> </strong></li>
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<h2>"Poverty-Population-Environment Project"</h2>
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<p>During 2001-2006 PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI) designed, managed and evaluated the Packard-financed Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management (IPOPCORM) Initiative which is now considered as a gold standard model for Population-Health-Environment (PHE). PFPI also initiated the Alternative Advocacy Project (AAP) which targets policymakers at national and local levels with PHE information and planning assistance and promotes PHE concepts in the development plans.</p>
<p align="justify">Capitalizing on the investments that the Packard Foundation and PFPI have made on the IPOPCORM Initiative and the AAP Project, the Poverty-Population-Environment (PPE) Project will respond to opportunities and requests for technical assistance to advance reproductive health within the context of natural resource management and poverty alleviation.</p>
<p align="justify">The PPE Project will enable local governments and private sector organizations to plan, implement and monitor cross-sectoral approaches to development that have the potential of mitigating poverty, improving family planning acceptance and practice, enhancing sustainability of natural resources and improving food security in high-growth hotspot areas of the Philippines.</p>
<h3>Goal and Objectives </h3>
<p align="justify">The goal of the project is to improve human and ecosystem wellbeing in regions of the country where interrelated poverty-population-environment (PPE) dynamics pose threats to socio-economic development and the viability of life-sustaining ecosystems.</p>
<h3>Objectives of the project: </h3>
<ol><li>Generate political commitment and support for integrated approaches to poverty alleviation that incorporate RH strategies</li>
<li>Expand planning capacity of provincial/municipal governments on integrated poverty-population-environment </li>
<li>Create LGU capacity to establish and sustain community-based family planning systems </li>
<li> Improve family planning acceptance and use in focal areas </li>
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<h3>Main Strategies of the Project</h3>
<p align="justify">Capacity building of local governments to develop sustainable RH/FP systems and services which include community-based distribution systems and IEC on integrated Poverty-Population-Environment (PPE), formulate integrated PPE plan and to upgrade local monitoring systems to assure food security, alleviate poverty and achieve sustainable development.
<p>Cultivate support for integrated Poverty-Population-Environment programs and services through private-public partnerships.</p>
<h3>People, groups and geographic areas the project will serve</h3>
<p><strong>The Poverty-Population-Environment Project will work with:</strong></p>
<ol><li>Local governments in selected provinces classified by the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) as high priority for poverty and hunger mitigation particularly around the Danajon Bank, Verde Passage and the Mt. Cabalantian-Mt. Capotoan Watershed Complex</li>
<li>Socially responsible private companies and NGOs that support RH and population management strategies in tandem with CRM/NRM activities</li>
<li>Health service providers and policymakers that have mandates to improve health and food security and/or alleviate poverty</li>
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<h3>Rationale of Poverty-Population-Environment Approach</h3>
<ol><li>High fertility plus poverty and lack of education/health services intensify pressure on natural resources.</li>
<li>High fertility plus rapid in-migration increases pressure on habitats of wild species (especially in biodiversity hotspots).</li>
<li>Needs of coastal communities to improve livelihoods are complex, multi-sectoral.</li>
<li>Sectoral approaches may be ineffective and costly because they don't interrupt the "high-fertility-poverty" environmental degradation vicious cycle. Integrated approaches have the potential to break the vicious cycle.</li>
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Building the capacity of local governments and community groups to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS is the focus of this project, which is one component of a regional initiative funded by the Asian Development Bank to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. The project works in partnership with the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Association and the tourism industry in Bohol Province. Key interventions include behavior change communications to increase HIV/AIDS knowledge and prevention practice and to encourage appropriate health seeking behaviors among tourism-sector workers, OFWs and members of their social networks. The project is also strengthening the capacity of government health personnel and community volunteers to deliver HIV/AIDS and STI information and services and to promote policies that support behavior change.
