This work is like all the other works of Assisi in the past 40 years: it is an instrument that communicates our organization’s commitment to the work of loving and serving the poor whom God loves without condition nor end. In its pages, the reader will find the many ways by which God has made use of Assisi as a humble servant of peace, justice, and development. May you see in the many words and pictures contained here the very fingerprints and footprints of the Lord. Celebrating Years of Lovingto ServiceOur Country through Justice, Peace, & Development Initiatives. CONTENTS Tributes and Thanksgiving 4 Messages 6 40 Years of Development for Peace 12 To Serve Means To Be There & To Be With 14 A Faith that Does Justice 16 through Works of Development Pathfinding through Innovative Approaches 24 to Development Engaging in Multi-Faith & Multi-Cultural Dialogues 32 for Justice and Human Security Promoting Good Governance and 46 Transformative Leadership in various Stakeholders 40 Years & Beyond... Hope for the Future 96 2 St. Francis of Assisi Poverello His Christian Charism & Spirituality are the inspirations of our foundation. The founders of ADF established the organization upon the inspirations that the life of St. Francis of Assisi had on them. They were motivated by the simple yet effective power of Christian service that the venerable saint gave in his lifetime, especially towards the poorest of the poor; and all for the love of Christ. This same spirit would guide Assisi in its formative years as it pursued the mission of serving others with a faith that brought about justice in the lives of people and society. This approach to development work gradually became the very heart of Assisi. 3 OUR PARTNERS IN MISSION INTERNATIONAL Apostolate for Family Consecration Australian AID Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Mission Administered Fund Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Cross Catholic Outreach Feed My Starving Children Feed the Children Philippines, Inc. Guiseppe Maria Foundation HEIFER International HOPE International Development Agency (Canada / Japan / New Zealand) International Committee of the Red Cross Japan International Cooperation Agency Tributes & Japan Platform Misereor Risen Savior Missions Thanksgiving Second Harvest Asia / Food Bank Philippines Singapore Red Cross United Nations International Children’s Fund o you, our partners in this United States Institute of Peace monumental yet humbling Vitamin Angels Tmission: LOCAL You are our co-pilgrims in this ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. journey towards a better Philippines AIM-Mirant Center for Bridging Societal Divides and more dignified lives for millions ASA Philippines of our people. You are our friends Association of Foundations in both times of great victories and Avila Charity Fund overwhelming challenges. You are AY Foundation, Inc. the wind that drives our sail. Thank Ayala Foundation, Inc. you to all of you for all these years of Bahay Maria, Inc. partnership. Bangsamoro Development Agency 4 OUR PARTNERS IN MISSION Benigno S. Aquino Foundation, Inc. Sycip, Gorres, Vilayo & Co. Cardinal Santos Memorial Hospital Eye Clinic Unilab and Unilab Foundation CARITAS Manila Wack Wack Golf and Country Club CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples WWF Philippines CBCP-NASSA Caritas Filipinas Foundation Yellow Pages Chito Foundation, Inc. Zuellig Family Foundation Consuelo Foundation, Inc. Corporate Network for Disaster Response GOVERNMENT AGENCY Educational Research and Development Assistance Armed Forces of the Philippines Foundation Department of Agrarian Reform Family Rosary Crusade, Inc. Department of Agriculture Foundation for the Philippine Environment Department of Education Gado Jalandoni Scholarship Department of Health GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc. Department of Interior and Local Government Habitat for Humanity Philippines Department of Public, Works and Highways Lay Communities of Jesus Christ the Returning King Department of Social Welfare and Development League of Corporate Foundations League of Cities of the Philippines Marian Council League of Municipalities of the Philippines Metrobank Foundation, Inc. National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Mirant Philippines Foundation Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process National Children’s Hospital Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Office of Ms. Margie Moran-Floirendo Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines Partnership for Development Assistance in the Philippines Inc. OTHERS Peace and Equity Foundation Various Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Petron Foundation of the Philippines Philam Foundation Community/Peoples Organizations of various sectors Philippine Business for Social Progress Church Partners, Archdioceses, Dioceses, various religious groups, and missionaries Philippine Daily Inquirer Various academic institutions Pondo ng Pinoy Community Foundation, Inc. Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation Simeon Dee Family SM Foundation, Inc. Sun Life Foundation OUR LEADERS LEFT TO RIGHT Prof. EMMANUEL S. DE DIOS • Abp. ROMULO G. VALLES, D.D. • Atty. AMALIA E. DIONISIO • EDITH Y. VILLANUEVA • Mrs. BETTY MARIE C. DEE VICTORIA ELISA A. DEE • Amb. HOWARD Q. DEE • BENJAMIN D. ABADIANO • Prof. ERNESTO D. GARILAO • RICHARD JOSEPH C. DEE e, the trustees of the Assisi many more opportunities in the years ahead for Development Foundation, Inc., are us to be their companions towards peace and Wmoved by a deep sense of gratefulness development. In a profound sense, they are our as we reflect on what our organization reason for being what we are today. They are the has achieved in the past 40 years and impetus for the very existence of our foundation. the challenges ahead as it continues its work And so our deepest gratitude goes to them. of service for 40 and more years to come. Thank you for accepting us as your own; thank We are grateful for both our past achievements you for allowing us to serve. and future challenges. Gratefulness is the experience and value that links us both to the We are grateful to Fr. Francisco Araneta, SJ, past and the present of Assisi. whose faith in the possibility and realization of a just society has inspired the board in its We are grateful for being a part of the lives early years and continues to do so to this day. of different sectors in Philippine society in The foundational principles of Assisi that he these past 40 years. Through the work we drafted in our early years continue to guide have accomplished and the programs we us in our decisions and actions. The spirit of have established, we were given the blessed Fr. Araneta, along with the spirit of St. Francis opportunity to share in the lives of tens of of Assisi, has been our bedrock throughout thousands of Filipinos. These were men, women, these years. Our programs may have evolved in and children who needed love and compassion, different ways as they responded to the current poor and marginalized families that needed needs of the people and the sectors we help, understanding and support, entire communities but the direction remains the same, thanks to the that needed inspiration as they strove to improve powerful vision that Fr. Araneta has passed on their lives. We are grateful for having journeyed to us. with all of them, and we are grateful for the 6 We are also grateful to our local and Assisi vision of tireless and passionate service international partners who have accompanied to the poor, of a faith that works for justice. us in many different ways through the years as Their impact on the lives of the many people we we responded to the challenges of development. have helped and on those of us who work with Truly, they are our companions in the mission them in Assisi can never be measured. They are that we have set for ourselves. We indeed form our models and mentors, friends and family. a real family in the sense of being unified by Our gratitude to all of them goes beyond words. something bigger than ourselves. The work we have done together is proof that all things are As one united board, we reinforce our possible for those who are united in mind, heart, commitment to the continuous growth of Assisi and spirit. Thank you for trusting us. Thank you so that it may do the work of development with for walking beside us. even greater fervor and effectiveness in the decades ahead. We are grateful even for this, We are grateful to the members of the Dee and our gratefulness moves itself forward into family who have generously shared their lives the future of Assisi as we widen and deepen the in responding to the call of the times across four impact of our work in the lives of the people we decades. In their humble and sincere ways, they serve. It is with deep gratefulness, therefore, that have made themselves the very wind that lifts we welcome the many years ahead, and say and propels Assisi forward. In their way of life, “Yes!” to things yet to come. we constantly find the very representation of the We are grateful for being a part of the lives of different sectors in Philippines society in these past 40 years. Through the work we have accomplished and the programs we have established, we were given the blessed opportunity to share in the lives of tens of thousands of Filipinos. 7 Amb. HOWARD Q. DEE BENJAMIN D. ABADIANO CHAIR PRESIDENT One Generation of Loving Service: Being Grateful for the Gift Let us Give Thanks of Service and Partnership s we complete forty years, one generation of Loving s we celebrate the 40th year anniversary of Assisi Development Service to the poor living in the margins of our society, with Foundation we pay tribute to the people whose vision and Aprofound gratitude in our hearts, let us give thanks: Acommitment for loving service established the fundamental principles and values of the organization. We are particularly First and foremost, to our Lord and Master and His Mother to grateful to our founder and current chairperson - Ambassador whom we are consecrated and our works are dedicated, for the Howard Dee and his family, their generosity and genuine concern privilege of serving Him in the poor and forsaken, for sending for others have been our constant guide and inspiration for all these the Holy Spirit to guide us, St.