About CMCC

BACKGROUND & HISTORY
The organization behind the project is the Non-Timber Forest Products Task Force. It is a network of organizations working with upland and rural communities on issues of land tenure, resource management and livelihoods. In its effort to conserve forests, the organization works to improve livelihoods of forest and upland dwellers through the promotion of non-timber forest products as a source of income.

The network established the crafts center to provide a more active marketing strategy to the partner's handicrafts enterprise. It carries out product development, promotional and sales activities. It also provides skills and quality improvement trainings for the artisans.

Our core set of artisans and producers include the Mangyan of Mindoro through Mangyan Mission, Palaw'anon and Tagbanua of Palawan through Nagkakaisang Tribu ng Palawan, (NATRIPAL), Higaonon of Bukidnon thorugh Father Vincent Cullen Tulugan Learning and Development Center (FVCTLDC), and the rural artsians of Negros through Broad Initiatives for Negros Development (BIND). The larger circle of partner artisans include the T'boli of Lake Sebu and the weavers of Bolinao, Pangasinan.