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<p align="justify"> The project is designed to increase policymaker’s awareness and support for integrated population-health-environment approached in the Danajon Eco region of the Central Visayas. The AAP promotes the linkages between FP/RH and natural resource management and sustainable development.</p>
<p align="justify">The goal of the project is to mainstream family planning and reproductive health as a “good practice” for a coastal resources management (CRM) strategy and as a means to promote food security. The project works towards: increasing the knowledge of policymakers on population issues and their implications on environment and food security; improving knowledge and skills of national and local executives to champion and implement PHE approaches to improved food security from marine resources</p>
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<li>Capacity building of local institutions to formulate integrated Population-Environment (P-E) plan to assure food security from the sea, particularly for coastal municipalities bordering the Danajon Double Barrier Reef.</li>
<li>Create opportunities for policymakers from the Danajon to visit ongoing P-E projects in the country and interview community leaders and residents about the benefits and payoffs of integrated approaches.</li>
<li>Cultivate and foster understanding, skills and a rational approach to interrelated problems of over-population, poverty and environmental decline in coastal Philippines.</li>
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The FISH RH project was a subcontract from USAID via TetraTech EMI to support of the goals and objectives of the Fisheries Improved for Sustainable Harvest (FISH) Project. The project utilizes the Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management (IPOPCORM) approach to achieve its long-term goal of improving food security and quality of life in communities that depend on coastal resources while maintaining biological diversity of marine ecosystems. The IPOPCORM approach works towards achieving three desired outcomes namely:</p>
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<p>Results of program monitoring indicate that the project achieved the outcomes and indicators set forth by the project. Reproductive health outcomes improved. The Community Health Outreach Workers (CHOWs) and volunteers were able to motivate new FP acceptors among Women of Reproductive Age (WRA, ages 25-49 years old) and sexually active youth (15-24 years old).</p>
<p>The men, women and youth availed of the Family Planning commodities consisting of pills, DMPA and condoms from the Community-Based Distributors (CBD) established by the project in the four target municipalities. Management of marine and coastal resources was also enhanced at the community level with trained community volunteers delivering integrated RH/population and fisheries messages and services to the target communities. The project also increased awareness and support for linked FP/RH and fisheries management and policy reforms in all ten (10) covered barangays in the four (4) project municipalities. Subsequently, the project was turned over formally to the municipal executives. All four local government units (LGUs) assumed responsibility for sustaining the project activities.</p>
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<p align="justify"> The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) assisted "Expanding the Implementation of Integrated Community-based Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Coastal Resource Management in Selected Provinces in the Philippines (Expanded IPOPCORM)" Project contributes to UNFPA's 6th Country Program's support to poverty reduction. Project beneficiaries include women of reproductive age, men, youth and other coastal dwellers.</p>
<p align="justify">The goal of the Expanded IPOPCORM Project is to enhance food security and improve the quality of life of communities that depend upon coastal resources through better population management linked to improved costal resource management. It is consistent with the UNFPA's 6th Country Programme goal which aims to improve the reproductive health of the people of the Philippines through better population management and sustainable human development. </p>
<p align="justify">Expanded IPOPCORM Project works towards three desired outcomes: improved reproductive health of people living in coastal communities; enhanced management of marine and coastal resources at the community level; and increased leadership and support for linked FP/RH and coastal resource management strategies for food security. </p>
<p align="justify"> After two years, the project developed the capacity of 467 peer educators (PE) and community based distribution (CBD) active agents to deliver family planning and CRM information and services to their communities. LGUs were also capacitated and mentored to formulate development plans and budgets that support RH/FP activities linked to CRM. With the completion of the project, the LGUs have assumed responsibility for sustaining the CBD and PE operations in the target areas.</p>
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<p align="justify">PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. is a private, non-profit, non-stock corporation registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission in 1992. Our mission is to improve reproductive health and environmentally sustainable development in undeserved areas of the Philippines. We achieve results by involving and supporting client groups and target communities to adapt and apply appropriate technologies to address local problems and priorities. PFPIs programs are supported by contributions from international and domestic organizations. </p>
<h3>Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management Initiative </h3>
<p align="justify">In an effort to implement these recommended strategies and contribute to the evolving field of experience in integrated population-development, PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. is spearheading an Integrated Population and Coastal Resource Management (IPOPCORM) initiative, with support from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and other contributors.</p>
<h3>Goal, Purpose and Objective of IPOPCORM </h3>
<p align="justify">The goal of the IPOPCORM initiative is to improve the quality of life of human communities that depend upon coastal resources while maintaining biological diversity and productivity of coastal ecosystems. The goal is consistent with the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of the Philippines', Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the goal of United Nations Joint Group of Experts.</p>
<p align="justify">The purpose of IPOPCORM is to encourage and support integration of population management and reproductive health strategies into coastal resource management (CRM) plans and projects in selected biogeographic zones characterized by high marine biodiversity, high population growth and young population age structure. Within these "hot spot" areas, PATH Foundation will work through local partners to achieve the following objectives: </p>
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<li>Improve reproductive health outcomes among people living in coastal communities,</li>
<li>Enhance management of coastal and marine resources through local capacity building,</li>
<li>Support alternative livelihood options as means to reduce food security risks and reinforce best CRM practices</li>
<li>Use mass media and targeted campaigns to increase the public and policymakers' awareness of population - environment links and solutions.
