BETTER WORLD FOR HUMANITY
ADDRESS: Block 4, Lot 5, Phase 12 A&W subdivision Putik, Zamboanga City Philippines
Mobile NO. 0919-9526931


JUSTIFICATION AND BACKGROUND:

“BET 4 HUMAN” is a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization has been in existence five or so years ago, and it was borne out of the need to come up with a very apt and timely intervention to the predicament of the many underserved populace in the society who for so long is inflicted with the numerous evils of society.

Socio-Economic, Cultural and Environment inadequacies are apparent in all aspects of the people’s lives; its effects are seen in the semblance of massive poverty, unequal opportunities and the like. It was seen that despite the fact that there are many proposed and even implemented programs and projects pursued by the government and the many institutions in existence, the fact still remains that there are still many things to be done. For, there are still felt needs as pockets of gaps in the implementation of these various and varied initiatives, and is apparently felt by the common people in their respective localities. It ranges from unequal distribution of assistance brought about by the system of whom you know, financial constraints in the delivery of services of almost all mandated service delivery of the government due to lack or poor financial management or poor tax collections, massive corruption practices by those elective and appointed officials in the procurement system and even by the rank and file in terms of the practice of their responsibilities, uneven and unequal distribution of programs and projects to gravely poverty stricken communities, no system of monitoring and evaluations of all program and projects and more importantly there apparently is no transparency and accountability by those in the cudgels of power and supposed responsibilities and obligations.






RATIONALE:
In the light of these plights faced by many communities, their determination to overcome their suffering is greatly affected. Because of the lack of capacity which would be a way to empower them, they tend to be complacent and inactive in a much needed economic endeavor.

For years now, various forms of interventions were already devised to arrest these negative occurrences in order to alleviate if not to ease the pressures of poverty of the people. And this initiative does not to go against, but furthers and polishes the existing institutional and organizational development initiatives.

For as long as there is a strong foundation and strengthened organization and capacitated individuals competently manning different posts within the community organization, any intervention will surely suffice to be effective and successful and an avenue for growth through sustained and guided intervention shall take place.

In view of the foregoing, “BET FOR HUMAN” is poised to strengthen, unify and consolidate most of the needed know-how, knowledge and breakthroughs to solve a particular need/problem of sectors identified in a given community. Thus, opening possibilities for people to realize and be empowered and be determined to address any social, economic, environmental and even political constraints posed by unequal opportunities.

The concept did not come like in a twinkling of an eye. But, rather through the many observed and experienced scenarios and situations the members of the board of trustees and some other resourceful people from our well established networks and resource pool, who felt the very need of interventions through trainings, workshops, seminars, skills development and even material or financial assistance to the people on the ground.

The capacity of these communities tends to be crude and unmatched and unequal to their faced obstacles. For it was observed that leaders of the community or organizations are seen pampered to be accommodated in various hotels to attend seminars or training, fora or conferences in the guise of capacity buildings at the expense of the organization’s and people’s finances and the very much needed monetary resources intended for development, thus limiting the delivery of most basic services direly needed by the community(s).
Therefore, we impose it upon ourselves with the aid of other partners both national and international to be directly involved in the affairs of specific identified sector or sectors and not just their leaders but most importantly the grassroots to include the underprivileged and unfortunate women, children and the elderly. By providing them the necessary knowledge, skills and opportunity to thrive politically, economically, environmentally and more so socially, whereby much needed organizations and enterprise will be set, re establish/ re organized and revitalized through proper education trainings and monitoring, thereby assisting and guiding them in every step of the way they take. In so doing, they will be able to stand on their own and elicit from among them the much needed change which will make them vibrant to propel them for development to the future and beyond.

