Explore how our initiatives are breathing life back to our community
Disaster Resilience
March 7 – 10, 2017
GDFI participated in this conference held at IIRR, Cavite, and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) to share experiences and learn best practices for building disaster-resilient coastal communities across Asian countries.
Conservation
Active throughout 2017 and 2019
Displaced families moving to the G2A village left vacant coastal spaces where around 1,000 beach trees and bamboos were planted to create a greenbelt buffer against future typhoons and storm surges.
MPA
Continuous endowment, established 2017
JIZFI provided a ₱1.0M endowment fund to GDFI. The accrued income is strictly used to pay insurance premiums and cover capacity-building expenses for GDFI-Bantay Dagat and MPA volunteers.
Conservation
September 2016 – May 2018
Adopting a ridge-to-reef framework to build community climate resilience and safeguard Lawaan's biodiversity. GDFI also sponsored the field research expenses of BS Biology graduating students from UPVTC in 2017 and 2018.
Education
Started 2015, runs continuously
A scholarship program helping underprivileged children affected by Typhoon Haiyan stay in school. It provides financial allowances of ₱12,000/year for high school students and ₱5,000 to ₱8,000/semester for state college students.
Livelihood
2014 – March 2017
Provided 48 permanent concrete houses to families living in high-risk areas on Maliwaliw Island, Salcedo. It also funded a Level 3 potable water system and an ongoing wild-bee restoration / bee-keeping livelihood project.
