History Roots in LIKAS

1977 -- Informal group of UP medical students headed by Eddie Dorotan and bound by a common need to:

  • Put meaning and relevance to their formal education
  • Organize a community where they could belong
  • Respond to the growing misery of the majority of the Filipino people.

May 1979 -- Formal launching of LIKAS. Lingap para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayan (Care for the Health of the People) and integration with the Ateneo Center for Community Services (CCS) together with three other offices:

  • Organizing for Rural Development (ORD)
  • Worker's College (WC)
  • Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI)

 

Original Vision-Mission-Goals

Vision

To build a healthy Filipino Christian community based on truth, freedom, justice, love and participation in everything that affects themselves, their family, community and country

Mission
Empower the basic sectors through health organization, health education, and mobilization towards building self-reliant communities

Programs

  • Volunteer Education and Formation Program
  • Community-Based Health Program
  • Research and Documentation Program

 

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LIKAS 1979 – onwards

1979 - 1982: Period of Experimentation and Determination

  • Community-based Health Program (CBHP) in Kalabuso, Cavite and Palma Uno, Alaminos, Laguna
  • CBHP in Sapang Palay, Bulacan
1982 - 1986: Period of Institutionalization and Geographic Expansion
  • CBHP in 15 communities in Irosin, Sorsogon
  • CBHP in 11 communities in Tayabas, Quezon
1986 - 1994: Period of Program Expansion
  • LIKAS Rural (Quezon, Albay, Sorsogon)
    • Integrated Rural Development Program
    • Women’s Program
  • LIKAS Urban
    • Factory-based Health Program
    • Occupational Saefty and Health
    • Health Service Cooperative

1991: Response to the Mt. Pinatubo Eruption

  • Integrated Health Relief and Rehabilitation Project
1990 - onwards: Period of Consolidation and Specialization
  • Growth of LIKAS Bicol
    • Community Health Development Program
    • Cooperative and Enterprise Development Program
    • Gender and Development Program
    • Local Governance Program
    • Training and Consultancy Program
  • Establishment of the HEALTHDEV Institute (1990)
  • Establishment of NUTRILINC, Inc. (1995)

LIKAS Urban Desk

  • Factory-based Health Program (FBHP) - First partnership with AWO (1986)
    • Core components
      • Training of paramedics from local unions
      • Health awareness seminars for workers
      • Provision of health services for workers and their dependents
      • Researches in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
      • Linkages with government and other NGOs on OSH
  • Incorporation of HEALTHDEV (1990)