This is the first environment and inclusion-focused project of FTI and LGF in Luzon, Philippines. It is located in Barangay Cuyambay, Tanay Rizal, which lies directly northeast of Metro Manila. The program is focused on communal gardening and reforestation, also supported by the municipal and village governments, and will be managed by groups of people with disabilities.
There are five ongoing projects of FTI and LGF 2 in Mindanao (Agusan Del Sur and Cateel Davao Oriental) and 3 in Leyte (Sta Fe, Hindang, and Sogod, Bontoc)). The projects are focused on reforestation, agroforestry, mangrove restoration, and communal gardening; and organized to be owned and managed by persons with disabilities, organized as cooperatives or associations.
This project in Tanay, Rizal is implemented by the Foundation for Theseabled Persons Inc (FTI) and with funding grants from Life-Giving Forest (LGF), also supported by Repunzel Eine Welt Bio-Stiftung, Germany.
