Famita Somogod

Famita is the acting Sub-regional Coordinator of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, located in Northern Mindanao. She supervises all programs of the RMP-NMR particularly those concerning the human rights advocacy for Indigenous peoples. Among her duties, she oversees and manages 16 litnum schools for Indigenous peoples heads various campaigns, networking and lobbying groups on indigenous human rights issues in the Philippines. She believes that the DTP will give her organisation and herself better insight of how advocacy work for Indigenous peoples is done in the Asia-Pacific region. With new knowledge and skills from the training, she expects that her organisation’s grassroots works will be improved by incorporating international standards. She also anticipates the synchronization of the work of RMP-NMR with the greater movement of Indigenous peoples so that the success achieved locally may contribute to the broader struggle of Indigenous peoples. She greatly anticipates the opportunity to connect with and to build solidarity networks with the other Indigenous advocates attending the program.