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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IMPACT STORIES
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Hope for a better tomorrow
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES When the Marawi Siege happened, Sittie Nadja’s family lost their small rice business in Dansalan, Marawi City. With seven children in the family, this made it difficult for them to make ends meet. When the lockdown was implemented due...
Providing information they can trust
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Bibo kid (Active kid). This has been Jamal Pandapatan’s monicker as S’bang Ka Marawi’s community patroller. He is an active member of a lot of youth organizations with different advocacies including peace education, mental health and...
Staying informed should be more than a habit
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES During the enhanced community quarantine, Jamael Dimaampao’s business of designing weddings reached its lowest point. He and his team did not have any income due to the restrictions on mass gathering for almost two months. Because of...
NEWSROOM
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Defending the Defenders: Their fight continues with us
HUMAN RIGHTS On Friday, March 5, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte verbally directed the police and military to “finish off” and “kill” all communist rebels in the country. Two days later, the state agents proved just how grave Duterte’s chilling directive was. Dubbed...
Sinagtala Issue 4
SINAGTALA Sinagtala 4 November 2019
Oxfam: We are a development and humanitarian organization, not a “front for local communist terror groups”
NEWSROOM It has come to our attention that Oxfam in the Philippines has been included in a list of ‘front organizations of local communist terrorist groups (CTG)’ from the Department of National Defense (DND). In another list from the DND, Oxfam International and...