to the overall goal of liberating the working people from all forms of
oppression. It is a founding member of NAGKAISA, a broad coalition
of trade unions and labor organizations in the Philippines. It is also a
member of the Food Workers’ International (IUF) based in Geneva
and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) based in
Brussels. Its office address is: Workers’ House, 94 Scout Delgado
Street, Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City, Philippines.
5. MOTHER EARTH FOUNDATION is a non-stock, non-profit, and
non-government organization duly registered under Philippine laws in
1998. It is actively engaged in addressing waste and toxic pollution,
climate change, and other health and environmental justice issues. It is
also best known for its community-based advocacy of zero waste. In
its zero waste campaign, Mother Earth Foundation has established a
model barangay, Barangay Fort Bonifacio with a 95% waste diversion
rate, a model city, San Fernando City, Pampanga with a 73% waste
diversion rate and is working with the province of Nueva Vizcaya to
make it a model zero waste province in 2016. Its office address is:
Unit 201 PhilDHRRA Building, 59 C. Salvador Street, Loyola
Heights, Quezon City, Philippines.
6. ECOWASTE COALITION is a public interest network of
community, church, school, environmental and health groups
pursuing sustainable solutions to waste, climate change and chemical
issues facing the Philippines and the world. Its office address is: Unit
329, Eagle Court Condominum, Matalino St., Quezon City,
Philippines
7. NIUGAN or The Nagkakaisang Ugnayan ng Mga Magsasaka at
Manggagawa sa Niyugan is a national federation of coconut farmers
and farm workers organized under the laws of the Republic of the
Philippines. The Federation was organized in Gumaca, Quezon on
December 2000 and duly registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), with registration no. A200018417 dated Dec. 12,
2000. The Federation’s objectives are to develop the coconut industry
and improve the living conditions of small coconut farmers and farm
workers. Working for the realization of its objectives, the Federation
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