The Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) is pleased to announce its new Board Members following the election of trustees by the PEF General Assembly on 27 November 2020. Professor Emmanuel S. de Dios, PhD, representing the business sector, will serve as the Board Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance and Investments Committee. Since June 2008, […]
While struggling through the effects of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of families from many parts of Luzon faced yet another crisis last month: the devastation of Super Typhoon Rolly. The damage on infrastructure and agriculture is estimated to be at P9.3 billion in severely hit Bicol region, where Rolly made landfall at its strongest, […]
According to the International Coffee Organization, the consumption of coffee around the world is expected to decrease by 0.5% because of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. With closures of many businesses and restrictions in transporting goods, it is no wonder that the coffee industry is reeling from the effects of the lockdowns implemented around the […]
Bukidnon is known for its world-class, high quality coffee. In 2018, coffee farmers from the province won 2nd and 4th places respectively in the Robusta category of the Philippine Coffee Quality Competition. A year later, another Robusta coffee farmer, Lorna Libante, was featured in the Specialty Coffee Expo in Boston, Massachusetts. Behind these successes is […]
Asipulo, Ifugao – For the coffee farmers of Asipulo, Ifugao, rejuvenation is a leap of faith. With coffee as one of their sources of income, cutting up the stems of old coffee trees will mean they have to wait for years to reap its benefits. It is also costly and time consuming. “Ang pag-rejuvenate kasi […]
The third installment of #PEFtalks highlighted the challenges and efforts of the partners of the Peace and Equity Foundation in helping their communities during this pandemic and devising potential solutions to combat the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Norberto De Guzman of Center for Agriculture and Rural Development – Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), Nasrudin […]
Civil society organizations (CSOs) taking action to address challenges of the COVID-19 crisis was the highlight of the second #PEFtalks of the Peace and Equity Foundation on 23 September 2020. Zuellig Family Foundation Executive Director Austere Panadero, Synergia Foundation CEO and President Milwida Guevara and KASAGANA-KA Credit and Savings Cooperative General Manager Maria Anna De […]
Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF), through the Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute, SELCO Foundation and the Peace and Equity Foundation inked a memorandum of Understanding on 01 October 2020 to work together in creating a coordination hub in Mindanao that will help push for the shift towards renewable energy in the region. According to PEF […]
The effect of COVID-19 pandemic to the economic activity of the country is staggering. Twenty-six percent of businesses closed down based on the survey of the Department of Trade and Industry last July, resulting in more than seven million unemployed workers according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Despite these alarming figures, one social enterprise is […]