On February 2, more than eighty college and high school students, environmental activists, academic researchers, NGO leaders, local government officials, and community leaders gathered in Iligan City for the concluding summit of the “My Lake Lanao: a clean Lanao for a peaceful Min-danao” project.
Participants showcased the conservation and livelihood projects implemented in barangays on the shores of Lake Lanao in Lanao del Sur province as part of a $113,000 grant funded by the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. MLLP was implemented by the development organization ABAG sa Kalambuan in close collaboration with the College of Arts and Social Sciences of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. The project leveraged the expertise of academic researchers, government officials, and environmental experts as well as the energy of student associations and community organizations to create community-driven responses to the environmental degradation of Lake Lanao and to develop sustainable livelihood opportunities for the communities. Over the course of a year, partners worked in ten lake shore barangays to implement sustainable conservation projects and livelihood interventions. Projects ranged from establishing vermi-composting and fish farming facilities to planting abaca and reforesting the shores and upland areas of Lake Lanao.
Through a video message, the U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Klecheski said, “There are a lot of things we at the U.S. Embassy find really admirable about the My Lake Lanao project.” (pr)
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