PARFUND - Philippine Agrarian Reform Foundation for National Development

Company Overview

The Philippine Agrarian Reform Foundation for National Development, Inc. (PARFUND) is a non-stock, non-profit organization that supports the programs and projects of small non-government and people’s organizations (NGOs and POs) that are engaged in promoting agrarian reform and rural development (ARRD) in the Philippines.

PARFUND was established in 1993 by leading personalities in the Philippine agrarian reform movement who wanted to address the lack of funding for grassroots initiatives in agrarian reform and rural development. Among PARFUND’s founding members are Bishop Antonio Ledesma, Mahar Mangahas, Romana delos Reyes, Sixto Roxas and Victor Tan.

PARFUND mobilizes resources to ensure that ARRD projects will have a source of support. PARFUND helps sustain the efforts of landless farmers and farm workers to acquire land through the Philippine Government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). PARFUND also provides follow-on support to farmer beneficiaries of CARP to help them become efficient managers of their land. At the same time, PARFUND looks after the welfare of the families of CARP beneficiaries by supporting the education of their children, among others.