PhilDHRRA
Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia
About
PhilDHRRA
National Coordinator
Katlea Itong
Contact Info:
59 C. Salvador Street, Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108
Philippines
Telephone
+632-426-6740
+632-436-0702
Email
national@phildhrra.net
c_corridor@yahoo.com
Website
www.phildhrra.net
Facebook
National Secretariat
PhilDHRRA Luzon
PhilDHRRA Visayas
PhilDHRRA Mindanao
Current Programs
AsiaDHRRA Strategic Action Plan (SAP) 2026–2030
AsiaDHRRA network members gathered in Manila, Philippines for the Listening Conference on the AsiaDHRRA Strategic Action Plan (SAP) 2026–2030. For two days, members came together
Joint publication in Empowering Women and Youth in Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) published
A joint publication between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) and AsiaDHRRA is now published and available online. Titled “Empowering women
Open Government Partnership (OGP) localization initiative kick-started in the Philippines
The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) has commenced the documentation process of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) localization
Supervision mission on digital agriculture initiative in the Philippines
AsiaDHRRA welcomed Mr. Sangho Park, Senior Programme Specialist, from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for a supervision visit on June 20, 2025, at
Collaborative meeting on eliminating child labor with the labor ministry, women and youth commissions in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)
AsiaDHRRA, PhilDHRRA, and Community Organizers Multiversity (COM) visited the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE), the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC), and the Bangsamoro Youth Commission
Advocacy planning workshop to eliminate child labor in South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur
A follow-up activity on collaborative advocacy planning workshop to eliminate child labor was conducted by the RISE-UP Project with Rural People’s Organization (RPOs) and Farmers
Comprehensive midterm review of learning, commitments, and renewed collaboration to eliminate child labor
AsiaDHRRA and its partners organized an Internal Midterm Review and Assessment for the RISE-UP Project on January 8-9, 2025, at Star Hotel, Davao City. The
PhilDHRRA is a national network of 65 NGOs committed to the pursuit & realization of agrarian reform & rural development in the country.
The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA) traces its roots to a three-week regional workshop in 1974 held in Swanganiwas, Thailand, where 120 rural development practitioners from 12 Asia-Pacific countries exchanged ideas on how NGOs and governments could contribute to the development of the countryside. A significant outcome of the gathering was the definition of the DHRRA strategy for development: “small groups become big groups when linked together by a common purpose; their strong potential is seen within the perspective of small autonomous units pursuing their own development in their own localities and among their own people and communities.
The loose group of NGO workers from the Philippines who joined the DHRRA workshop in Thailand convened a meeting in 1978 that resulted in the establishment of PhilDHRRA, a simple servicing secretariat for the forum of individuals from NGOs, POs, and government.
One of its initial activities was its participation in the Philippine NGO report for the 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) held in Rome. Wherein, PhilDHRRA and other rural development organizations throughout the world affirmed the WCARRD program of action that later became PhilDHRRA’s criterion for membership.
In a 1983 meeting in Cebu City, attended by 32 representatives from different NGOs, PhilDHRRA was formally created. It became a network of NGOs registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a non-stock, non-profit organization.
Today, PhilDHRRA continues to be a national network of non-government organizations committed to sustainable rural development in the Philippines and remains to be part of the DHRRA networks throughout the Asian region, aspiring for a common vision of sustainable rural development. It operates in 70 of the 71 provinces in the Philippines with a national secretariat and three regional secretariats in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, managing the day-to-day operations of the network.
