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  • Filipina and Papua New Guinean advocates honoured for leadership in disaster risk reduction, sustainable agriculture, and gender equality

    Filipina and Papua New Guinean advocates honoured for leadership in disaster risk reduction, sustainable agriculture, and gender equality

    The Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards 2024 have been awarded to Ms. Robyn Camilla Mijares from the Philippines and Ms. Maria Linibi from Papua New Guinea for their outstanding leadership in disaster resilience, sustainable agriculture, and advocacy for women’s and youth empowerment. The awards were announced by the Special…

  • Pinay, 23, wins UN award

    Pinay, 23, wins UN award

    MANILA, Philippines — A 23-year-old Filipina won the United Nations’ Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction Rising Star award during the recent Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Pasay City. Robyn Mijares, founder and executive director of Youth Uprising, a non-profit organization which provides free environmental and agricultural education to marginalized Filipino…

  • 1st Filipina gets ‘Rising Star’ Award for advocating food security

    1st Filipina gets ‘Rising Star’ Award for advocating food security

    MANILA – Robyn Mijares received this year’s Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Rising Star award for her advocacy on food security. The 23-year-old founder and executive director of Youth Uprising is the first Filipino to win the prestigious award. Youth uprising is a non-profit organization that provides free accessible environmental and…

Impact Report

Features qualitative & quantitative data about impact made by her work through numbers, schools reached, outcomes, awards, and stories.

Teaching Agriculture in Classrooms –
To all 42 public schools in Las Piñas City, Philippines

Leading her to institute “OH MY GULAY: Grow Your Own Food Contest,” which was created as an urgent response to COVID-19 to fight against the food security threat brought about by the pandemic. Distributing thousands of free vegetable planting kits and providing in-depth planting workshops to all Las Piñas City public schools, allowing them to empower students to become part of the solution by growing their own food at home.

This initiative encouraged students to become primary food producers for their households, regardless of age, while also promoting the Sustainable Development Goals: Zero Hunger & Sustainable Cities and Communities.

Later, the project scaled internationally, expanding to four countries: Indonesia, Laos, and Thailand, thanks to partnerships with the U.S. Embassy, the Youth Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (YSEALI), and the University of Montana Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center.

Classrooms to Farmlands – Grow School: First Sustainable Farm School Structure at Nasugbu, Batangas

Building on this success and partnership, she later founded Grow School Philippines, the first bamboo farm school located at Nasugbu, Batangas, which provides free, accessible environmental and agricultural programs to public schools across the Philippines.

Symbolizing our native traditional Filipino farmer’s hat, the “Salakot,” Grow School was constructed entirely from sustainable bamboo and was built by a group of local Filipino corn farmers trained in green architecture and sustainable structures. Completely powered by renewable solar energy, the school serves as a hub for practical training and introduces public school students to amazing local farmers and other successful individuals in agriculture.

Through Grow School, these individuals share their stories, experiences, and deep passion for the art and science of cultivating soil and crops, inspiring the next generation of Filipino agricultural leaders.

98,000+ Public School Youth – Changing Agriculture in the Philippines; One School at a Time, One Student at a Time

Now reaching over 98,000 youth from public schools all across the country and providing a holistic educational environment by integrating nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based approaches through outdoor classrooms and sustainable agriculture programs that facilitate hands-on learning.

Focused on inspiring and supporting youth to take on sustainable agriculture and farming as their future professions, while also building a strong advocacy for our connection with nature.

Fostering three interrelated concepts: Population Health, Economic & Social Health, Environmental Health

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