Chapter 43 -Diakonia Came Back. Assisted CPBC & 5 Other NGO's in Panay and Manila

                                    Chapter 43

  

 Diakonia  Came Back.  Assisted   CPBC-DM   &  5  Other NGO’s in Panay & Manila

In 1995, Mrs. Els-Marie Carlbacker,  Diakonia’s Asia  Representative    in Chiang Mai, Thailand  came. We met. She asked me to help her find some NGO’s in Panay  that will serve as partners  with Diakonia’s development works.

We went together visiting some NGO’s. She met their Directors or Officers in Charge and have some conversations. She did not talked about her  or Diakonia’s interest with them. She asked of their involvement. The base of and extents of their operations. The Visions. Their organziaions objectives. What they were doing now. I just sat down and listened.

We  visited several NGO’s in Iloilo. We visited, West Visayas Ecumenical Council (WVEC). We visited Iloilo Code NGO and another group. We visited an NGO in Sara, Iloilo. We visited Carles Multi-Purpose Cooperative. 

In Aklan we visited three NGO’s including Rosal Ortega Multi-Purpose Cooperative. CPBC-DM was earlier targeted part of the new group. Knowing that the new projects to be involved all needed Legal Pesonalities, we organized Alternative Resource Development Center, Inc. (ARDCI).  It was the newest NGO in the group.

 That  time,   Diakonia was working with   Philippines Alliance for Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) and  Institute for Political and Political Affairs (IPER),   in Manila.

Because of CPBC’s  previous relations, Diakonia  came back   with the new  CPBC leadership . They  would like to start new   partnership with  CPBC  and some NGOs in Panay.

By  this time, 1994-1997,  Dr. Domingo Diel, Jr. was the President of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches.  Rev. Nathaniel Fabula was the General Secretary.  

  

DIAKONIA   was working   with development partners  that  were    with the   grassroots -  poor, weak  and  struggling people  - of different communities. After, some  consultations, DIAKONIA  decided to partner with the  CPBC-Development Ministries, headed by Mrs. Feraz Legita, Director,   serving Panay on community organizing and  livelihood assistance; 

 Carles Multi-Purpose Cooperatives (CMPC), headed by Dr. Elvira Bernal,  based   in   mainland of Carles, Iloilo.  CMPC was serving poor farmers and small fishermen with education, skills training,  community organizing and livelihood assistance.   

Rosal-Ortega Multi-Purpose Cooperatives  (ROMPC), headed by Mr. Giovanni Iguiz  and Pastor Domingo Bernal   were serving upland farmers in Libacao, Aklan. They  assisted  farmers with new farming technologies. With assistance from Bromma Baptist Churcn in Sweden, the organized  upland people to plant trees on the mountains to fight erosions and landslides.  They  have started to work with farmers planting  abaca in near their homes.

The  Iloilo Caucus  of Development  Non-Government Organizations, Inc. (Code NGO),  headed  by Mr.  Emmanuel Areno, Executve Director was  serving  several municipalities in Iloilo   for    political and electoral education.

The  Institute for Political and Electoral Reforms (IPER), headed by Mr. Ramon Casiple, Executive Director was working to  enhance democracy thru political and electoral reforms.  IPER was based in Manila.

Alternative Resource Development Center, Inc. (ARDC), headed by Pastor Rudy Bernal, was doing   political and electoral  education thru seminars and workshops. They expanded its ministry,  with  printing and publishing  pamphlets and  small books  and tape recorded materials of “Hour of Discovery” broadcasts on   Cassette Tapes and CDs for distributions to   pastors, community leaders and ecumenical groups.

These were the  projects of  CPBC  and 5 NGOs  in 1995 -2006 that were supported by DIAKONIA.

Alternative Resource Development Center, Inc. :

 

   Political &  Electoral Education for Community Organizations & Church

            Leadership & Publishing of Pamphlets and books -                                  2003 -2006

             Printing and Publishing of Pamhlets and small 11 books  -                                          

 Hour of Disovery Radio  Program for Spiritual Enrichment and Socio-Politic al

            Education  w/ Cassette Tapes & CD Productions                                     1996-2002 

The CPBC  Development Ministries  ..

   Panay-  Negros Integrated Development Project Phase !V -2004-2006

   Panay-Negros Expansion Project for Develoment Phase V 2002-2003

   Educational & Development Program for Capiz, Aklan and Negros Phase 1V         - 1999-2001

   Edcuatioal & Developpment Program for Caiz, Aklan and Negros Phase 111           -1997-1998

   Aklan-Capiz/Central and Southern Negros Development Program Phase 11            -1995-1996

   Aklan-Capiz Baptist Integrated Program for Education & Devlopment Phase 1          -1992-1995

   Bukidnon Tribe Empowerment Program (BTEP)  1997-2003

Iloilo’s Code NGOS :

  Participatory Local Governance Modeling in selected  sites in Iloilo Phase 111          2000-2006

   Development of Institutional Mechanisms for Participatory Local Governance

       Thru strengthening of of Barangay Development Councils Phase 11             -1998-2000

               “                                            “                                               Phase 1                    -1997-1998

  Community Based STD/HIV AIDS Awareness & Prevention Program               - 2003-2004

The Institute for Political Affairs (IPER)

   Enhancing Democracy Through  Electoral Reforms  Phase 1V                    – 2003-2005

   Empowering the Grassroots through Electoral Engagements Phase 111               – 2000  -2001

  Community-Based Trainings on Local Governance and Development Phase 11          -1998-2000

  Luzon Barangay Development Councils Training Phase 1 -                          1995-1997

Carles Multi-Purpose Cooperatives (CMPC)

  Development Project for Peace and Progress in Carles  Phase 111                          - 2003-2005

  Development Project for Peace and Progress in Carles  Phase   11                         - 1999-2002

  Develoment Project for Peace and Progress in Carles Phase 1                         -1997-1998

  Carles Womens Development Project 1997-1999. ----

Rosal-Ortega Multi-Purpose Cooperatives  Project (ROMPC)

 Consolidation and Expansion Projects Phase 111                                                                -2002-2005

  Consolidation and Expansins  with   Education &  Economic Activities Phase 11              - 2000-2001

 Rosal-Ortega Coop Abaca Expansion Project Phase 1                                                          - 1996-1999. 

These different programs  supported by  DIAKONIA  helped  greatly in  strengthening the developments and advocacy works,  assisted in advancing  the skills trainings and  livelihood assistance. It helped  much    in the  strengthening the local governments and enhanced democracy thru  thru electoral educations and Electoral  Reforms.

Hour of Discovery was one of the most listened religious radio program in the Western Visayas.   The Convention Baptist church members  were our mainstay. Farmers association, labor unions, fishermens groups, stores that sells Jaz Cola listened  to our program. The many members  of militant groups, even some of  those   in  the underground movements were listening to  “Hour of Discovery” in Negros Occidental,  Panay, Palawan, Masbate, Romblon  and Mindoro..

One of  our    listeners who called on his friends to listen to “Hour of Discovery” was Pastor Sam Antonio, who was with the NPA  in Southern Negros  during that time --for  11 years.