Credo of the Philippine Rural Recons-truction Mission (PRRM)

Dr. Y. C. James Yen "Yen Yangchu"

晏阳初

Chinese Proverb Give people fish,

they will eat for

a day. Teach

people how to

fish, they will

be able to eat forever.

1. Go to the

people.

2. Live among the

people.

3. Learn from the

people.

4. Love the

people.

5. Serve the people.

6. Plan with the

people.

7. Start

with

what the

people

know.

6. Build

on what

the

people

have.

7.

Not

piece

meal.

8.

But integrated approach.

9. Not

relief,

but

release.

10. Education through

participation.

11. Learn by doing.

12. Teach by

showing.

Credo of Rural Reconstruction

Go to the people

Live among among them

Learn from them

Plan with them

Work with them

Start with what they know

Build on what they have

Teach by showing

Learn by doing

Not a showcase but a pattern

Not odds and ends but a

system

Not piecemeal but integrated

approach

Not to conform but to

transform

NOT RELIEF BUT RELEASE

Panalig ng Pagbabagong-Tatag ng Kanayunan

Magtungo sa sambayananSa kanila makipamuhaySa kanila magsipag-aralMakipanday sa balakin

Makiisa sa gawainMagsimula sa dunong bayan

Magtayo sa linang nilang bayanIpakita nang maituroGawin nang matuto

Hindi palabas kundi huwaranHindi sapalaran kundi pamamaraan

Hindi pagbubukud-bukod kundi pagbubuoHindi pakikibagay kundi pagbabanyuhay

HINDI LAMANG KAWANGGAWA KUNDI PAGLAYA

VisionTo envision a world

of equity & sustainability. The

future is one where

society is free of

ignorance, poverty, disease, &

powerlessness, &

development takes

place within the

environment's

carrying capacity.

Mission

To enhance the capacity of rural

communities in the planning,

advocacy & implementation of

sustainable development, through an

integrated program of education,

livelihood, health, habitat,

environment, & self-governance.

BeginningsThe Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement was founded in 1952. It traces its roots to China where, in the early 1900s, the rural reconstruction movement was born, inspired and led by Dr. Y. C. James Yen "Yen Yangchu".

Y.C. James Yen

(Chinese: 晏阳初

Yan Yangchu,

also spelled as

Yen Yangchu

Source:

Y.C. James Yen. Philippine Rural Reconstruction

Movement

晏阳初 Yan Yangchu