Community and Family Services International

Community and Family Services International (CFSI) is an international humanitarian organisation, based and founded in Philippines in the early 1980s to promote peace and social development, with a particular interest in psychosocial care. The populations of primary concern are refugees, internally displaced persons, survivors of disasters, and others in exceptionally difficult circumstances in the Asia-Pacific Region. As a non-profit organisation, CFSI relies solely on funding and donations from organisations and generous individuals to continue their services to provide humanitarian assistance to beneficiaries, both in the Philippines and abroad. The organisation is registered to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Philippines, and the headquarters is in Pasay City.[1][2]

CFSI countries of operation in 2014
Community and Family
Services International
Founded01 June 1981
TypeInternational non-governmental organization
FieldHumanitarianism
Chairperson
Narcisa Escaler
Executive Director
Steven Muncy
Websitecfsi.ph

Established on 1 June 1981,[3] CFSI started as the Community Mental Health Services, originally helping the Vietnamese refugees in Bataan.[4] It has since worked closely with the international community as well as national and local actors responsible for uprooted persons in the Philippines, Hong Kong,[5] Indonesia,[2] Malaysia,[2] Thailand,[2] Vietnam,[6] Cambodia,[2] Myanmar (Burma),[7] Timor-Leste (East Timor),[2] New Zealand,[2] and Papua New Guinea.[2]

At present, CFSI is carrying out activities in the Philippines, Myanmar, and Viet Nam. CFSI also provides training in various parts of the world for humanitarian workers, social services personnel, human rights specialists, and journalists covering humanitarian emergencies. The tagline of CFSI is Rebuilding Lives.

References
  1. Community and Family Services International. "UNHCR website", retrieved 16 March 2015
  2. NGO JICA Japan Desk Newsletter November 2015 JICA Japan Desk Newsletter, retrieved 16 March 2015?
  3. Post-Yolanda review: Aid groups seek climate policies. "Manila Standard Today", retrieved 16 March 2015
  4. NGOs who help reduce poverty incidence. "Philippine Star", retrieved 16 March 2015
  5. Ahearn, Frederick (2000). Psychosocial Wellness of Refugees: Issues in Qualitative and Quantitative Research, p 154.
  6. Social Work Education Project (SWEP) Vietnam Asian Social Institute website, retrieved 16 March 2015
  7. Community and Family Services International CSSEP Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine myanmar-network.net, retrieved 16 March 2015
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