Organizational Awardee

WILD BIRD CLUB OF THE PHILIPPINES

2024

The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines is a nationwide club of birdwatchers interested in the wild birds of the Philippines and in the preservation of these birds. Through their main advocacy of preserving the biodiversity of birds, encouraging and educating the public regarding birds and the respective habitats through organizing numerous bird watching events, and nature tours, they assist in the protection of the habitat along with the sustainable management of both the flora and fauna of the Philippines through public engagement and awareness raising on the importance of protecting the habitat of our local birds, and the biodiversity of our country in general.

PANGASINAN PEOPLE’S STRIKE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (PPSE)

2024

Pangasinan People’s Strike for the Environment (PPSE) is a provincial environmental defenders alliance established in 2020. The PPSE convenes church workers, the youth, and concerned Pangasinense for environmental campaigns, programs, and defense work across the whole province.

KATIPUNAN NG MGA LEHITIMONG MAGSASAKA AT MAMAMAYAN SA LUPANG RAMOS (KASAMA-LR)

2024

The Katipunan ng mga Lehitimong Magsasaka at Mamamayan sa Lupang Ramos (KASAMA-LR) is an organization of unified and persistent group of farmers and their families fighting for their rights by campaigning for genuine agrarian reform. KASAMA-LR was established in 2010 by farmers who wished to reignite their drive to fight for their land following decades of both setbacks and a lack of tangible progress.

TUMANDOK NGA MANGUNGUMA NGA NAGAPANGAPIN SA DUTA KAG KABUHI (TUMANDUK)

2022

Organizational Awardee Tumandok nga Mangunguma nga Nagapangapin sa Duta kag Kabuhi (TUMANDUK) is the organization that leads the indigenous Tumandok people’s struggles to defend their lands, lives and livelihood. Also known as the Suludnon, the Panay-Bukidnon or Pan-ayanon, the Tumandok people are the indigenous Filipino people who reside in the Capiz-Lambunao mountainous area and the […]

SAMAHAN NG MGA MANGINGISDA AT MAMAMAYAN SA LATIAN NG BULAKAN (SMB)

2022

Organizational Awardee The Samahan ng mga Mangingisda at Mamamayan sa Latian ng Bulacan (SMB) [Association of Fishermen and Citizens of the Bulakan Swamp] is a local people’s organization that actively opposes the multi-billion New Manila International ‘aerotropolis’ project of the San Miguel Corp. (SMC). SMB is against the airport project, pointing out that this will […]

UNITED ORGANIZATION OF DIDIPIO RESIDENTS

2020

Organizational Awardee United Organization of Didipio Residents (UODR) leads the struggle in Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya against plunder of natural resources. Their advocacy also transcends outside their province as they prevent the destruction of watershed haven of Northern Luzon and echo the call for the rightful utilization of natural resources all over the country. UODR […]

SABOKAHAN UNITY OF LUMAD WOMEN

2020

Organizational Awardee Sabokahan Unity of Lumad Women (Sabokahan) is an organization of women from eight ethno-linguistic tribes across Southern Mindanao that was founded in 2003 by Abiok “Bai Bibyaon” Ligkayan Bigkay and 8 other strong-willed lumad women after the victory of their pangayaw (tribal war) against the logging concession Alcantara and Sons during the 1990s. […]

NAGPAKABANANG MANANAGAT SA TIGAO

2020

Organizational Awardee Nagpakabanang Mananagat sa Tigao (NAMATI) is an organization dedicated to voluntarily managing 57 hectares of marine protected area (MPA) for 26 years now in Barangay Tigao, Cortes, Surigao del Sur. Before NAMATI was established, the place was with rampant illegal fishing using dynamite, cyanide, and other destructive practices that destroyed fish habitats and […]

Center for Lumad Advocacy, Networking and Services (CLANS)

2018

The Center for Lumad Advocacy, Networking and Services (CLANS) is a patriotic institution that promotes scientific education for the indigenous Lumad people in the Socsksargen region of Mindanao. CLANS promotes the Lumad right to self-determination by supporting indigenous people’s movements to address the root causes of inequality, disrespect, injustice, discrimination, and plunder of ancestral lands. […]

People Surge

2018

They are the ‘children of the storm,’ reborn from the rubble of Super Typhoon Yolanda’s aftermath in 2013. The People Surge, a movement of typhoon survivors built from Ground Zero of the most powerful typhoon in world history, transformed hapless victims of disaster neglect in the Eastern Visayas region into seekers of justice. Bearing the […]