Community Responsibility and the Charter of Human Responsibilities

The Buklod Tao Foundation is a community-based people’s organization engaged in disaster management and environmental advocacy. It is undertaking a program for the promotion of environmental responsibility in the community level. To disseminate information on activities celebrating responsible behavior, the organization is putting out a monthly newsletter called Responsibilidad (see below). Among the activities being conducted are creek clean-up, street clean-up, establishing a forest nursery, participation in an anti-incinerator campaign, disaster management child risk assessment, and assisting the girl child community organization.

17 March 2006
Methodology by Pinky CASTELO CUPINO

The foundation started the program with a presentation of the Charter to the twenty members. Then these twenty people made a plan towards exercising community responsibilities focusing on environmental responsibility and disaster preparedness. Then a series of activities were conducted like building of forest nursery, clean-up drives, participation in an anti-incinerator campaign, and the like. To make other community members and other local network like the Church, local government, (...)

30 September 2005
Newsletter: RESPONSABILIDAD

This newsletter is Published by BUKLOD TAO,INC. and CENTER FOR POSITIVE FUTURES – Banaba, For the Promotion of The Charter of Human Responsibilities It is published in English and Filippino. You can download some issues here: (...)

On the concepts of responsibility - 26 September 2005, by Noli ALCANTARA ABINALES

There are three concepts of the Charter of Human Responsibilities which caught my attention. First, the notion of responsibility. Hindsight and current experiences manifest the various potentials and opportunities to spread this notion of responsibility. This is even more pervasive in the peripheral communities where I do community work. Given the ample resources, passion and sincerity of what we do, plus a lead community organization with a good track record and reliability to lead and (...)

Activities - 30 August 2005, by Noli ALCANTARA ABINALES

Basically, there shall be three activities to be participated in by parent-members: 1. Acting as co-organizers and activity facilitators of the community organization of children aged 10-16 formed March 5, 2005, the Bukluran ng Kabataan para sa Kaunlaran ng Komunidad. Or Unity of Children for Community Development. They shall help the children leaders ensure that the plans for a weekly community clean-up and regular planting project shall be accomplished. 2. The parents will engage in (...)

Partnership - 30 August 2005, by Noli ALCANTARA ABINALES

Exercising Community Responsibilities - Buklod Tao Foundation with Center for Positive Futures. Program Participants: Dina Abuloc Marrinette Avendano Meraliza Batolinao Luminada Bergado Wilma Calipayan Rosie Casia Cristina Castro Emilia Dadiyas Ofelia Diaz Melba Fuensalida Nieves Godino Rita Goles Nenita Golong Elisa Laguna Julieta Lopez Rosita Milloren Marites Ramilo Melrose Tampadong Mary Jean Umpaling Evelyn Zamora Marites (...)