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Despite rapid growth over the last few years, poverty remains one of the most pressing socio-economic problems of the
In an effort to reverse these statistics, CHF International has been working with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), the main government body in charge of cooperatives in the Philippines, to implement the Innovating, Measuring, and Promoting Poverty Alleviation through Cooperatives in Transition Societies (IMMPACTS) program. Through IMMPACTS, CHF will assist the CDA in strengthening its regulatory capacity and increasing its transparency and efficiency.
Cooperative businesses comprise close to 13% of the national gross domestic product in the
CHF has been working with USAID and major stakeholders in the cooperative sector by providing support to the CDA in several key areas, including improving CDA's registry of active cooperatives and developing a Standard Chart of Accounts and performance standards for non-credit cooperatives.
Through these activities, the CDA will be able to effectively and efficiently track performance of cooperatives and assist them in further developing their attributes and turning their weaknesses into strengths.
> The Community Development and Shelter Program (1987-1993) was designed to demonstrate that community
infrastructure and housing for low-income beneficiaries can be improved using modest loans and self-help approaches. The
initial projects benefited 1,000 low-income families in
Economic Development Foundation (NEDF) strengthened this local organization’s capacity to manage future shelter
projects. The program was funded in part by a grant from the USAID.
> From 1990-91, CHF worked with the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council–the central housing agency in
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improvement of squatter areas in the large cities on a self-help basis through local community organizations, including
housing cooperatives and credit unions.
> CHF implemented a resettlement project for 90 families displaced by the eruption of
was safe from further volcanic activity—the Philippine-American Friendship (PAF) Village, a new neighborhood in Porac.
CHF and PAF invested their own capital to provide a loan fund from which eligible families could borrow to finance the
housing. This program was funded by the Philippine American Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and USAID.
> From 1997-2004, CHF International managed the Cooperative Development Program (CDP) which was focused on
increasing the availability of affordable housing services to underserved populations through the promotion and strengthening
of cooperative housing systems. Working with local partner National Housing Authority (NHA), CHF assisted cooperatives
to organize and develop housing projects for their members.
CHF also worked on developing the capacity of a local apex organization—the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO)—to reach wider national impact on cooperative approaches to housing, increasing member involvement, and local community development.
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