The World Wide Fund for Nature (also known as World Wildlife Fund in the United States and Canada) is the world’s largest conservation organization, with more than five million supporters and a global reach in more than 100 countries.

WWF-Philippines is a national organization of the WWF network. It is also known as Kabang Kalikasan ng Pilipinas Foundation Inc., a non-stock, non-profit organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and with the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC).

The Philippines is home to the richest variety of wildlife on Earth, ranking 10th in the world for its biological diversity. The country's myriad of forests, coral reefs, sea grass beds, mangroves, lakes and rivers breed a number of the rare, threatened and endangered plant and animal species. WWF works with individuals, government, private companies and institutions in areas where biodiversity matters most to protect and conserve important habitats and species, to sustainably feed millions of Filipinos.

Individuals, organizations and institutions in the fishing and tourism sectors, and those whose mandates concern environmental management benefit directly from WWF- Philippines' initiatives. Indirectly and in the long-term, the Philippines' current and future generations benefit from WWF's work to maintain healthy and sustainably managed natural resources.

WWF-Philippines implements conservation and development projects in at least 15 different sites; from the watersheds of the Abuan River in Isabela, to the southernmost tip, the Sibutu and Sitangkai Islands in Tawi-Tawi. On a nationwide scale, WWF advocates for appropriate environmental policies, conducts environmental education activities as well as business risks assessments in Metro Manila and other key cities and towns all over the country.

WWF-Philippines' Board of Trustees oversees the overall strategic directions of the organization, led by its Chairman, Mr. Vincent Perez, and its CEO, Mr. Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan.

The field projects of WWF-Philippines support local efforts in coastal resources management, community-based ecotourism, management of protected areas, climate change adaptation, and environmental law enforcement, among others. WWF's projects on species protection serve as catalytic platforms for a broader coastal management and conservation program in a number of areas.

Any individual, organization, company or institution can help the environmental cause and WWF-Philippines' projects and initiatives by mobilizing resources, either in cash and/or in-kind (your time, skills, networks, company's expertise, products and facilities, etc.).

The opportunities for volunteers fall under the following areas:

Research. Volunteers can participate in research activities that address specific data gaps of field projects, such as spotting, data recording, recording of underwater vocalizations, and taking photos and videos of whales and dolphins in surveys in the Visayas and Mindanao areas.

Environmental Education. Volunteers can help in environmental education activities, such as identifying specific schools and communities, setting up exhibits, and facilitating interactive activities with children (e.g., story-telling, lectures, arts and crafts sessions, etc.).

Communications. Volunteers can help conceptualize and develop communication and education materials, PR plans and campaign tools, etc.

Membership. Voulunteers can help encode WWF’s members information in a database, organize and manage members’ trips and activities, and recruit WWF members during mall and school tours, etc.

Clerical or assistantship support. WWF needs volunteers to catalogue data, encode files, and do library tasks to support the research/technical work of WWF.

Other opportunities. In addition to the above, there are also very specific, one-time, usually short-term tasks that require certain skills on the volunteer’s part such as photography, writing or journalism, artwork, diving, and/or for the “Rapid Response Team” to address environmental crimes or emergencies.

For more information on the volunteer program of WWF-Philippines, please email Elisa Diciembre, ediciembre@wwf.org.ph. To know more about our work, you can email us at kkp@wwf.org.ph.

The WWF-Philippines Headquarters is at:
4th Floor JBD Plaza #65 Mindanao Avenue
Barangay Bagong Pag-asa
Quezon City 1105 Philippines

Tel: +632 920 79 23/26/31
Fax: +632 426 39 27
Email: kkp@wwf.org.ph

WWF-Philippines Satellite Office (Marketing & Corporate Relations)
Unit 1702
88 Corporate Center
Valero corner Sedeño Streets, Makati City

Tel: +632 556 2597
Email: kkp@wwf.org.ph