Homeless People’s Federation Philippines
(from the HPFPI website) The Homeless People’s Federation Philippines (HPFPI) is a nationwide network of 200 urban poor community associations and savings groups spanning all over the three major regions in the Philippines, namely Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. HPFPI was formed in 1998 and incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2002.
As of June 2009, the HPFPI has approximately 85,000 individual members from 200 community and homeowners associations representing 14 cities and 16 municipalities nationwide. It aspires for secure tenure, decent living, emancipation from poverty and protection of their dignity and rights as citizens of their cities. HPFPI was formally established as a federation in Sept 1998, though activities started in 1992 with support from the Vincentian Missionaries.
Members of the federation promote community savings as a tool to build a social movement as well as to enhance financial capacities in the grassroots. A key priority for the HPFPI is to provide assistance to communities living in high-risk areas such as river banks, dumpsites, highways, rail tracks, shorelines, under the bridge, and those displaced by the city’s major infrastructure projects.
PHILIPPINE ACTION FOR COMMUNITY-LED SHELTER INITIATIVES
HPFPI is supported by an NGO called Philippine Action for Community-Led Shelter Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII), which was formed in 2003. PACSII is an offshoot of the work of the Vincentian Missionaries Social Development Foundation (VMSDFI), whose primary mandate is provision of welfare services in low-income communities; thus, the shelter and savings components of VMSDFI were passed on to PACSII.
PACSII’s primary purpose is to provide support services to the HPFPI, including linkages to technical partners, resource mobilization, direction setting, research and technical training. PACSII and HPFPI are located in the same premises in a Church-based organization.
Urban Poor Affairs Office
(from the QC government website) Created in 1986, the Urban Poor Affairs Office is mandated to design and implement socialized housing and resettlement programs for Quezon City’s underprivileged residents and informal settlers and to conduct leadership training programs for urban poor communities. Corollary to these primary mandates, UPAO is tasked with the updating of a pertinent information base on urban poor communities and the conduct of consultation activities with such communities whenever necessary.
Agri-Aqua Network International, Inc (AANI)
(from the AANI website) AANI is a duly registered corporation owned, operated and managed by established Filipino businessmen, professionals and practitioners whose vast, rich knowledge and experiences in the parameters of agriculture, aquaculture and related livelihood undertakings have significantly built a collective force. Now, it has its own niche in the local scene, has been positively responding to the social, economic and ecological concerns of the country and to the people who are producers and consumers. AANI is true to its meaning, etymologically, it is derived from the Tagalog rootword, ANI which means “harvest.” With the addition of the prefix A that means “will harvest.”
Caritas Salve (Savings and Livelihood and Values Education)
Caritas Salve is a microfinance cooperative established by Caritas Manila. Through Caritas Savings and Livelihood with Values Education (SALVE), Caritas Manila promotes savings, lend capital, and provide other microfinance services to our urban poor partners. And as the Church’s manpower cooperative, Caritas et Labora provides reliable employees to our institutional partners as well as decent employers to our urban poor job seekers.
Fondacio-Asia
(from the Fondacio-Asia website) Our contemporaries are in search of meaning and truth. Many are looking for a spiritual life which “rings true” and which transforms their daily life. We share this same thirst. The common experience which brings us together and which quenches this thirst: coming into relationship with a God who loves us as we are.
Throughout the world, Fondacio numbers close to 3,500 people in 18 countries, on four continents, from 14 to 95 years old who are students, retirees, and those currently engaged in professional activity. Through their involvement with Fondacio, they are all experiencing transformation in their lives and discovering a path of growth which continues to open up before them.
There are Christians from various denominations and social backgrounds who come together for prayer and sharing as well as service. They give priority to their relationship with God, human and spiritual formation, dialogue and sharing, and announcing God’s Word.
