Uplifts the welfare of the indigenous peoples/cultural communities within and around the Mount Apo Natural Park through the formulation and implementation of a well-rounded, responsive and sustained tribal upliftment activities.
The strategic plan mandates MAFI to focus its interventions to enhance and preserve the culture and traditions of the older and younger generation of IPs. These include, among others: 1) IP Governance Development Project involving Indigenous Political Structure Development (IPSD), and Strengthening of the Cotabato Tribal Consultative Council for Development, Inc. (CTCCDI); and, 2) School of Living Traditions. MAFI also embarks on the active involvement of CTCCDI members to provide the cultural values formation for its scholar-grantees, and to connect and pass on the Indigenous Knowledge, Systems, and Practices (IKSP) from the first generation to the successor generation of IPs.
of Adult Literacy Project
high school students assisted
Currently supporting the strengthening of 15 members of the Cotabato Tribal Consultative Council for Development, Inc. (CTCCDI), as well as other assistance for numerous tribal leaders, chieftains and IP mandatory representatives.
Provision of logistical and technical support and other development initiatives for resource management, capability building and good governance
2022 Highlights of Accomplishments: MAFI Moving Forward
Total households in MAFI’s AOR
IP population in MAFI’s AOR
Summary of Thesis-writing and Dissertation Assistance as of March 2016
