Handicrafts that usually serve as souvenirs in many
travels, as well as decorations in the house or personal adornment largely are
base from agriculture or from forest products. This things now a days are also affected by
the changing climates, many of which are having difficulties in gathering raw
materials due to some development, that results to low productions to which
many communities in the country are depending on it.
These are the issues raise during the one day forum on
Resilience-building & Fair trade strategies in livelihood development, last
July 28 at Discovery suites in Ortigas Center in Pasig City. It is organise by
Community Crafts Association of the Philippines (CCAP), a Livelihood base non
stock and non profit organization registered in 1973 that aims to assist
marginalized craft producers in developing their product to a world class
quality. They are also behind the Fair trade for Development, Inc, a business
organization that owns Likhang Atin fair.
The forum give time to its established communities in
different areas in the country, the problem they are facing in getting
materials from the forest, the quality of it that suffers due to climate
change. And also some concerns due to development of former forested areas to subdivisions
by some real state developers.
Jessica Dator-Bercilla, a climate Fellow from Manila
Observatory discusses the effects of changing times, she also give importance
on how we can help heal the earth by giving tips and suggestions that can be
useful to communities. Primarily she said that aside from handicrafts being
affected by this change, it’s the health of individual that usually suffer.
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| Ms. Sandy Gomez from Climate Change Commission, and Ms.Jessica Dator-Bercilla of Manila Observatory. |
During open forums more issues are being raised, from the
awareness up to being resourceful in making lives better.
CCAP Executive Director Voltaire Alferez head the said
one day forum, that serve also the launching of Business Development Services
Program, where CCAP and other business experts unite in providing assistance to
communities.
For more details and information, please check www.ccapfairtrade.com and www.ccapfairtrade.com or contact CCAP
at Tel Nos. (02)712-2160 or email them at ccap@ccapfairtrade.com
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