April Diaz

April is the program coordinator of RPOSP. The RPOSP organises and conducts capacity building activities for the rural poor communities, including Indigenous people. It involves educating and training peasants in organic and sustainable farming and programs that increase production; extending support services such as literacy and numeracy, legal and paralegal services, medical assistance, scholarship and emergency relief assistance. April is involved in the ‘Healing the Hurt’ -an EU-funded initiative that seeks to synergize and combat discrimination, human rights violations and impunity against the Lumad of Mindanao. She is also involved in another EU-funded initiative – ‘Protecting and Promoting Indigenous Human Rights in Bangladesh and the Philippines,’ that seeks to build the capacities of Indigenous communities when confronted with human rights violations caused by industrial projects. April believes the SDG training program will increase her understanding of the UNDRIP and its relevance to the SDGs related to Indigenous people. The training will also build her knowledge and skills in promoting.