Vision

AS AN ORGANIZATION WORKING FOR THE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, WE ENVISION A SOCIETY WHERE THE LESS FORTUNATE AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SHALL HAVE BEEN CAPACITATED AND EQUIPPED WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES (MENTAL, INFRASTRUCTURE) AND EMPOWERED TO HARNESS THEIR FULLEST POTENTIALS TO DEVELOP THEIR LIVES AND THUS ENABLE THEM TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF SOCIO-POLITICAL, ETHNO-CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PURSUITS BY WAY OF UNITY, EQUALITY, SOLIDARITY, PEACE AND DEMOCRACY MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

MISSION

SHALL ACTIVELY PURSUE A POLICY OF INVOLVING THE INTEREST OF THE UNDERPREVILEDGE AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, THROUGH TRAININGS AND CAPACITY BUILDING, LIVELIHOOD AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT USING THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE, AND MOVE TO CREATE AN ONWARD AND SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT WITH UNDERSTANDING AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES WHERE FAIRNESS, UNDERSTANDING AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IS WELL WITHIN REACH.
MAIN GOAL

OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A BETTER AND SAFER WORLD, WHERE ALL CHILDREN RECEIVE A GOOD EDUCATION AND ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS TO THE FULLEST, SO THAT NOW AND LATER AS ADULTS THEY CAN HELP EACH OTHER IN THE SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY, TRUST AND MUTUAL RESPECT.


Goals:

1 To organize and reorganize various NGO’s and PO’s and civil society groups in the community into a vibrant, active and dynamic functional organization.

2 To equip these organizations with skills and capabilities, appropriate values and technological know- how towards the realization of their socio political, ethno cultural and economic as well as environmental development.

3 Pursue alternative farming techniques in on and off farm endeavor and employ technology to boost agricultural production at the same time increase the income of every household and ultimately of the entire community.

4 Push existing institutions and entities to support and provide communities with alternative and sustained efforts to solve their specific sectoral issues and concerns.

5 Enhance the capacities and skills of the constituencies through continued skills training to increase productivity and stable livelihood.

6 Issues and concern of women, children and the elderly of which their health is of primordial consideration pursuant to any development undertakings.

7 Create a community based farm (agricultural) technicians who will aid themselves in solving farm problems.

8 A model farm shall be established which will serve as a model and a seed bank and at the same time a livelihood economic enterprise.

9 Shall promote just and humane and environment friendly programs, projects and activities and further the cause of the environment preservation.


CURRENT UNDERTAKINGS:

The members of the board of trustees and the many resource persons or technical consultants for BET FOR HUMAN, in their own personal capacities are engaged in various programs lead and sponsored by national as well as international funding organizations, conducting trainings, seminars in many places in the Philippines. Their expertise ranges from issues and advocacies about the flight of disadvantaged, specially that of women, children and the elderly and creating a better world in the spirit of brotherhood, economic subservience, solidarity, unity, mutual understanding, cultural exchanges, transparency and accountability in the field of governance.

Others are conducting strategic development planning and budgeting with many local government organizations as well as private and people’s organization and cooperatives. Others are engrossed with the issues of agro- aqua culture explorations and enhancements and coastal resource management assessments.

Some concerns themselves with the issues and concerns of the ancestral domain of the indigenous people and the environment.

Others are coming from the academe, NGO’s and Government Institutions.

Most importantly quite a few are engaged in translating the message for a better world to different dialects in the world; and outsourcing funds to finance the many development initiatives of the organization conducive to and in relation with sustainable economic development; such as:




Thrust(s):

1. Barangay enterprise development
= It shall create and provide the necessary organization to manage the produce and buy at a controlled price the produce of the farmers which shall in turn be sold these by bulk to existing markets.

2. Create a Barangay nursery or demonstration farm
= Where seedlings are propagated and distributed to farmers at a very much reasonable price.

3. Skills training for farm technicians and allocation of farm implements and allocation of farm animals and poultry dispersal.
= Provisions for continued learning and agricultural education of the technicians on the modern farming breakthroughs, especially in connection to environmental preservation, and distributes modern farm implements and burden animals and poultry for higher and faster production output.

4. Establish mechanism for a very apt financial interaction.
=Pursue the establishment of an Avenue where entrepreneurs will have access to financial institutions and later establish the same with the participations of financiers and the stakeholders in the ground.

5. Linkages and networking with academic institutions.
= Utilizations of the trainings and educations pursued by the students to further their trainings and educational attainment and possible engagement in economic enterprise to help them establish their own economic endeavor.

