THE INTEREST in this very fine undertaking called the Family Farm Schools (FFS) seems quite genuine. Therefore, I will provide some very basic information for those interested in the concept and in contacting the organization in charge.
The FFS network is managed by the Pampamilyang Paaralang Agrikulture, Inc., a non-profit/non-stock foundation that provides assistance in the establishment and operation of the farm schools in the country. PPAI has its main office on the third floor of the PIECO Building, Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City. You may contact them through their phone numbers +63 2 892-8977 to 78, or fax +63 2 892-8977. They also have an e-mail address ffs@i-manila.com.ph
Principal sponsorship and guidance for the FFS network is derived from SIMFR, the International Solidarity of Family Associations for Rural Training. SIMFR is a Belgian NGO established in 1980 that is affiliated with like-minded foundations with the Association of Family Farm Schools (AIMFR), headquartered in Spain. AIMFR has a network of about 1,000 associations that affect over 100,000 families in 30 countries. The FFS derives its concept and operations from that of the Spanish group Escuelas Familiares Agrarias, small units of community schools that assist rural areas in the education of the youth and their respective families.
In the Philippines, there is one girls’ school called Balete FFS located in Bo. Makina, Balete, Batangas. The boys’ schools are in Dagatan, Lipa City, Batangas; Bais City, Negros Oriental; Dingle, Iloilo; Talon at Tuy, Batangas; the Gelacio Yason FFS at Bo. San Mariano, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro; and one still in process in Bo. Koreo, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte.
In a succeeding blog, I will delve more into the concept and its operation. For this I thank Dr Rene Gayo who so graciously provided me with a brochure of the FFS.
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Anyone can get in touch with them in the address and phone numbers I provided.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I’m interested about this FFS