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UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND (UNDEF)
SUPPORTS SWP BUDGET ADVOCACY IN MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
Social Watch
Philippines (SWP) has launched a new
project for “Institutionalizing
Marginalized Communities’ Participation in
the Philippine Budget Process” funded by
'The United Nations Democracy Fund'.
The project will
be implemented in partnership with the
United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC)
and through the support SWP networks
including the Philippine Rural
Reconstruction Movement, Siliman University
and the Aktibong Kilusan Tungo sa Iisang
Bayan (AKTIB).
The program will
be implemented in the farmers' communities
in Guimba, Nueva Ecija; coconut farming
communities in Baao, Camarines Sur; urban
poor communities in Tondo and Quezon City;
coastal communities in Negros Oriental and
Negros Occidental; Indigenous Peoples
communities in Magpet, North Cotabato; and
Muslims in displaced communities in Tulunan,
North Cotabato.
Venus Raj is
spokesperson for UN Program
MANILA,
Philippines - Miss Universe 2010 fourth
runner-up Venus Raj was chosen to be the
spokesperson for "Tingog 2015," an
integrated SMS and online citizen feedback
initiative supported by the United Nations
Millennium Campaign and Social Watch
Philippines.
Full story
at abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/10/18/11/venus-raj-spokesperson-un-program
Photo credit: TEAM ASIA
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