Testimonies of Our Partners

The friendship of Ambassador Howard Dee and Edgardo “Gado” Jalandoni began in the early 1980s during the sugar crisis in Negros Occidental. With the Assisi Development Foundation (ADFI), the Chito Foundation, and the Canadian Mission Administered Fund, they launched PLOW (Planters in Land Ownership with Workers), an innovative program granting sugar workers access to land ownership. Gado’s generosity was remarkable—he turned over his entire 450-hectare farm in La Castellana t

The National Retreat for Priests (NRP 2023) was held on November 7–9, 2023, in Cebu City with the theme, “Priesthood: A Call to Holiness.”  It was a collaborative effort of Marian Solidarity, the CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Clergy, the Archdiocese of Cebu, and CHARIS Philippines. Through the initiatives of Marian Solidarity, represented by Carmela and Victoria Borres, Sister Briege McKenna, OSC, and Fr. Pablo de Romani were invited to facilitate the retreat. The CBCP Epi

For over a decade, the Assisi Development Foundation (ADF) and the Government of Canada have forged a strong partnership championing the rights and welfare of Indigenous Peoples. As Canadians, we are committed to acknowledging the truths of our shared history and advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. As Prime Minister Carney affirmed, “The government will work in full partnership with Indigenous Peoples—advancing shared priorities such as health care, food securit

Since 2009, Risen Savior Missions has had the privilege of working alongside Ambassador Howard Q. Dee and Benjie Abadiano of the Assisi Development Foundation. Through Hapag-Asa, our collaboration has provided over 150 million Feed My Starving Children  meals to malnourished and starving children across the Philippines. These meals have been nothing short of life-saving miracles, restoring children’s health, enabling them to attend school, graduate, and lead productive lives.

Through the years, Assisi Development Foundation (ADF) has been a valuable partner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and various Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) across the country. Sharing a vision of a united nation that embraces diversity, inclusivity, and equality, we have worked together to recognize, promote, and protect the rights and welfare of ICCs/IPs. A key milestone in this collaboration was the Memorandum of Agre