1. Child Development, Education, and Protection Program

The Children in Action for Resilience, Education, and Peace (CARE for PEACE) program is ECOWEB’s newest and increasingly prioritized initiative, reflecting its deepening commitment to ensure that every child learns, thrives, and contributes to peace and resilience. Building on years of humanitarian and community development work, the program integrates education, child protection, and participation as foundations of sustainable recovery and peace.

ECOWEB, with partners, expands access to quality, inclusive learning for children affected by conflict, displacement, and poverty while empowering families, teachers, and communities to provide safe and nurturing environments.

By focusing on education and protection, ECOWEB nurtures hope and leadership among children—ensuring that the next generation grows up as builders of peace and sustainability.

2. Humanitarian Action and Community-Led Disaster Resilience

A recognized leader in localized humanitarian response, ECOWEB advances the Survivor and Community-Led Response (SCLR) model, enabling affected populations to lead their own recovery through community-driven approaches supported by micro-grants to mutual-aid and solidarity groups in crisis-affected areas.

In cooperation with the Community-Led Empowering Actions for Resilience Network (CLEARNet), the organization has supported over 450 mutual-aid and self-help groups, mobilizing more than ₱300 million (≈ USD 5.5 million) in community-managed aid since 2017 to 2024. These initiatives span multiple crisis settings — including typhoons, flooding, landslides, earthquakes, armed conflict, and forced displacement — proving that communities can effectively manage their own response and recovery when trusted and resourced.

Through partnerships with institutions providing flexible and trust-based funding, ECOWEB ensures that humanitarian action remains locally led, inclusive, and sustainable. It also champions community-based disaster risk reduction and management (CBDRRM) and inclusive DRRM governance, bridging grassroots action with national policy reform.

At the global and national levels, ECOWEB plays a key role in localisation advocacy aimed to make humanitarian systems become locally led and community driven. It serves as endorser and member of the Coordination Group of the Charter for Change (C4C), member of the Alliance for Empowering Partnerships (A4EP)—a signatory of the Grand Bargain—and focal point of the National Reference Group (NRG) in the Philippines for the Grand Bargain localisation agenda. Through these platforms, ECOWEB amplifies the voice of local and national actors in shaping humanitarian reform and influencing global policy commitments.

3. Climate Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)

ECOWEB promotes ecosystem-based adaptation, regenerative agriculture, watershed and forest conservation, and abaca-based value chains that restore ecosystems while sustaining livelihoods. These initiatives strengthen community resilience by combining environmental stewardship with inclusive, climate-smart livelihood strategies.

ECOWEB advances climate justice and equitable access to climate finance for grassroots and Indigenous communities. Support to Indigenous Peoples includes financing and technical assistance for the participatory formulation of their Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plans (ADSDPPs), applying a DRR and peace lens to integrate environmental management, cultural heritage, and local governance.

Through partnerships, ECOWEB projects including IP Resilience, GreenFiber and FPGSEEDIC, demonstrate how local and Indigenous knowledge systems, when complemented by science-based innovation, create practical climate solutions. A key example is the installation of Automated Weather Stations (AWS) in remote Indigenous farming and fishing communities, providing real-time meteorological data that enables farmers and fishers to make informed decisions, anticipate weather events, and implement climate-smart agricultural and fisheries practices.

Together, these interventions illustrate ECOWEB’s holistic approach to resilience—bridging traditional wisdom, scientific innovation, and local action. They align with global climate goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reinforcing ECOWEB’s vision of a just, inclusive, and sustainable future where people and planet thrive together.

4. Sustainable Livelihoods and Social Enterprise Development

ECOWEB integrates livelihood, environment, and enterprise as pathways to long-term community resilience. It promotes social enterprise as a model for inclusive development and poverty reduction.

ECOWEB empowers Indigenous and farming communities to establish abaca-based and regenerative agri-enterprises that generate sustainable incomes while protecting natural resources. These initiatives focus on value-chain development—from production and processing to marketing and enterprise management—ensuring that small producers capture greater economic value and that rural livelihoods evolve into resilient, climate-smart enterprises. Collectively, these initiatives have incubated more than 100 livelihood groups and cooperatives, helping rural and Indigenous communities increase incomes, adopt sustainable practices, and transition from aid dependency to economic self-reliance.

To scale up these community-led initiatives, ECOWEB works closely with government agencies and academic institutions. ECOWEB’s social-enterprise arm, EcoSustain Solutions Cooperative (EcoSSol), helps sustain these efforts through cooperative formation, fair-trade linkages, and market facilitation that connect local producers to national and international buyers.

5. Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Land Protection

ECOWEB strongly advocates for the protection of Indigenous land rights and ancestral-domain governance. It assists Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPOs) in securing Certificates of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) and developing or updating their Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plans (ADSDPPs).

Through participatory mapping, community documentation, and technical assistance, ECOWEB helps ensure legal recognition of ancestral territories and promotes their sustainable management. This work integrates livelihood planning, cultural preservation, and environmental stewardship—empowering Indigenous communities to assert self-determination while engaging in sustainable economic activities within their ancestral domains.

6. Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation

The Madaris for Peace and Resilience (MPR) initiative strengthens peace education, youth engagement, and the prevention of violent extremism among Moro and interfaith communities. MPR is implemented through a consortium with local actors and collaboration with government agencies.

Beyond education, ECOWEB provides sustained assistance to internally displaced populations (IDPs) affected by the Marawi Siege, supporting their recovery and reintegration. ECOWEB also facilitates land conflict resolutions.

Recognizing that durable peace requires justice and recovery, ECOWEB has actively supported IDPs’ lobby for the passage of the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Law and continues to advocate for its effective implementation, ensuring that displaced and marginalized families gain access to fair compensation, permanent housing, and livelihood restoration.

This work exemplifies ECOWEB’s commitment to the Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) nexus. Through these efforts, ECOWEB demonstrates that locally led and rights-based approaches can transform post-conflict recovery into pathways for inclusive peace and resilience.