EMPOWERING RESILIENT CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE, CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS AND ACCESS JUSTICE.
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The Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS) is a local non-profit, non-stock legal focused advocacy and service institution. IDEALS addresses the legal and technical needs of the marginalized, disempowered, and vulnerable groups, particularly farmers, persons and communities affected by disasters, and victims of human rights violations.
OUR WORK
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IDEALS has implemented numerous projects addressing the evolving needs of marginalized sectors. From our establishment in 2005, IDEALS has embarked on four major programmes rooted in promoting and upholding rights:
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
IDEALS provides development legal assistance to farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries.
HUMAN RIGHTS
IDEALS responds to the increasing human rights violations through community-based legal missions and inclusive documentation of cases through strong partnerships with the church and parishes.
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES
IDEALS employs a two-pronged approach in helping survivors of crises and disasters through the provision of legal services and recognition of information as aid.
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING
IDEALS has been instrumental in providing legal assistance to development organization and empowering them to take control and shape their own future.
PEACEBUILDING & COMMUNICATION
FOR DEV’T
IDEALS promotes peace and increases social cohesion in conflict-affected communities through community media and dialogues
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Ground Zero Productions is a media production house focused on documenting impact stories through visual storytelling and strategic communications.
We envision a Philippine society with an empowered and resilient citizenry sustained by participatory and accountable governance, equitable enjoyment of resources and opportunities, and accessible justice.
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IMPACT STORIES
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Lived experiences in the SPMS Box: COVID-19 and beyond
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES By Datu Raid Salik We were greeted by bullet holes on the walls, shadows of what was once homes, and shattered glasses of Masjid the first time I entered the SPMS Box back in October 2020. Together with the community patrollers,...
Radio program bridges the language gap to deliver health information
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES By Datu Raid Salik(Translation to English by Mikhaela Dimpas) Wahida Samsudin, 40, is one of the many who can only understand and fluently speak one language: Maguindanaon, the local language in Maguindanao. She isn’t that fond...
‘Here I am; I’ve changed’
Rosa – Graduate of the Diocese of Caloocan’s Salubong program
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