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<h3>Target Groups </h3>
<p>The IPOPCORM initiative focuses on three groups in particular for its site-based work and public education activities: </p>
<ul><li>Generate political commitment and support for integrated approaches to poverty alleviation that incorporate RH strategies</li>
<li>Expand planning capacity of provincial/municipal governments on integrated poverty-population-environment </li>
<li>Create LGU capacity to establish and sustain community-based family planning systems </li>
<li> Improve family planning acceptance and use in focal areas </li>
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<p align="justify">Fishermen and Sexual network members; IPOPCORM addresses the unmet needs of men in fishing and coastal communities for human sexuality information, education and communication (IEC) and reproductive health services including STD and AIDS prevention education, contraceptive management and family planning, and behavior modification to improve responsible sexuality and reduce reproductive health risks. This strategy will complement and supplement the government's family planning and reproductive health program, which is primarily targeted to women.
<p align="justify">Our "Man Talk" communications strategy is being developed and implemented with and for fishermen, using the indigenous leader model of peer mediated behavior change. It addresses all aspects of human sexuality, including growing interest in sexual dysfunctional disorders among men. This serves as an entry point for later discussions on safer sex practice, responsible sexuality and practical ways to reduce risk of dysfunctional disorders, e.g., reduce consumption of alcohol and tobacco.</p>
<p align="justify">Youth, in terms of both their emerging sexuality and as future stewards of the environment is another special target group.</p>
<p align="justify">Entrepreneurs who often profit from natural resources are being encouraged to create economic livelihoods that are environmentally friendly. Private pharmacists also fall under the entrepreneur category because they have the potential to become social entrepreneurs through participation in social marketing activities that the project supports to increase availability of affordable reproductive health products in coastal areas.</p>
<h3>Too Many Mouths to Feed</h3>
<p align="justify">"It is an indication of the severity of the fish production problems worldwide that, for the first time, UNICEF has measured in its global report protein-calorie deficiency in fishing communities. According to projections of the per capita food fish supply based on trends in fish production decline and population increase, if no action is taken in the Philippines, the annual portion of fish that could be available to each person would decline to about 10 kilograms by 2010, down from current estimates of 24 kilograms (Bernascek 1994). This picture is bleak especially for a country like the Philippines where as much as 80% of the dietary protein requirements in rural areas come from fish."</p>
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<p align="justify"> The celebration of the <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/iyd2021.html"> International Youth Day (IYD) 2021</a> comes on the heels of the release of the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), dubbed as “a code red for humanity” by the UN Secretary General UN Secretary General António Guterres. </p>
<p align="justify"> The <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/"> IPCC report</a> stressed that the severity of global warming has altered our planetary support systems so badly that reversing these damages would take hundreds of years. </p>
<p align="justify"> The message is strong: “We need to act now, better and together, to protect our people and our planet.” Indeed, our recent circumstances, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic, have also shown us more clearly that the problems we confront are interconnected; thus, these require integrated and not siloed responses. </p>
<p align="justify"> This year’s IYD theme, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health” captures the interconnected nature of our current pressing issues and the ideal approach that we should employ in tackling these.</p>
<p align="justify"> For one, human and planetary health, and our food systems are interlinked. When further examined, we can see that these are also linked to other concerns, such as population dynamics, biodiversity, water, energy, livelihoods and even governance, among others. Given this, systems thinking, multisectoral collaboration, and integrated Population, Environment and Development (PED) approach should be applied to adapt to the “new normal” in understanding and responding to solving rhizomatic challenges arising from interdependent dynamics of different sectors.</p>
<h3> Engaging the youth </h3>
<p align="justify"> Pursuing integrated actions such as the PED approach in bringing solutions to humanity’s and environmental crises necessitates broader and profounder engagement of stakeholders. As the sectors with a major stake in the future of the planet, involving the youth is an imperative.</p>
<p align="justify"> Tapping into the energies, abilities and interests of the youth and providing them with concrete mechanisms for meaningful participation are valuable in magnifying the outcomes of development interventions—be it in enhancing human and planetary health conditions, in transforming food systems to become more equitable and sustainable, or in making local governance more transparent and accountable, and so on. There is a growing concern of the youth on the degrading state of the environment resulting from climate change and unsustainable use with increasing demand among others. This should then be leveraged and complemented with capacity-building support to make youth-led initiatives more effective and transformative. </p>
<p align="justify"> Yet engaging the youth requires beyond providing them the platform, it is important to deepen their understanding about the interlinkages of crucial challenges the people and the planet face. This will ensure the youth to become active players, owners andResolver
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