6. Provide capability trainings to LGU’s to prepare them for viewing their jurisdictions as economic enterprises.
= Train local officials on financial Management, enterprise development, institutional development etc.



7. Networking and linkages with LGU’s
=Establish regular linkages with LGUs in terms of active participation in the planning process through functional operation of the local development council.

8. Pursue and accomplish such other concerns that shall be specifically required and accomplished by any donor/funding agencies pursuant to its particular interests and thrusts.

My brother Nixon a political science graduate, my younger sister Leslie a psychology graduate and myself a true blooded volunteer worker for almost half of my life. Just formed an non-profit organization called BETTER WORLD for HUMANITY. This is to make us one with all our volunteering works and register it for legal purposes..

With our passion to serve humanity we come up with this brilliant idea that helping underprivileged people like us, will have a better world for the future of our children's children and the best is yet to come...

ORGANIZATIONAL MANDATE

The organization is aimed at providing pro-active programs and or sufficient Socio-Economic sectors interventions to the to the underprivileged of the community in the Western part of Mindanao and to partner with the development agencies Government Institutions and other funding Agencies for the reduction of poverty inequalities and empowerment and the upliftment of the quality of lives of the people in the Zamboanga peninsula. This is thus aimed so that the people, the end qualified beneficiaries can be provided with sound, effective and efficient programs and projects and activities to bring the people from a state or underprivileged to a platform of sustainable growth and development.

Despite the fact that it is not that known, the Local leadership and most of the communities all around Mindanao has seen the organization as a Glitter of hope amidst the darkness and gloominess that engulfs them. Thus, they have expressed their support and commitment and even financial resources to sustain the organization even in its early stage.

Nonetheless, Local Municipal and Barangay Leaders have requested for a localized socio-economic interventions, using the many technologies available to develop and enhance the capacities of the local populace. Therefore, the organization is poised to conduct a seminar/training/workshops in that respect for the communities in Zamboanga peninsula and even beyond or in such other areas within the span of if its influence and operation. The organization is also preparing other sets of programs directed at alleviating the identified issues and concerns of the communities at large which might even Encompass academic curriculum such as Governance, Politics and Empowerment, Networking, Development Management, Communication Skills, Advocacy and Social Awareness Skills, Administration and Management skills, Value Formation Skill, Project Management Skills, Public Order and Safety Skills and Multi-Ideological Skills and such other matters as agricultural development and enhancements And these output curriculum shall be provided by top brass lecturers coming from different fields of expertise and varied endeavors including NGO’s, Po’s, Academe, including Government officials during a series of trainings and workshops that shall be conducted upon availability of resources.

In addition we are also geared towards implementing special projects, such as, Voters Education, Assistance to Children in armed Conflict, Cultural Festivals in some areas in Western Mindanao, Search for Outstanding Leaders and Employees and such other program interventions to increase agricultural production and the like, the funding for which shall be sourced from International development Funding Agencies and partners who also like the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation who are willing to extend their valuable resources for the development of man and his environs.

To God be the Glory!!!

This is the 1st concrete project of our team here in the Philippines, which is being funded by the good people of Maaseik Town Council and the Message for a Better World-Belgium... The team from Philippines started our volunteering works since 2003 and we have done countless and numerous project for the children and peace advocacy in the Region.

This month we will organize another group and we will registered it as cooperative to make all our programmes and projects as one then. This Health Care Center and summer class project are among our works here in the Philippines. The article was at published Daily Zamboanga Times last June 28, 2008 and Zamboanga Today last June 29, 2008. These two local papers was considered among the leading newspapers in Region IX and Western Mindanao.

It is an honored in our part to be featuring our line of works like this. We are always praying the best is yet to come…

See yah next summer for another event.

Muchas gracias y via con Dios!
Mary

I awarded Amor Rico, grade III, Dinalyn Dela Serna, grade VI and Marco Bazan, 1st yr High School. Through my own empty pocket.hehhehe

As you observe the children raising their Philippine and Belgian flags as back-to-back. But, sad to say that the Belgian team cannot help us fiance this kind of project. But, we have set our goals and nothing can beat us if we want to help thsi children to give them the importance they need and help their dreams realised in our own little way.

thanks to all.
Mary

The Kite Festival was included as one of the requirements of the said Summer Class. We have the Kits Festival last May 10th, and the following day we have the graduation ceremony. Was invited, as a guest speaker was Mr. Vicente Arevalo, former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Zamboanga Times, and now Editorial Consultant of the said paper, Mr. Arevalo also a respected leader in the city too.

