WHO IS QUIDAN KAISAHAN?
Quidan Kaisahan Inc is a non-government organization that serves the poorest of the poor in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Quidan facilitates community-based skills, policy and knowledge training to empower the unreached and underserved members of our community. We work together with communities and government for genuine participation in decision-making as we strive for a Negros with no more child labor, where all children have the right to education and individuals have financial independence.
QUIDAN ‘S MANDATE
Quidan will focus its energies and resources in achieving the results that we have set to see. Implementation of its child education and protection program will be redirected to build the capacity of the different duty bearers performing specific and unique roles but complementing and cooperating with one another in building a child-centered society.
VISION
“Every child is free from abuse, respected, and thriving in a nurturing and resilient environment”
MISSION
“To help build a child-centered society”
OUR GOALS
Goal 1: Protect Children
Goal 2: Resilient families nurturing and protecting children and fulfilling their needs and rights.
Goal 3: Whole communities promoting and protecting children and fulfilling their needs and rights.
Goal 4: Local governance leadership, bureaucracy and participatory structures that listen to children, respect their rights, and secure their access to resources and services.
Goal 5: Empowered children positively nevegating the challenges of daily living, with a significant number able to initiate, lead, own, and manage innovations, projects and organizations for their own development and protection.
Goal 6: More invigorated pursuit of Mission by Quidan
EXPLORE OUR CORE VALUES
We believe every community holds the key to its own success. They should be given the opportunities for voice and choice.
We believe in supporting the talents, abilities and ideas of the people who live in the communities we work with. We believe they are the ones best placed to find solutions to their problems and pursue their own development.
We believe that inclusive decision-making generates better ideas, better energy and more effective efforts.
We believe that we are just the stewards of the resources we have and it is our social responsibility to manage them efficiently.
We believe and uphold each individual's right to their own development. We uphold the rights of women and children.
We value quality and effectiveness of service.
We value efficiency and optimum utilization of resources towards the achieve of our goals.
We value honest, integrity and accountability in everything we do.
We value open, direct communication and careful listening.
We value responsiveness and creativity.
We value diversity and treating each other with respect and trust.
OUR HISTORY
Quidan Kaisahan is a leader in community-based development in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. For the past twenty seven years, Quidan has worked to serve the poor and marginalized in some of the most remote villages in the region. Quidan works side-by-side with the people to build strong communities where everyone has a voice and choice. Quidan works with community groups and engages local governments towards genuine participation in government decision-making. Communities are further supported through our empowerment programs, providing training, skills and support to develop sustainable livelihood projects that assist with additional, vital streams of income.
For the last 27 years since our formation in January 1997, Quidan has worked within 140 local barangays (villages) in the rural areas of Negros Occidental. We would like to believe that as an organization, Quidan helps in promoting community interaction, enables citizens to take greater responsibility and control
