PAKISAMA is one of the oldest confederation of farmers' organizations in the Philippines, it is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1986, who had experienced its peak of organizational strength in the mid- 1990s to early 2000. Since 2000 the organization has losen value primarily due to a leadership crisis that split the confederation in 2003. PAKISAMA rose above his organizational conflict and united again in July 2006. At present, Pakisama numbers 20 000 active and direct members. PAKISAMA has established membership in 25 provinces, 73 cities and municipalities, and at least 325 villages. The profiling done under the last project proposal also showed that about 22% of the membership consists of female members. The head line of the project 2008-2010 of Pakisama is to become a powerful voice and force to uplift the conditions of the small farmers, and direct the attention of government to the plight of the small men and women farmers, fishers and Indigenous Peoples. Since 1988 land reform in relation to the ownership is a hot issue in the Philppines. The strategic objectives of this Plan are: a. influence and/or claim the benefits of government policies, programs and budgets b. deliver basic services to its affiliates and individual members c. to expand PAKISAMA's membership base and strengthen its leadership The main activities are: 1: Policy Advocacy (a) 2: Membership Socio-Economic Development (b) 3: Membership Expansion (c) 4: Leadership and Organizational Strengthening (c) 5: Revitalization of National and Regional Secretariats (b)

PAKISAMA for the next two years, will be focused on rebuilding the confederation to make it again an effective vehicle to speed up policy reform and asset reform implementation by helping build strong provincial/municipal peasant federations able to effectively and efficiently service their members and continue to reach out to unorganized groups across the country. The next six months project, July-December, 2007 will serve as the initial phase for the rebuilding of the confederation. PAKISAMA will work on four main objectives for this project, as follows: 1. to further consolidate PAKISAMA by establishing its baseline financial situation and the organization to resolve past and lingering issues especially those that relate with organizations such as PMBA; 2. to establish baseline needs and capacities of PAKISAMA member POs to ensure 3. to raise grant funds for the confederation and its members 4. to convene PAKISAMA leadership for training, issue resolution, advocacy, project development and planning purposes.