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ORMOC-KANANGA LEYTE FARMERS
Title of Project: Ageing Farmers Reclaiming their Promised Lands in Leyte
Ormoc-Kananga Leyte Farmers Federation (ORKALEFF) is composed of various farmer organizations with trained paralegal members. It is instrumental in the successful installation of 377 Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOA) holders to a total area of 446.5217 hectares in Ormoc and Kananga, Leyte. Ever since its establishment in 2017, the federation assisted its members in fast-0tracking their installation with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), as well as in monitoring land rights-related cases. The federation also mobilized to show solidarity and provide assistance to agrarian reform beneficiaries in every installation activity, along with other key institutions. The federation’s support for the agrarian reform beneficiaries extended to post-installation activities, as an effort to protect the gains of agrarian reform. ORKALEFF ensures that the awarded lands are productive by promoting multi- cropping and being a conduit to access various support services from public and private providers. The Ageing Farmers Reclaiming their Promised Lands in Leyte project supports 100 women and men who are Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARB) members of Ormoc- Kananga Leyte Farmers Federation (ORKALEFF) to formally occupy their awarded land after 22 years since titles were transferred to them under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). More than half of those to be installed are senior citizens or nearing their 60s, while other ARBs are women or heirs of deceased. After 20 years, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Leyte actively began to install long-time Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOA) holders into their awarded lands after ageing ARBs exerted pressure on DAR officials through dialogues and mobilizations to prioritize their immediate installation.
ORKALEFF would like to maximize this window of opportunity and support its five member organizations to be finally installed into their CARP-awarded land.
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