Association of Locally Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao (ALEY-NM)
Offices: Turno, Dipolog City and Libertad, Misamis Oriental
Background:
The organization which started in Misamis Oriental Province and radiated to Zamboanga del Norte was created out of the efforts of a Belgian youth volunteer Tine Mayeur and local youth leaders who came to live and work in the barrios in Libertad, Initao and Manticao in Misamis Oriental for 9 months in 2007. The aim is to organize core groups of youths located in 8 barrios aimed at empowering the youth to contribute their talents in social development initiatives, biodiversity and culture of peace promotion. The core group was later on formed into a functional association.
Goal of ALEY-NM
The main goal of ALEY-NM is to empower the local youths, give them hope and roots in urban and rural areas where they are living by making them productive, gainfully employed and in pursuit of their dreams.
Vision: “Model youth organization in Mindanao, willing and able to advance the cause of progress, sustainable development and promote the culture of peace.”
Mission:
1. Promote self-reliance among the youth by providing income generating opportunities through farm, non-farm and off-farm livelihood projects, training and networking activities.
2. Instill pride and dignity of the youth through the support and promotion of local entrepreneurship, creation of responsible citizens and the promotion of the culture of peace.
3. Provide ways to educate the youth either through formal or non-formal means by securing scholarship support, linking with resource providers and expert-pooling.
4. Promote the value of self-help and mutual help by implementing innovative micro-financing schemes, environmental leadership, ecological sanitation and Learning through Play activities.
Products and Services of ALEY-NM
- Provision of training packages/services on local livelihood development, environment leadership, ecological sanitation, youth organizational development and formation.
- Production and sale of processed food products with materials grown and coming from the areas.
- Sale of organically-grown farm products comprising of fruits, vegetables and small animals such as goats, pigs and chickens.
- Facilitation of learning tours, youth camps and other youth-related activities.
- Technical assistance for youth organizations in forming and sustaining their local organizations.
- Organizing the Mindanao Ecolife Café which serves as hubs where youths can learn about the web and access technical support from there.
Strategies
- Building of a modest bamboo and nipa training/ biodiversity center and office.
- Nursery development and the planting of high-valued fruit trees with seedlings coming from certified sources.
- Training on ecology, leadership and biodiversity for the youth leaders and core members of the organization.
- Packaging at least two herbal remedies/nutritional supplements from local medicinal plants.
- Marketing our seedlings and scaling-up our efforts to include other organizations and schools.
- Operating the biodiversity center that is able to cater to training and study requests, sell seedlings and use the funds to raise more seedlings and link and network with other organizations.
Programs and Projects:
Biodiversity and Youth Rural Improvement Project. 2010. Idea Wild, USA
Project to Conserving Water, Promote Ecological Sanitation and Improve Food Security. 2010. Japan Fund for Water
Ten Accomplished Youth Organization (TAYO) in the Philippines. 2009. Youth Environmental Leadership and Livelihood Project.
I am a Change Maker Competition, British Council Manila, 2008. Living Museum Project.
Association of Locally-Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao EcoPee, Rain and Grey-water Conservation Project and Vegetable Gardening Initiative.
“Promoting Ecological Sanitation via the Philippines 21 Young Leaders Initiative. Water and Solid Waste Newsletter, August 2010.
Resources of the ALEY-NM
- Honda Motorcycle ( XRM 125).
- Office space, furniture and fixtures.
- Living Museums (Tagpaco, Initao and Gimaylan, Libertad).
- Seedling nursery in Lubluban, Libertad.
- Equipments (video camera, desktop and laptop computers, digital camera, overhead projector).
- Office space (borrowed), one in Libertad, Misamis Oriental and one office in Turno, Dipolog City.
Jed Christian Zayas Sayre, President and CEO. Email address: aleynm@gmail.com.
Mobile: 63-9498129847
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