The pictures below were the summer class activities. You can also see that the situation of the place is very obvious that these children belong to the underprivileged family.

I want to start my 1st blog with my background to let the future readers know that by writing this blog I can also let the people know that in passion with determination to help our people there is nothing impossible.



I started my volunteering works, when I was still in my primary days back in the village and of course the greatest influence to my passion is my father Nicolas, who until now at 68 is still working for living and the passion the serve people by not being get bored at home then.



Well, after our life in the village of Basilan, our family transferred here in Zamboanga many years pass by still our life didn’t received grace in material way. But we received countless blessing life good health and the intact of our family with values is already a big blessing too.



As my life journeys’ into volunteering world here and abroad, I am unstoppable with my desire to help the underpriviledeged one’s. I have a lot of life bad experiences like work and my personal life. But always accept it as a life’s learning experiences whether good or bad, broken and failed relationship, triumph, blessings, all this I thanks our creator. This gives me the meaning to go on and move forward for the betterment of my little contribution in serving humanity.



Last April 5-May 11th, the group conducted the 1st Summer Recreation Activity Class in chosen community here in Zamboanga City. It was a new background for us volunteers, working without the help of our main headquarters in Belgium. We have hard working volunteers as we have just realized again that through passion in volunteering all financial problems will be left behind and as always the show must go on for 40days.



We have selected 3 deserving students as my 1st scholars for school year 2008-09. The 3 scholars are Amor Rico grade III, Dinalyn Dela Serva grade VI AND Marco Bazan 1st year high school. I told them that if they will maintain their good grades the scholarship would continue till college as long as I can afford them to send to college and if they will in return become a deserving one and be called scholar. This activity was amazingly overwhelmed by the students and parents as 1st time took place in our community. I promise them as long as I am alive and still breathing, I will always serve humanity and through the help of my parents when I was away for how many months because of hardship, I am now back in my community and country.


Prayers is the most primordial stuff in our life and what happened to me a year ago, life must go on and I thank to all those who prayed for my survival.

Presently, we are very happy to serve people and the best is yet to come in the future then.

Grace grew up in one of the remote areas in a far flung community in the Philippines. Despite, the condition of her environment, it gives her the strength to focus on youth development and be part in activities and programs for her to have a representation in future opportunities that rarely happens.Grace inherited her strong interest in volunteering from her father. Who serves their community for more than thirty years, as one of the Christian Leader in a Muslim populous area in Southern Philippines.

Undeniably, it is a veritable fact that Peace is the ultimate dream of every town folks in the community. The varying appropriations of Peace is normally dictated by the difference of their culture and the way they want to preserve and advance them. The Philippines, as a nation of varying cultural communication and ethnic groups, bears the responsibility in protecting, preserving and promoting their identities, culture and tradition so as to be utilized in building a strong nation.

This is what brings all the foregoing together in terms of a huge vision, a clear sense of purpose and sacrifice, and a sensitive understanding of the strength and capacity of the people that she leads.Grace as leader, she sets the tone, shows the example, challenges a people to rise above their own expectation of themselves, and rally around collective aspirations for greatness. As a former youth leader in crisis situation presented the facts honestly, like a mirror that would show us our foibles, but because of such would goad a people towards resolute and inspires common actions. Volunteering, such as community works, medical outreach, advocacy, facilitating, etc. etc. is Grace greatest passions in life.

She has this philosophy: Act in proper motives, proper understanding, proper priorities and proper boundaries!

Muchisimas gracias y via con Dios!:-)

Mary Grace Magtangob Alonzo

Little Baby “Alia” finally came to the world last Monday April 30th, what a wonderful creature!!!I
Actually didn’t imagine she would be that lovely!!!and though the delivery experience wasn’t that pleasant, it was one of the most physically painful experiences I’ve been exposed to, but I’m so happy to finally have her with me…