On the 100th day since #TyphoonOdette (RAI) hit the country that affected a total population of 3.2M Families and 11 Regions (Source: UNOCHA - TY RAI SitRep No.7), #ECOWEB is…

Continue Reading100 DAYS OF SURVIVOR AND COMMUNITY-LED RESPONSE TO TYPHOON ODETTE

100 DAYS OF SURVIVOR AND COMMUNITY-LED RESPONSE TO TYPHOON ODETTE

The Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment Report (SANAR) for Dinagat was based on the result of the field visit done on December 19-21, 2021 as captured in the Comprehensive Assessment…

Continue ReadingDinagat Province: Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment Report (SANAR)

Dinagat Province: Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment Report (SANAR)

Please find below the statement from A4EP on Typhoon RAI in the Philippines. A4EP is appealing for the Grand Bargain Signatories to adhere to their commitments to localization and support…

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A4EP statement on Typhoon RAI and localisation

Since the launch of the Grand Bargain in 2016, progress on implementing the localisation promise at the country level has been very slow. The signatories target to talk about the…

Continue ReadingMoving Forward Localisation of Humanitarian Action in The Philippines | Key Findings and Recommendations

Moving Forward Localisation of Humanitarian Action in The Philippines | Key Findings and Recommendations

The May 2016 World Humanitarian Summit brought together 9,000 participants. They came from 180 Member States, included 55 Heads of State and Government, 700 NGOs and CSOs, of which 350…

Continue ReadingWHS Five Years on National and local actors: Voices in the Humanitarian Wilderness?

WHS Five Years on National and local actors: Voices in the Humanitarian Wilderness?

The World Humanitarian Summit and the Agenda for Humanity and the launch of the Grand Bargain in 2016 was a way to reform the humanitarian system to make it more…

Continue ReadingWalking the talk! Moving from commitments to action in Philippines 5 years since the World Humanitarian Summit

Walking the talk! Moving from commitments to action in Philippines 5 years since the World Humanitarian Summit

The National Anti-Poverty Commission-Victims of Disasters and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) sector fully supports the community pantries set up in various locations in the country. The idea of setting up a community…

Continue ReadingNational Anti-Poverty Commission – Victims of Disasters and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) Supports the Community Pantry Initiative, Condemns Harassment and Red Tagging of Organizers

National Anti-Poverty Commission – Victims of Disasters and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) Supports the Community Pantry Initiative, Condemns Harassment and Red Tagging of Organizers

Iligan City, April 12 | On March 31, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the heavily armed persons believed to be members of the CPP-NPA, attacked but failed to…

Continue ReadingFamilies displaced by armed conflict between alleged communist rebels, gov’t armed forces receive relief

Families displaced by armed conflict between alleged communist rebels, gov’t armed forces receive relief

Subsistence agriculture is a typical mode of agriculture among the indigenous Higaunon and Kolibugan tribes in Barangay Kalilangan, Iligan City. Farming families till a small farm usually half-hectare (5,000 square…

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Transforming subsistence agriculture by enhancing abaca farmer

  SITUATION OVERVIEW At around 10 AM of March 31, suspected NPA forces, estimated by the local people to number at least a hundred, who earlier raided the house of…

Continue ReadingInternal Displacement Due to Armed Conflict Between AFP and Suspected Elements of the NPA in the Ancestral Domain of Higaunon Tribe in Iligan City

Internal Displacement Due to Armed Conflict Between AFP and Suspected Elements of the NPA in the Ancestral Domain of Higaunon Tribe in Iligan City