Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation
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Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc is a non-profit organisation that helps with upland irrigation for farmers in the Philippines.[1][2][3] It was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2011.
History
[edit]The foundation was formed in 1991 by Auke Idzenga, Leonidas Baterna, Gina Veloria, and Edmund Villorosa, who worked with sugar workers in Bacolod City.[1] Originally, it was a labor union which supported sugar workers who had participated in the government's new agrarian reform program.[1] Idzenga, Baterna, Veloria, and Villorosa founded the organization when they observed the issue of the "inaccessibility of supply of potable water and irrigation experienced by rural upland communities."[1] Idzenga, who was a marine engineer, developed the hydraulic ram pump as a solution.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "AIDFI - AIDFI". www.aidfi.org.
- ^ "The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation • Honoring greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia". www.rmaf.org.ph. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-03-15.