Young leaders from business, civil society and government are among the changemakers selected for the Philippines 21 Class of 2010. A flagship program of Asia Society-Philippines, the Philippines 21 Young Leaders Initiative aims to develop a nationwide, multi-sectoral network of changemakers to meet, educate and inspire each other; collaborate and share ideas on public service and otherContinue reading “Asia Society announces Philippines 21 Class of 2010”
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Piloting Ecosystem Restoration by and for Higaonon Youth Associations in West Misamis Oriental
The project focuses on building the capacity of 3 Higaonon youth association to regenerate their land and improve their livelihoods. We do this by developing their capacities in the implementation of permaculture and providing farming inputs like vegetable seeds, tree seedlings and organic fertilizer. ALEY-NM volunteers provide regular field visits and technical assistance to participatingContinue reading “Piloting Ecosystem Restoration by and for Higaonon Youth Associations in West Misamis Oriental”
ALEY X LUSH
ALEY PARTNERS WITH LUSH TO PROMOTE PERMACULTURE TO THE YOUTH IN MISAMIS ORIENTAL
ALEY X SAMDHANA INSTITUTE
THE ALEY NM PARTNERS WITH THE SAMDHANA INSTITUTE TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PERMACULTURE TO OUR HIGAONON BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM MANTICAO AND LIBERTAD.
ALEY-NM in Nepal
After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, the ALEY-NM together with WAND launched a relief effort in order to address some of the problems in the country. Leading the effort was our Executive Director Jed Christian Zayas Sayre who managed to partner with a Nepal Youth Organization, the Visionary Youth Initiative Foundation Nepal headed by AakashContinue reading “ALEY-NM in Nepal”
URINE AS FERTILIZER
May I introduce our initiative which is “Eco-Pee, Rain and Grey-water Conservation and Vegetable Gardening Initiative”. The concept is simple and includes the collection of urine and using it as fertilizer, promoting vegetable gardening among youth members and their families and rain and grey water conservation with water to be used in the vegetable gardens. The projectContinue reading “URINE AS FERTILIZER”
LIVING MUSEUMS
ALEY-NM Living Museum Initiative Our organization the Association of Locally-Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao (ALEY-NM) support the youth in developing poor, marginal, upland communities with the main aim of empowering local youth members so that they take care of the environment at the same time earn from the low external input sustainable farming ventures. Our goal isContinue reading “LIVING MUSEUMS”
Health and Nutrition of Children and Youth Initiative
In our work, we found out that the growing of vegetables is one of the best way wherein the health and nutrition of children and their families are boosted. This is because vegetables are easy to grow, there is also the availability of organic manure that families can use in order to fertilize their crops.Continue reading “Health and Nutrition of Children and Youth Initiative”
Youth Regenerative Agriculture
Training and engaging the youth to undertake permaculture or regenerative agriculture. The farming population is aging and the youth is not encouraged to engage in farming finding it not attractive financially. They opt to find work in the cities and with their skills not fitted for jobs in the cities, they end up more destitute.Continue reading “Youth Regenerative Agriculture”
Importance of Nature
We will provide fruit and timber tree seedlings of Philippine high-valued and most important fruit and timber trees to poor farmers in order to improve biodiversity and combat climate change. We will also provide technical assistance and training as well as organize them so that they will be able to secure good markets for theirContinue reading “Importance of Nature”
The Association of Locally Empowered Youth 