"Helping doesn't necessarily mean it should be confine in what we do or by giving only money or donations. Helping can be in any form, any channels, or any institution as long as the intentions are true-- like WWF."

Charlene Lucas, RPsy, TITC-CT is a registered Psychologist, an International Clinical Traumatologist, an Organizational Behavior Consultant-Consultant Psychologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. She is a member and is listed in the International Registry of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She was part of the top 3 of the 100 Most Influential Filipino Women on LinkedIn 2021. Additionally, she was included in the top 10 Most Inspiring Filipinos on LinkedIn 2021. 

She focuses on mental health specifically on adult psychotherapy, specialized in handling: Trauma, Abuse, Work related stress, Burnout, Loss or grief, and Stabilization of emotions. Charlene is currently taking her Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology at University of Santo Tomas.

What are food sheds?
A food shed is a food production system that adopts natural and green farming technologies to produce a steady supply of quality vegetables and poultry products.
The food shed farming system supports Filipino families who have no direct access to food sources like farmland, forests, or municipal fishing grounds. Families can now be assured of a stable food source while applying ecologically friendly practices, such as waste recycling through composting, rainwater harvesting for irrigation, natural pest and disease control, and integrated nutrient management to produce healthy and quality food (vegetables and poultry) products for their families and their communities.

In essence, foodsheds represent the very best of Filipino values - resourcefulness, helpfulness, pakikipag-kapwa, and bayanihan.

What is WWF-Philippines doing?
Millions of Filipino families are dependent on agriculture and fisheries for sustenance and livelihood. As the climate crisis continues to affect the stability of food production systems, Filipinos have been facing high levels of food and nutrition deficiency. Climate change impacts have significantly reduced food availability and increased its prices. On top of that, the COVID-19 pandemic has also disrupted supply chains thereby further exacerbating poverty and food insecurity, especially for low-income communities.
Through our Sustainable Food Systems Program, WWF-Philippines helps capacitate low-income communities with food shed farming system knowledge and the use of climate adaptive technology. This aims to protect and empower these communities against hunger caused by increase in prices and other disruptions.

How can you help?
Food security can only exist when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

By donating to WWF-Philippines, you are contributing to:

1. Promoting climate-adaptive technologies to secure food for families
2. Cushioning the impacts of the pandemic to food security
3. Establishing a sustainable agriculture-based livelihood

Each foodshed will directly provide livelihood to two (2) caretakers who will manage the overall production of the food shed and facilitate linkage to local community buyers of the produce.

Each unit of foodshed will cater to an immediate local market of around 30 FAMILIES in Negros Occidental for access to fresh, healthy and hyperlocal food.