COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (CFSI)

Community and Family Services International (CFSI) is a humanitarian organization committed to peace and social development, with a particular interest in the psychosocial dimension. The purpose of CFSI is rebuilding lives. Based in the Philippines, CFSI works internationally, primarily but not exclusively in the Asia and Pacific Region.

Established in 1981, CFSI has worked closely with the international community as well as national and local authorities responsible for uprooted persons in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Papua New Guinea.

The vision of CFSI is diverse people living together in dignity, peace, and harmony.

The mission of CFSI is to vigorously protect and promote human security — specifically, the lives, well being and dignity of people uprooted by persecution, armed conflict, disasters, and other exceptionally difficult circumstances.

CFSI has two major goals. The first is to empower and equip uprooted people and others in exceptionally difficult circumstances to address and prevent social and health problems. The second is to prevent children, women, and men from becoming uprooted by promoting peace, respect for human rights, and the equitable distribution of resources.

OUR FOCUS

PROTECTION
CHILD PROTECTION
EDUCATION
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS
MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING LIVELIHOOD AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CAPACITY BUILDING, INCLUDING SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
ADVOCACY

PRIORITY POPULATIONS

We support and empower uprooted persons and others in exceptionally difficult circumstances.

LATEST NEWS

The Peacemakers: Tidurays find home

June 3, 2024|News and Updates|

Story originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) on June 02, 2024 By Fernando del Mundo, PDI Contributor A PLACE TO START ANEW A Tiduray family cooks a meal at the forested Camp . . .

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CFSI PUBLICATIONS

CFSI Audited Financial Statements for 2022/2021

September 27, 2023|Publications|

CFSI is audited annually by SyCip, Gorres, Velayo, and Company (Ernst and Young). In addition, CFSI is audited at the project level, usually annually, either by auditors contracted by specific Donor Partners or by the . . .

MTF-RDP/3 Good Practices in Mainstreaming Primer

April 8, 2021|Publications|

This primer presents a glimpse of the Mainstreaming element of the Mindanao Trust Fund - Reconstruction and Development Project Phase Three (MTF-RDP/3). It aims to share some good practices from the engagement of select ministries . . .

Chasing Hope

March 3, 2021|Publications|

A compendium of stories of Sama Bajau learners in Southern PhilippinesSama Bajaus are among the Filipino ethnic-linguistic groups who were once considered as Gypsies of the Sea. They live in the waters of the Sulu . . .

Marawi Recovery Project (MRP) Project Brief

January 15, 2021|Publications|

On 23 May 2017, armed confrontations between the Philippine government forces and a pro-ISIS group started and continued unabated for five months, with the loss of at least 770 lives, the displacement of the entire . . .