Tribute to a Pioneer on Activist NGO Development Work
I first met Jean in Bontoc -the colegiala, during semestral break in 1974, as Development Officer of Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines (EDNP).The Bontoc based Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP), then had a strong ministry on social...
The International Conference on IP Rights, Alternatives and Solutions to the Climate Crisis
The CPA-CDPC network spearheaded the holding of The International Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Alternatives and Solutions o the Climate Crisis at Ridgewood Residence Hotel in Baguio City, Cordillera-Philippines on November 4-9, 2010....
Radio Cordillera
Radio Cordillera is a road movie through the Northern Island Luzon on the Philippines. In search for the transmission range of a local community radio, we cross the mountains of one of the poorest regions on the archipelago. Soon we end up at...
Cordillera-day 2011: solidarity message from New World
Buneg, Lacub, 26 April 2011 Dear friends at CPA, KASTAN and TULBEK Dear friends of the Buneg Farmers Association and the Binongan, Adasen and Mabaca tribes in Lacub. Dear participants and delegates from the numerous organizations gathered here in...
Cordillera-day 2011: Solidarity message of the partners of the province of East-Flanders in Belgium
The province of east-Flanders is working together with the CDPC network in the Cordillera since 1994. It is a successful partnership.! During the last visit, in February this year, we visited a lot of projects even in the far-flung communities of...
CHESTCORE STATEMENT on the Harassment of Cordillera Health Workers
CHESTCORE vehemently denounces the escalating harassment of its staff and volunteers in recent months. We have observed several vehicles and individuals conducting surveillance on our office. Several of our staff have also been followed while going...
Province of East Flanders – New World Visit to Cordillera Strengthens North – South Development Cooperation and Solidarity Relations.
It was not an easy travel for the delegation of the Province of East Flanders-New World, Belgium to reach the far-flung communities of the Cordillera but they made it successfully. Their commitment and sincerity in dealing with their partners in...
Community Participatory Video Training of Facilitators
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) participated in a Participatory Video Training of Facilitators held in Hungduan Ifugao on November 10-20, 2010. Fifteen (15) Indigenous people’s representatives coming from eight...
Traditional Knowledge and the militant Cordillera Mass Movement: For Advancing People’s Development
Land is life…ancestral land and indigenous socio political systems…self-determination…bodong/peace pact..ayew..tapis. These concepts and slogans, seen especially during October being Indigenous Peoples’ month, embody our indigenous peoples’...
Tribal Filipino Week
This year’s celebration of the Tribal Filipino Week held at the Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary in Baguio City on October 9-10, 2010 with the theme- “ Ipannakkel Kultura a Nakabigbigan, Padur-asen, Aywanan ken Salakniban!” (Take pride in our...