Chedilyn Aissa Dulguime

MPubPol (Hons) ‘11

Studying at Crawford School of Government (now School of Public Policy) with students from all kinds of cultures and varying professional background exposed me to a world of advocacy and working for international organizations.

Studying at Crawford School of Government (now School of Public Policy) with students from all kinds of cultures and varying professional background exposed me to a world of advocacy and working for international organizations. I was very fascinated at the work of my classmates. Even then, I promised myself that after I've served my two years return service, I will try my luck at working for an NGO.

After graduation, I went back to the Philippines and took on the challenge of heading the Planning and Development Office in my province. For almost two years I helped push the agenda for greater accountability in local governance by strengthening Monitoring & Evaluation systems down to the grassroots level. In less than two years, we were awarded as the best Provincial M&E Committee in the entire region.

However, the temptation to enter the world of NGOs was too strong to resist. In 2014, I finally succumbed to the lure. I am now working for Rare - a global organization that works with local communities towards sustainable fisheries. Rare is a relatively young organization in the Philippines and we are working to drive the advocacy in favour of municipal fisheries towards a tipping point: that of ensuring that there is sufficient supply of fish not only for this generation but also the next ones.

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