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About

Tindig Maralita is the continuation of the 2021 Tinig Maralita  project that helped the partners in the urban poor sector push back against the shrinking civic space and reclaim their access to housing and livelihood spaces in the city. It is an action research which frames the different issues of the urban poor as embedded in the struggle for urban rights, and intends to build on the gains from the previous project and expand it towards policy advocacy for urban rights and pandemic recovery for the poor. 


In Filipino, “Tinig Maralita” means “voice(s) of the poor” while “Tindig Maralita” means “assertion of the poor”.

Goals

(a) consolidate a coalition of urban poor organisations and informal worker networks through a series of social dialogues and grassroots organising activities;


(b) craft a pandemic recovery agenda with specific policy proposals (e.g., social protection programs) that respond to the needs of marginalised informal workers and the urban poor; and


(c) support sectoral and local struggles of partner grassroots groups.

Collaborators

The project is co-implemented by  the Informal Urbanism Research Hub, Metro Manilla Vendors Alliance, Save San Roque, Kariton Coalition, Pinagkaisang Lakas ng Mamamayan,  Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap, and Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide.  


These grassroots organizations will be representing the various segments of the urban poor sector such as the  informal settlers, informal vendors, informal transport workers,  street-dwellers and  homeless peoples.

Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr) is an assemblage of researchers and projects from the Faulty of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne focused on the role of urban informality in the creative production of cities of both the Global South and North. 


The Hub embodies a shared interest in the struggles of 

Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr) is an assemblage of researchers and projects from the Faulty of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne focused on the role of urban informality in the creative production of cities of both the Global South and North. 


The Hub embodies a shared interest in the struggles of marginalised populations to assert their right to the city. 

Metro Manila Vendors Alliance (MMVA) is a coalition of informal street vendors with membership across different cities in Metro Manila. 


It is composed of 32 different vendor organizations that came together as MMVA to assert their right to livelihood and to stand in opposition to the authorities prevailing framework of neoliberal development.

Save San Roque (SSR) is a network of volunteer architects, engineers, educators, organizers, artists, writers, students, and organizations, formed in solidarity with the urban poor community of Sitio San Roque, Brgy. Bagong Pag-Asa, Quezon City, Philippines. 


SSR's primary advocacy is to aid the community in asserting their rights to the city and to people-centered programs.

Kariton Coalition is a group of individuals from various churches, civil society and faith-based organizations campaigning for the rights of homeless dwellers.  


The coalition engages government agencies and works towards for policy reforms that will cater to the welfare of homeless individuals.

Pinagkaisang Lakas ng Mamamayan (PLM) roughly translated as United People’s Strength - Payatas, is a people’s organization composed of members of the urban poor fighting for their economic rights in the city. 

Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) translated as National Alliance of the Urban Poor) is an urban poor mass organization that engages in interrelated issues concerning the urban poor sector: land, housing, human rights, livelihood, wages, and others.

Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) is a National Federation of Public Transport Drivers and Operators advocating for the rights and welfare of small-capacity and informal transport workers and operators in the Philippines.

Contact

Informal Urbanism Research Hub: redento.recio@unimelb.edu.au 

Metro Manila Vendors Alliance: flora.oriang@gmail.com  

Save San Roque: savesanroquealliance@gmail.com / rafaelvicentedimalanta@gmail.com  Kariton Coalition: vince.eugenio@gmail.com 

 Pinagkaisang Lakas ng Mamamayan: plm.quezoncity@gmail.com  

Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap: kadamaypio@gmail.com  

Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide: pistonph.info@gmail.com       

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