Greetings. May I post the biodata of our long-time partner starting with a youth organization called Association of Locally Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao...
Curriculum Vitae
Full Name: Michelle Frances Sayre Uy
Tel: 09062580387
Address: Bliss, Initao, Misamis Oriental, 9022
Philippines
Email address:
aleynm@gmail.com
Birthday: March 29, 1993
1.
Program In-charge, Youth
Development Program, Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development (WAND)
Foundation (April 1, 2018 to present).
I led in the planning, designing and
implementation of youth development programs of the WAND Foundation. Thematic
areas of youth development include, off and on-farm livelihood promotion, youth
organizing and local leadership development, community-based natural resources
management with emphasis on the promotion of permaculture or farm
diversification initiatives and rural entrepreneurship development. I cover 3
municipalities in Misamis Oriental as well as provide technical advice to our
youth program in Albuera, Leyte which is an on-going disaster recovery food
security program by vegetable gardening with those affected by Typhoon Yolanda. The Leyte project is funded by the Associated
Country Women of the World based in the United Kingdom and the Japan Fund for
Global Environment and one of the component which I co-implement is the Zero
Hunger Campaign.
I also co-manage a crowd-sourcing fund
facility at the DonorSee site in order to access fund to support our various
initiatives. These are mainly small, high impact projects maximum of Pesos
20,000 per project that are easily funded and quickly implemented. Once
projects are implemented, I led in the conduct of monitoring and evaluation in
order to make sure that projects are sustained beyond initial phase.
2.
Field Officer, Youth
Development Program, Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development (WAND)
Foundation (June 1, 2014 to August 30, 2016).
I assisted in the implementation of
youth development programs of the WAND Foundation mainly in Misamis Oriental
and in Leyte with the bulk of the projects in Leyte related to our disaster
recovery response after Typhoon Yolanda. The WAND Foundation maintain a
permanent office in Albuera, Leyte after Typhoon Yolanda in late 2013. The
youth development programs I assisted was mainly on vegetable gardening as a
tool for food self-reliance and nutrition and income improvement. In Misamis
Oriental, the youth development initiatives that I assisted include vegetable
gardening for food security, direct assistance to youth-managed livelihood
projects mostly on on-farm activities such as the raising of small animals,
organic fertilizer production and charcoal making.
I also helped supervise the
establishment of 3 Learning Farms, namely, Mahangub Highlands, E&C Gardens
and the Libertad Organic Farm. The farms are located in the Municipalities of
Libertad, Naawan and Manticao. One of
the farms, the Mahangub Highlands is now accredited with the Technical
Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as a vocational school licensed
to offer trainings on organic chicken production, care and management of small
ruminants, organic fertilizer production and vegetable production.
3.
Co-Founder and Co-Manager and
at present Adviser/Volunteer, Association of Locally-Empowered Youth-Northern
Mindanao (ALEY-NM). May 2010 to present.
Initially, I
co-founded and co-managed the day to day operations of the ALEY-NM and
presently acting as Adviser/Volunteer. ALEY is present in 3 provinces in
Northern Mindanao and in Leyte. Most of our staff are trained volunteers being
provided with living allowance by the Philippine National Volunteer
Coordinating Agency.
Some of the
projects that I designed and co-managed include the following;
a.
Disadvantaged Urban Youth
Entrepreneurship, Organic Vegetable Production, Food Processing and Marketing
Project funded by the UN-Habitat and implemented in the cities of Dapitan and
Dipolog. The project focused on
producing vegetables using vermi-compost, simple hydrophonics and containers,
food processing and marketing the product and then organizing the beneficiaries
so that they are able to manage, sustain and expand the best practices with the
objective of locally empowering them so
they are able to chart their destinies via improved entrepreneurial and
personal competencies, resilient food security and organization development. A
total of 420 youths participated in the project.
b.
Use of human waste in for
small-scale vegetable gardens and tree planting activities. This was my
national award from the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations or TAYO with the
award I used to promote and expand the project.
c.
Providing vegetable gardening
as food security support for home-based evacuees affected by the Marawi City
crisis and residing with their relatives and friends scattered in villages in
Misamis Oriental. I provided advice and volunteered on my free time the
implementation of this project.
d.
Together with Jed Christian
Sayre, I co-lead in the implementation of the training program, “Youth-Led Environmental Improvement Project through
Permaculture(YLEIPP) for youth leaders in 2 provinces in Mindanao funded
by the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). A total of 102 youths
participated in the training program.
Other Activities:
Entrepreneur,
Michelle’s Food and Health Products. I purchase farm products grown by local
farmers and process these products into high-end tea, juice, herbal drinks,
spices and organic coffee and market these in local and provincial markets. The
link to my presentation is found in, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqtW50RuEFo&feature=youtu.be.
I was able to attend the YSEALI Regional Workshop on May 13-18, 2018 at Inle
Lake, Myanmar in order to improve my entrepreneurial capacity. The LUSH Cosmetics supported me with a grant
to scale-up processing and marketing of the products.
Publications (Contributor/Researcher):
a.
Association of
Locally-Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao EcoPee, Rain and Grey-water
Conservation Project and Vegetable Gardening Initiative. Water and Solid Waste
Newsletter. German Technical Cooperation, Manila.
b.
“ALEY-NM successfully
implemented a project funded by the Japan Water Forum Fund”. Water and Solid Waste Newsletter. German
Technical Cooperation, Manila.
c.
“Promoting Ecological
Sanitation via the Philippines 21 Young Leaders Initiative. Water and Solid Waste
Newsletter, August 2010. German Technical Cooperation.
d.
“Giya unsaon pagtanum ug mga
pagkaon ug mga kahoy ginamit ang Sustainable Agroforest Land Technology nga
sistema” (Guide in implementing sustainable agroforest land technology
system).” 25 pages.
e.
“Sustainable Small Vegetable
Gardening Training Manual for Urban Youths.” 18-page brochure used in the urban
youth gardening project.
International Travels:
a.
Australia - October 15-28, 2007. Field exposure, visited
Australian National University in Canberra and various places in Sydney and
Melbourne.
b.
Thailand – January 15-25, 2007.
Family tour.
c.
Hongkong – June 6-16, 2010.
Family tour.
d.
Burma – May 13-18, 2018. Attend
YSEALI Impact XL.
Winner, Ten
Accomplished Youth Organization (TAYO 8) in the Philippines. Youth
Small Scale Vegetable Gardening Project.
Grantee, BOTH
ENDS Netherlands, JWH Initiative, Supporting Young Environmental Leaders. Youth
Environmental Leadership Grant. March 1 to July 30, 2018.
Grantee, YSEALI
Impact XL at Inle Lake, Burma. US Department of State.
College : Xavier University, BS Biology, June 2010 –
March, 2013, (6 semesters).
: Xavier University, BS Agriculture, major in
Development Communication, June
2013 – March 2014, (2 semesters).
: Xavier University, AB Literature, June 2016
- March 2018. Graduated.
Location : Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Hobbies:
Singing, dancing, writing, hiking.
