Lumipad runs two tracks: an in-person cohort in Mindanao and a remote cohort for participants anywhere in the world. Both are 100% free. Here's who qualifies.
Six weeks of hands-on training in our Davao workshop. You graduate with a working drone and everything you need to launch a crop-survey microenterprise.
Priority: women, youth (18-25), and applicants from cacao-growing communities.
A 12-week virtual program with parts shipped to your door. Designed for organisations and individuals deploying the Lumipad model in their own region.
No tuition. Participants are responsible only for any local import duties on shipped parts.
Six weeks (local) or twelve weeks (remote) of structured training — simulators, soldering, full assembly, flight school, and business planning.
A fully assembled, calibrated Lumipad Quad — yours to keep, fly and earn with. Local cohorts build theirs in-workshop; remote participants receive a shipped parts kit.
Plans, parts lists, wiring diagrams, and the full curriculum — every resource we develop, free under Creative Commons.
Pricing templates, sample invoices, contracts in Filipino, and a starter spreadsheet for tracking jobs across barangays.
Free, lifetime access to the Lumipad platform — tree counts, NDVI imagery, pest detection and yield estimates for every survey you fly.
Ongoing support from the Lumipad community — repair help, job referrals, cooperatives looking for pilots, and connections across cohorts.
Day-by-day lesson plans, slides and assessments used by Lumipad trainers.
Get the playbook ↗ SAFETYPlain-language summary of Philippine drone rules: registration, altitude limits, no-fly zones.
Read primer ↗ BUSINESSPricing templates, contracts in Filipino, and a starter spreadsheet for tracking jobs.
Open kit ↗Fill out a quick interest form and we'll follow up within a few days. No commitment — just tell us who you are and which track you're interested in.
Local cohort inquiries: applications@lumipaddrones.com
Remote cohort inquiries: partners@lumipaddrones.com