MuCAARD is such an amazing organisation and for an organisation which has almost no funds it is still achieving much. It is truly inspirational and that is why I would recommend people donate (visit the website www.mucaard-uk.org). The staff are amazing and many of them work as volunteers and donate al thier spare time to the cause. It is humbling.
This is the area in which RIAP currently work.
And these are the areas in which RIAP would like to work, the villages they would like to reach but haven't as yet due to lack of funds.
Some of these places have had no outside or government help since the conflict in 2008. These are very remote communities which most large NGOs (many of whom have now pulled out of the Philippines as it is not considered low enough on the development ladder) couldn't get to and wouldn't consider getting to due to the security risks but because MuCAARD is local and works through networks on the ground they could do so much if only given the chance. I sat through a meeting with RIAP staff listening to the heartbreaking appeal of one of them as he was so keen to help and so broken by the realisation that he could not and that these people were left without anyone.
One must ask oneself, "What are we doing?"
This is the area in which RIAP currently work.
And these are the areas in which RIAP would like to work, the villages they would like to reach but haven't as yet due to lack of funds.
Some of these places have had no outside or government help since the conflict in 2008. These are very remote communities which most large NGOs (many of whom have now pulled out of the Philippines as it is not considered low enough on the development ladder) couldn't get to and wouldn't consider getting to due to the security risks but because MuCAARD is local and works through networks on the ground they could do so much if only given the chance. I sat through a meeting with RIAP staff listening to the heartbreaking appeal of one of them as he was so keen to help and so broken by the realisation that he could not and that these people were left without anyone.
One must ask oneself, "What are we doing?"
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