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Xavier Science Foundation – KKKK Project in partnership with the Barangay Council of Dansolihon and its Sangguniang Kabataan support the rehabilitation of Anlawanan Watershed of Dansolihon through tree growing activity on September 27, 2020. Rehabilitating the forest cover of Anlawanan Watershed is very vital in the sustainable resource utilisation particularly the water that supply the population of the barangay. The activity was supported by ChildFund...

XSF celebrates its 52nd founding anniversary! We thank God for blessing us with 52 years in the service of His people and beyond....

Normally, the celebration of the Manresa Days is kicked off by a mass for Fr. Masterson’s death anniversary at the SEARSOLIN graveyard. Students, faculty and staff from the College of Agriculture, various Aggie alumni from different batches, and many others are invited to join the celebration. However, due to the COVID-19 health crisis, the celebration this year is more intimate and reserved. Mass presider: Archbishop Emeritus Antonio Ledesma SJ The celebration was attended by selected...

Xavier Science Foundation, Inc is engaged with another project together with the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) and German Development Agency (GIZ) titled “Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 through enhancing food nutrition and tenure security of rural households in Northern Mindanao”. Part of this initiative is the education and awareness raising on the current situation headed by the Catholic Media Network, a network of Catholic radio and television...

As supported by the Forest Foundation Philippines (FFP), the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) was given the opportunity to embark on a land cover update for the entire province of Bukidnon for 2018. This recent mapping initiative serves as an update prior to the 2005 land cover assessment. The land cover map can be used by the provincial stakeholders, including XSF, in order to maximize its use for other resource management initiative and other day to day planning and discussion....

As part of Global Land Tool Network’s (GLTN) global project on Secure Access to Land and Resources (SALaR), the local initiative Improving Tenure Security of Smallholder Farmers in Select Areas in the Philippines facilitated by the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) and Xavier Science Foundation, Inc (XSF) have awarded more than 500 certificates of customary land occupancy to family members of the indigenous peoples organizations of the Nagkahiusang Manobong...