Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Busao, Maribojoc, Bohol is proof that Community Led Response works; it is also a testament that the community can improve on…

Continue ReadingWalay Lain Kasandigan (No one else to lean on)

Walay Lain Kasandigan (No one else to lean on)

“So many overlapping voices, shouting about their problems and needs.” These were the words expressed by Megie Taba, 27, one of the participants during the conduct of Participatory Action Learning…

Continue ReadingOdette Survivors in Dinagat Islands own community-led emergency response, key to self-reliance

Odette Survivors in Dinagat Islands own community-led emergency response, key to self-reliance

CARAGA Regional Science High School (CRSHS) situated in barangay San Juan, Surigao City, is a home of 26 families who evacuated on December 17, 2021, a day after the landfall…

Continue ReadingSurigao City evacuees unveil ‘hands-on’ experience in receiving aid, see changes in relief assistance

Surigao City evacuees unveil ‘hands-on’ experience in receiving aid, see changes in relief assistance

These mothers fearlessly strived for their families’ survival and recovery. They believed that they have the capacity to cross raging tides just for their families to not suffer during these trying times. They only wish and hope to let their story be heard by concerned agencies and organizations that are willing to extend a helping hand in Garcia, Libjo, Dinagat Islands.

Continue ReadingFearless Mothers’ Resounding Plea: The Support We Need in Dinagat Islands

Fearless Mothers’ Resounding Plea: The Support We Need in Dinagat Islands

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…

Continue ReadingA4EP statement on Typhoon RAI and localisation

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

ECOWEB’s STATEMENT ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 Today, as we celebrate the World Humanitarian Day 2021, there is an emphasis on the human cost of the climate crisis, particularly its…

Continue ReadingWORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 | ECOWEB Joins #TheHumanRace and Leaves No One Behind

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 | ECOWEB Joins #TheHumanRace and Leaves No One Behind

More than a hundred representatives and partners in the international non-governmental organizations, local government and national government agencies, civil society organizations including the national and local non-governmental organizations and its…

Continue ReadingLaunching of Loop in the Philippines: Enabling Conversations in the Digital Shift

Launching of Loop in the Philippines: Enabling Conversations in the Digital Shift

Nearly a hundred representatives from local and national CSOs, INGOs, UN agencies, private sectors, and national and local governments virtually gathered in the Philippines via Zoom videoconference last June 10,…

Continue ReadingWalk the Talk: Moving Forward Localisation in the Philippines thru Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue

Walk the Talk: Moving Forward Localisation in the Philippines thru Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue

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?