Popular participation and involvement begins with consciousness raising and education. ACF encourages communities to actively and positively engage the issues and problems in their locality by providing education activities and technical assistance, including capacity-building and
Violence has been part of Philippine politics for such a long time that it is almost considered to be “normal.” Political and electoral violence contributes significantly to the marginalization and disempowerment of many Filipinos from
ACF has always encouraged the active involvement of the youth in community affairs. This entails consciousness-raising among the young in schools and communities and involving them in addressing issues and problems both at the national
Filipino women comprise more than half of the population but many remain largely marginalized, especially in terms of access to government services and opportunities for self-development. To address this, ACF encourages women to be active
ACF facilitates regular Medical Missions to serve communities with little access to such services. Apart from regular Dental and Surgical Missions done in cooperation with volunteer doctors’ and nurses’ associations, ACF also provides basic reproductive
The CitiSense project empowers marginalized communities to actively shape local governance by putting digital data-generation tools directly into their hands. Led by the Active Citizenship Foundation (ACF) along with IPG and CARET, the initiative bridges
