FIND VISION, MISSION AND GOALS

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

FIND untiringly searches for the disappeared and fights for justice through participative empowerment of its members.  It upholds and actively works for the protection of human rights, particularly the protection of persons from involuntary disappearance, and links arms with local and international groups working for justice and peace in the sprit of respect, trust and mutual cooperation.

OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• Unite all the families, relatives and friends of the disappeared and those who reappeared or found alive for active participation in the people’s struggle toward national independence and democracy, as necessary pre-conditions for the eradication of the practice of enforced disappearance.
• Continuously document cases of involuntary disappearance and search for the disappeared.
• Intensify the campaign for an end to the phenomenon of involuntary disappearance being one of the most cruel forms of human rights violations and a crime against humanity; and demand that perpetrators be penalized and that justice, including indemnification, be rendered to the victims and their families.  Cooperate closely and actively with local and international human rights advocates, and enlighten the people on the practice of involuntary disappearance and the root causes of the phenomenon.
• Support the families and relatives of the victims, especially those in dire need to overcome the anguish, anxiety and dislocation brought upon them by the disappearance of their loved ones and work for their rehabilitation and reintegration with society.
• Build organizational sustainability through the establishment of livelihood programs including cooperatives.
• Unite the children of the victims for them to gain strength from one another and hasten their rehabilitation and that of their families.

OUR DIFFERENT LINES OF WORK

• Search and Documentation
• Organizing and Education
• National and International Advocacy
• Welfare and Rehabilitation
• Livelihood Development

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FIND NATIONAL COUNCIL

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FIND CHAPTERS NATIONWIDE

FIND National Capital Region (NCR)

ERLINDA MALICDEM, Chairperson
4-D Maningning Street, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City 1103
Telephone (632) 9210069 / Telefax (632) 4350068

FIND Central Luzon

ANITA M. CUNANAN, Chapter Head
TERESITA DAVID, Contact Person
Purok 4, Chinese Road, San Jose, San Fernando, Pampanga
Telephone (63-45) 9700557 / Mobile Phone (63) 09205915099

FIND Bicol

EDNA MONTEJO, Chapter Head
Unit 3, Lazaro Apartment, Brgy. Anahaw, Labo, Camarines Norte
Mobile (63) 09219045277

FIND Negros

TRINIDAD LEORICO, Chapter Head
Sitio Cawayan, Guintorilan, San Enrique, Negros Occidental
Mobile (63) 09109089483

FIND Panay

MA. NORA RAPISTA, Lambunao Chapter Chairperson
Core Shelter, Poblacion Ilaya, Lambunao, Iloilo City
Mobile (63) 09214316154

FIND Cebu

HELEN T. CARACA, Chapter Head
Door 4, 54-F P. Rodriguez Street, Capitol Site, Cebu City

FIND Northern Mindanao Region (NMR)

JACINTO ESLIT, Chapter Head
Purok 2-A, Block 4 Lot 2, Kinamlutan, Butuan City
Mobile (63) 09108572679

FIND Western Mindanao Region (WMR)

ALICIA CAPANGPANGAN, Chairperson
968 Balangasan District, Pagadian City
Mobile (63) 09185360123

FIND Southern Mindanao Region (SMR)