2010-2019 Milestones

July 2010

MAFI celebrated “International Year of Biodiversity” and led the KMM LGUs (Kidapawan-Magpet-Makilala) in the conduct of a clean-up drive in Mt. Apo.

January 2011

MAFI, together with 2nd District Representative Hon. Nancy A. Catamco and staff, conducted the 1st Congressional Evaluation Climb in Mt. Apo.

January 2012

EDC donated an additional P2M to MAFI for its educational development program.

May 2012

Implemented a two-hectare reforestation Venado Tinikaran Project (VTP) that covered planting and maintenance of Tinikaran trees near Lake Venado in Mt. Apo.

July 2014

MAFI allotted 20% scholarship slots to applicants coming from the Manobo Apao Descendants of Ancestral Domain in Mt. Apo (MADADMA) as a special consideration for the members of CADT community in Ilomavis and Balabag.

March 2015

First ever MAFI-EDC strategic planning conducted to streamline overlapping programs and projects.

June 2015

MAFI was given a 5-year accreditation (July 6,2015-July 6, 2020) by the Philippine Council of NGO Certification (PCNC). So far, at that time, it was the only organization in Cotabato Province to be awarded such accreditation.

September 2015

MAFI’s first IP law scholar passed the bar examination

March 2016

MAFI led the volunteer organizations in extinguishing the massive forest fire that struck Mt. Apo.

August 2016

MAFI obtained its first Accreditation, Registration Certificate and License to Operate from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Standards Bureau.

February 2017

Pilot-run and launched the Senior High School to College Educational Assistance Project (SHS-CEAP) to brace the impact of K12 among IPs in public high schools.

April 2017

MAFI adopted the Allow to Sondawa celebration, making the lead organization that is in-charge of the annual festivity.

May 2018

MAFI underwent an organizational assessment and a 5-year strategic planning workshop to determine its efficiency and effectiveness and to craft its strategic direction that is responsive to the current times. The process was facilitated by Ms. Virgie Ongkiko of the Philippine Business for Social Progress.

July 2018

MAFI conducted a workshop to review and reprogram its Cultural Heritage Program among the foundation’s staff, board representatives, CTCCDI and selected tribal leaders and stakeholders, conducted by Dr. Rosalinda C. Tomas of Ateneo de Davao University-Institute of Anthropology

February 2019

Changing of the Guards: Retirement of former Executive Director Datu Samuel A. Asicam Sr., and turn-over of responsibilities to the new Executive Director Armando C. Pacudan.

April - June 2019

MAFI created a new brand for the foundation as a platform for resource mobilization strategy through the assistance of Works of Heart Creatives, Inc., a Makati-based social impact creative design company

October 2019

MAFI launched its historic new brand and 25th anniversary Coffee Table Book (1993-2018) titled, “25 Years: Celebrating Gains and Building Sustainable Futures”, also occurring during the foundation’s General Assembly Meeting.

December 2019

MAFI was awarded by DSWD its renewal of accreditation and registration certificate and license to operate as a Social Welfare Development Agency (SWDA) for another three years (July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022).

November - December 2019

Quick Response of MAFI – Conducted calamity assistance to the Mindanao earthquake victims within the 26 barangays of the AOR; mobilized over P500,000 financial resources and in-kind donations worth P500,000 from various donors, benefactors, networks and friends locally and abroad.