The Peace and Equity Foundation is pleased to share our 20th Anniversary Book, Sipat: Profit for Non-Profit. Sipat is is a commemorative book chronicling the two decades of PEF’s experience, lessons, and direction, as it works to contribute to the fight against poverty since its founding in 2001. To download the book, click here.
Pangantucan, Bukidnon – The mystic beauty of Lake Napalit is not the only thing the town of Pangantucan has to offer. Its chilly climate has made its fertile lands ideal for one of the country’s best arabica coffee, as proven in the recent Philippine Coffee Quality Competition (PCQC). In the competition held at the World […]
Libmanan, Camarines Sur – Separated by more than 500 kilometers of land, two farming organizations have converged in the fields of barangay Bagadion to share knowledge and experiences they have gained from decades of rice cultivation. To the visitors from Guimba, Nueva Ecija, represented by Cooperative Enterprise for True Economic Reform (CENTER), it is their […]
The Peace and Equity Foundation is pleased to share highlights of last year’s successes in its Annual Report 2022. The Annual Report contains stories of PEF’s continuing efforts in supporting social enterprises to achieve its vision of self-sustaining and resilient households in the partner communities. To download PEF’s Annual Report 2022, click here.
There was a time when the fisher-members of the Yakap at Halik Multipurpose Quezon 2 faced a precarious situation. When their fishpond and fish cage operations expanded, a problem arose in consolidating and marketing their catch: the lack of ice producers near their area. Since ice is important in maintaining the freshness of their catch, […]
The Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Cauchie C. Garcia as the Deputy Executive Director beginning April 2023. Ms. Garcia first served as the Foundation’s finance officer from 2007 to 2010. She eventually headed the Management Services Group in 2011, where she handled the Foundation’s finance, human […]
The endless greens are a sight to see in Myriad Farms in Barangay Triala, Guimba, Nueva Ecija. The harvest season is looming, and finally, farmers will be able to reap the benefits of the land. Myriad Farms started as a family farm in the 1980s. Today, Myriad Farms is successful because of the passion and […]
Backed by the local government and private institutions, with topography and climate suitable for cultivating coffee, the farmers of Soccsksargen, which comprises the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City, continue to produce the highest volume of coffee in the country. And now, it is looking to stake its claim […]
When the supertyphoon Odette hit the town of Malimono in Surigao del Norte in December 2021, the damage was devastating: 5,856 families were affected, and 2,686 houses were destroyed, not to mention millions of pesos worth of damage to infrastructure and agriculture. “Odette caused severe damage to our area,” Malimono councilor Marianne Marina Escaño said. […]