Task Force Mapalad, Inc (TFM) is a national federation of farmers, farm workers and individualadvocates working for agrarian reformand rural development. Itassists farmer organizations through community-based organizing,campaigns for land tenure and productivityimprovement, productionand technology support, policy advocacy and research, andorganizational strengthening. Beginning with 500 farm workers from16 Negros Occidental haciendas in 2001, TFM now has 43,074 farmer-members from 8,226 estates covering a total of 89,850hectares. It works in nine provinces — Cagayan Valley, Nueva Ecija,Eastern Batangas, and Oriental Mindoro in Luzon; Negros Occidental,Negros Oriental, and Iloilo in the Visayas; and Davao Oriental andBukidnon in Mindanao. TFM has helped improve the quality of life ofthe beneficiaries. Their new roles has enabled them to ease hungerand increase incomes and has likewise empowered them to plan theirown economic activities and eventually take part in developmentundertakings of their villages. The transformation of the beneficiaries’socio-economic roles – from mere landless farm workers to newlandowners and managers – have enabled them to collectivelyaddress and improve food security, purchasing power, education.

For this project, Task Force Mapalad will be represented by TeresitaTarlac, thepresident and a senior citizen farmer . As SC Coordinator she will bethe main contact person and implementor for the organizationalformation and strengthening of the North Negros POs whosemembers include senior citizen farmers. She will oversee andcoordinate the planned activities with the whole project team to ensuretargets are monitored and documentation per activity is done. EduardoCadungon – he is a farmers and a senior citizen and he is the SCCoordinator for South Negros will be the main contact person andimplementor for the organizational formation and strengthening of theSouth Negros POs whose members include senior citizen farmers. Hewill oversee the planned activities and coordinate with the wholeproject team to ensure targets are monitored and documentation peractivity is done. The Youth Coordinator and will be responsible for theyouth representation in the organizational formation and access toresources. As member of the youth she will be in-charge of thedocumentation for each activity, in coordination with the 2 SCCoordinators. Armando Jarilla – is the National Coordinator and will bein charge of the administrative and financial compliance to donors, aswell as overall monitoring and report writing. In addition, Sherry AnnTuala is the finance officer based in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. Sheis in charge of the fund disbursement and liquidation of projectexpenses.

Full Project Title: Strengthening Senior and Youth Farmers Organization to Access Resources

Objective 1: Strengthen the capacities of 34 small POs with 1,000 senior and youth members to form and legally register 2 federations of senior and youth farmers covering North and South Negros Objective2: Enable around 1,000 senior and youth farmers to access economic resources through linking with at least 3 government agencies and financial facilities Objective 3: Equip senior and youth farmers to have a voice in sharing of best practices, inspiring stories, and discussions on needs and issues through radio programs and social media.

To ensure that the activities conducted are successful and contribute to the desired change, the proponent will make us of a logical framework to track or monitor target outputs and outcomes, as well as monitor the verifiable indicators for each output. The log frame will help the team in measuring performance and achievement of targets from start to finish, as well as identifying backlogs and alternative solutions challenges encountered. In addition, regular community meetings will be held to get feedback from the senior and youth farmers to ensure that their voices are heard, individual or group learning is shared and short-long term effects of activities are discussed and documented. Feedback from the senior and youth farmers, whether negative or positive, will serve as a check and balance to project success and achievement of the desired change.