CDPC Statement Cordillera Day 2021
Solidarity Message for the 37th Cordillera Day from SOLIDAGRO
Cordillera Day 2021: A solidarity message from the Province of East Flanders (Belgium)
Displaced women ambulant vendors become squash noodle producers
Women ambulant vendors economically displaced by the Covid-19 lockdown received training on squash noodle production last March 7 from the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC). Following health and safety protocols, the...
Preamble at IFAD’s Indigenous Peoples’ Forum
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) participates at the 5th global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples' Forum at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) which took place on 2,3,4 and 15 February 2021. The...
Devolution of DSWD Services to LGUs: impacts and CSOs’ role
Large functions of the programs of the Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) will be devolved to Local Government Units (LGU) by year 2022, among which are the sustainable livelihood program and feeding program. This was announced by...
Cuba’s Covid-19 Response Amidst US Blockade
Being one of the countries that took immediate action and being better positioned than most with a strong healthcare system, Cuba’s response in dealing with the covid-19 threat has been impressive despite the over 60-year US economic blockade that...
Facts and Figures on the Cordillera Economic Recovery Program
This are the facts and figures on the Cordillera Economic Recovery Program by the National Economic Development Authority-Cordillera Administrative Region.
Scared, anxious for 18 days: Reflections of a Covid-19 Patient
I was a close contact of a family member who was found positive for Covid-19 three days after being swabbed by a nurse. I was scared and anxious and cried a lot but I was full of fighting spirit! We survived! How it started My husband told me that...
Debate on the Future of Development Cooperation
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) participated in the debate organized by organizations in the province of East Flanders, Belgium on the future of development cooperation. It was a well-timed debate in this period of...
Education in the New Normal: Modular Learning in Sagada
One of the sectors most shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic is education, affecting the lives of students in the country since March. Schools have closed and face-to-face classes have been suspended in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus....
Peasants of the Cordillera: Onward with the struggle for change!
The 21st of October is Philippine Peasant Day. On this day in 1972, exactly a month after declaring Martial Law, Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 27, the bogus land reform law by which the Dictator effected not the redistribution of...