Communities are stronger when they look after each other.
Bicol Food Security Network Inc. is a Philippine non-stock, non-profit organization working for a food-secure Bicol Region.
- Legal name
- Bicol Food Security Network Inc.
- Based in
- Baao, Camarines Sur
- Serving
- The whole Bicol Region
- We speak
- English, Filipino or Bikol / Rinconada
Bicol feeds the nation.
Yet many families go without.
Rice, coconut, pili nuts, root crops and vegetables grow across our provinces. Yet many families here still skip meals, especially after typhoons.
Bicol FSN started in Baao, Camarines Sur, with people already sharing food with their neighbours through community efforts such as Baao Rice Trading's Kilo for a Cause. We are turning that care into an organization that can serve the whole Bicol Region.
Communities are stronger when they look after each other. We are turning that care into action.
Photo: Baao community
A food-secure Bicol, built together.
A food-secure Bicol where every family has reliable access to nutritious food and communities can withstand and recover from disruptions to their food supply.
To work with communities to improve access to adequate, safe and nutritious food by strengthening local food systems, supporting livelihoods, and building resilience to food shortages and disasters.
- 01
Food assistance and disaster response
Vulnerable households receive timely food support before, during and after disasters.
- 02
Community nutrition
Families improve their knowledge and practice of healthy, affordable diets.
- 03
Household and community food production
Families and smallholder farmers grow more nutritious food.
- 04
Capacity building and partnerships
Volunteers, farmers and partner organizations are equipped to support local food security.
Families who need it most.
- Poor and food-insecure families, including Listahanan and 4Ps households
- Families in crisis and solo-parent households
- Undernourished children
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women
- Children in need of special protection, referred to the MSWDO or DSWD
- Families displaced by typhoons, floods and other disasters
- Senior citizens and persons with disabilities
- Women, out-of-school youth and youth with special needs
- Indigenous peoples, including Agta communities
- Low-income smallholder farmers
Priority for volunteers' children
To recognize our volunteers' service, children of active volunteers who meet a project's eligibility criteria are given priority in future projects. This never displaces a household in greater need.
Help with dignity.
Dignity first
Our Beneficiary Protection Policy and safeguarding policies put the safety, privacy and dignity of the families we serve first.
Non-partisan
Our assistance never bears the names or images of candidates or officials.
Open books
We publish our financial reports on this website for full transparency.
Local first
We work through barangays, LGUs and schools, who know their communities best.
Officers and trustees.
Board of Trustees: Mirra, Jacob and Jisamine.