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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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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Mayani: Using tech to help farmers feed Filipinos, ensure market, and reduce food waste
ECONOMIC RIGHTSPhoto from Mayani Photos showing truckloads of disposed fresh produce went viral in the months after the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were imposed. This opened the eyes of many Filipinos to the sheer amount of food waste and the long-standing plight...
Promoting peace, one story at a time
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Normina Limbona, 19, is one of the community patrollers of S’bang ka Marawi. Mina, as she is fondly called by friends and family, started as a patroller in September 2020. Since then, she has produced reports on a wide variety of...
Capacitating Local Leaders to Initiate Community-based Disaster Response
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Armiya Diocolano Edon, 40, is a Barangay Kagawad of Tamontaka 5, Cotabato City and an active participant of the Disaster Risk Reduction Network. For years, she has seen the effects of calamities and has learned to live with the...
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Health Champions in Care Work: Sharing Care Responsibilities in the Face of a Pandemic
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES After one year of grappling with the effects of the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to limit people’s access to livelihood and basic social services such as health, education, food and nutrition, water and sanitation, and life-saving...
Homeward in the face of crisis: Community-based Health Interventions Meet Filipino Resiliency
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES The public health distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic not only aggravated existing socio-economic issues, but also created new problems of displacement in the workforce. In 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
Public Servant to Health Champion: Empowering Community Leaders to Become Stewards of Health
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES The COVID-19 global health crisis and its compounding effects continue to affect economies and people’s lives especially in poor and marginalized communities of Mindanao. Sultan sa Barongis or SSB remains to be among the poorest...