Maradeca completes community profiling in Lanao Del Sur

MARADECA with the support of Caritas Australia conducted a community profiling in the four (4) barangays of Bubong and Sultan Domalondong. They are Barangays Salipongan, Diolangan, Pagalongan and Bacayawan.  The activity was designed to identify the needs, nature and the available resources of the community. It is also an important part of the community planning …

Peace education participants share best practices

Participants in a peace education in Lanao del Sur shared best practices at resolving family and neighbourhood conflicts as Islamic leaders pointed out at the necessity to live in harmony with non-Muslims and to radiate peace to the community. “Peace must start with ourselves, with our family and we replicate it to the community we …

Health is Wealth

A training on proper sanitation and community hygiene brought fresh awareness among members of community organizations, and eventually to spread around the community in Lanao del Sur where these organizations are based. Dubbed as Wash, for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), the Maradeca Inc. has partnered with the Caritas Australia to conduct the training for …

Waste experts ask Lanao residents to segregate

An academe-based social worker in Marawi City and a community program coordinator have asked residents to inculcate the importance of solid waste segregation to lessen its impact on the environment. Mr. Esmail Derico Amer, registered social worker from the Mindanao State University in Marawi City told a training among community organizations in Lanao del Sur …

Armed conflict victims get relief assistance

The Maranao People Development Center (Maradeca) Inc. and the Caritas Australia sent volumes of food and non-food assistance to more than 700 internally displaced persons in the armed conflict in the Lanao del Sur municipality of Butig. The assistance was provided to 733 IDPs seeking temporary shelter in the town center of Butig and in …