Lessons learned

IFI-VIMROD lessons learned during our phase five implementation

Community organizing Goal:

Empowered KKKs and federations capable of adequately responding to and addressing their community issues and concerns

Lessons Learned:

 Community integration is a key factor to deliver appropriate and effective development approaches.

 The formation of KKKs are manifestation of their trust and understanding to IFI-VIMROD’s development agenda

 Giving high respect to different cultures helped IFI-VIMROD to persevere and realize its good intentions


Development Education Goal:

To enhance the knowledge, skills and attitudes of KKK and federation leaders and members in managing their organizations and other relevant activities.

Lessons Learned:

 the program has nurtured the peasant partners’ positive outlook on gender.

 it helped the staff to explore and learn creative teaching techniques

 Their KSA development reflects on their initiatives


Advocacy & Networking Goal:

Visible & active support of the IFI diocesan leadership in the Visayas and Mindanao to the development initiatives of the KKKs and the Federations.

Lessons Learned:

 This program helped IFI-VIMROD to learn how to be efficient and effective

 This encourages the staff to conduct timely planning, monitoring and evaluation to identify its strength and correct its weaknesses


Conclusion:

The lessons in Phase 5 helped IFI-VIMROD to set up much clearer directions in the next phase. As long as IFI-VIMROD pursues its mandate, its instrumentality will always be valued by the marginalized sectors that it is serving.