Our vision!
PMUI envisions that the people living in poverty will have a developed community with equal respect to people’s right, interest and welfare through a holistic approach by ensuring to promote physical, economic, social, cultural and spiritual prosperity, thus promoting peace and social security.
"PMUI partners with communities, government and other stakeholders who have the desire to build resilient communities. Our successes rely on supporting each other to achieve our common goals. Our triumph is dedicated to children, young people, men and women who had been deprived of basic rights that they suppose to have.
The right to education, access to food and shelter, safe and portable water, access to good health and well-being, environmental preservation that the future generation can enjoy. We will ensure that the indigenous people and people living in poverty can get access to decent jobs where PMUI can be a place of learning and training to give them equal opportunities to find jobs where it can fit them. PMUI ensures that no one is discriminated wherein women and men have equal chances while mainstreaming them in society. The sustainable livelihood program is what we are aiming for. This will not happen overnight but we will lay the foundation where the next generation can continue."
Love, from Juvy, The staff and the mangyan communities
Our Programs
1. Banwanan Kaunlaran (Community Development)
Catering communities of the Indigenous People through community development efforts in partnership with the government. All of these following components work together to further develop communities.
Advocacy and lobbying
To oversee, influence and act as intermediary to the government agencies related to projects, programs and activities in the delivery of basic necessities and services to the Indigenous Cultural Communities of the Mangyans.
Health program
The provision of water, toilet and primary health care like health education, medical and dental mission, medical assistance, supplemental feeding and other emergency assistance with the support of different stakeholders.
Capacity building
The conduct of different trainings to different stakeholder and cooperating partners, IPMR (Mangyan), Community leaders etc for community development efforts like GAD, Good Governance and Environmental Protection etc
We are also capacitating ourselves to ensure that basic services are delivered efficiently and effectively to the right holders.
Citizenship
program
We assist in the registration of vital events: birth, marriage and death of the Mangyans. PMUI coordinates to the Municipal Civil Registrar, Philippines Statistics Authority and other line agencies to conduct mobile registration in the community of the Indigenous People.
Media Program
This is a development tool for community transformation by letting the voice of the people be heard by the society. This is also a form of educating the indigenous people to the complex issues that cannot be tackled by mere lectures. The use of traditional cultures like ambahan (Poems), songs, drama or role play can contribute to paradigm shifts.
literacy program
We cater children, adults and Out of School Youths in the basic and functional literacy.
We also help with providing educational assistance to deserving students who can not afford formal education.
Livelihood program
We empower the Indigenous people in establishing income generating activities such as livelihood program and handicrafts making, agriculture etc to uplift socio-economic status of the target group.
2. Paraandon (Volunteer Program)
We recieve and accomodate volunteers both locally and internationally who want to help increase their knowledge in community development and help in the implementation of programs and projects.
3. Arawatan (Humanitarian work)
We provide humanitarian assistance during crisis and state of calamity. For example distribution of food, clothes and rebuilding of houses as well as medical missions.