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Written by awcf
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012 02:06 |
We request everyone to offer a prayer for Ms Angelita “Angie” Valdez of the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF) who passed away on April 17, 2012 at around 6 PM, in her hometown of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya province, Philippines. Before AWCF, she worked with NORLU CEDEC, a Philippine co-op federation in the northern Luzon region. Angie was a dedicated co-op and gender advocate and trainer. As a development worker for many years, Angie had the invaluable commitment to issues that she knew will improve the lives of people whom she interacted with in communities and in co-ops in the Asian countries that AWCF works in. Angie always gave her personal touch to all her tasks—from doing office reports to facilitating meetings and training conducts; to mentoring exchange staff from different Asian members of AWCF; to giving inspiring talks for gender advocates in the co-ops as she rallied them to pursue their advocacy and gain strength from one another, beginning (and ending) workshops with them with their group hugs.Angie always found meaning, and took time to explain those, in things that happened in her work, in her life, and in the lives of people whom she cared for and loved dearly. Sudden as her passing is, we as Angie’s colleagues and friends may as well view her demise the way that Angie would have wanted us to see its meaning, that is, not as an end but merely a pause—to inspire and enable us to reflect on how we, too, could be even more effective instruments to helping make life a little better for others. And also, simply, how to love and enjoy life.Angie's remains lie in state at the family residence in Solano. Interment details are still being finalized as of this posting.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 May 2012 00:20 )
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AWCF-FK project has back-to-back activities |
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This May 2011 was a busy period for participants of the “Capacity-building for Gender and Co-operatives in Asia” Project, implemented by AWCF and the Fredskorpset (FK) Norway among AWCF’s member-organizations in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Philippines. The five-year Project began in 2008 where human resource is developed as personnel from AWCF’s member-organizations take part as exchange participants in batches, with the different organizations acting as their hosts or Project partners. Exchange participants stay with their host-organizations for 10 months.
As 2010-2011 is the third year of Project implementation, all stakeholders were immersed this May in preparing reports and presentations for their two major meetings: the “Third Phase Review Meeting” and “Fourth Phase Partners Planning Workshop.”
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AWCF-FK Project's Phase 4 participants get busy |
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Written by awcf
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Saturday, 31 March 2012 06:55 |
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The Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF) and Fredskorpset (FK) Norway are holding the Phase 4 or fourth batch (October 2011-August 2012) of the “Capacity-building for Gender and Co-operatives in Asia” Project. The Project is funded under FK Norway’s “South-South Exchange” Programme. AWCF is a regional resource center and advocacy body on gender and co-ops in Asia. FK Norway is a Norwegian government agency that promotes international understanding and mutual learning through institutional co-operation and exchange of people between Norway and countries in the South.
This AWCF-FK human resource development Project is implemented among AWCF’s member-organizations in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Philippines. The Project started in 2008, aiming at developing capacities and skills in the co-op and gender fields of personnel from AWCF’s member-organizations while they take part as exchange participants. The AWCF members act as the participants’ hosts or Project partners. So far, the Project has had three batches of exchange participants, with each batch staying with their host-organizations for 10 months. Aside from gaining professional (work) enrichment to be used especially for their co-op involvement back home, each batch’s participants are also expected to have personal development as they learn to relate with the people, language, and culture in their host-organization and host-country. The participants may actually find themselves in some situations that may not be really be so far off from their own Asian background, but their greater understanding of certain aspects in different cultures and countries will hopefully be an asset to their professional and personal development. 
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 March 2012 07:35 )
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PWDs co-op undergoes gender training |
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Friday, 27 January 2012 08:31 |
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AWCF held the “Gender Sensitivity Training (GST)” for the Philippine organization National Federation of Cooperatives of Persons with Disability (NFCPWD). Upon NFCPWD's invitation, AWCF conducted the GST on January 24-26, 2012 in Ermita, Manila, Philippines.  |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 27 January 2012 09:28 )
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