Romy Tiongco

Romy Tiongco is a former Catholic priest and Christian Aid worker form the Philippines. During the 1970s he was a critic of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos. He later moved to the UK working in the NGO sector. He was Christian Aid North West regional co-ordinator. Together with his wife, Linda, he runs a UK registered charity MuCAARD which aims to brings Muslims and Christians together to tackle issues related to deforestation and sustainable forestry.^[1] In 2007 he stood for and won election as mayor of Damulog in the Philippines, winning re-election in 2010.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Publications

White, Sarah C. and Tiongco, Romy (1997) Doing Theology and Development: Meeting the Challenge of Poverty, Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press (ISBN 0861532333 ISBN 978-0-86153-233-9)

References

↑ MuCAARD web site Retrieved 14 September 2010
↑ Buerk, Michael (2010) The Choice: Michael Buerk talks to Romy Tiongco. BBC Retrieved 14 September 2010
↑ Songs of Praise factsheet for Sunday 12 July 2009 Retrieved 14 September 2010
↑ Reform Magazine 1 July 2009 Retrieved 14 September 2010

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