Stefan Bepler, Regional Director of AWO International - Regional Office of Southeast Asia, Dir. Samuel M. Nacino Jr.-OIC Regional Director of DA-PhilFIDA 13, NAPC Asec. Mary Rose C. Villaflor, Mr.…

Continue ReadingA New Era for Abaca: Renewable Energy Processing Centers Launched in Sibagat

A New Era for Abaca: Renewable Energy Processing Centers Launched in Sibagat

The need for the rehabilitation of the water system project was initially identified by the community of Barangay Amontay. In a proactive step towards bolstering community resilience, the Survivor and…

Continue ReadingStrengthening Community Resilience in San Francisco through SCLR-AA using the LDE Methodology: A Collective Effort for a Sustainable Future 🤝

Strengthening Community Resilience in San Francisco through SCLR-AA using the LDE Methodology: A Collective Effort for a Sustainable Future 🤝

Brot für die Welt’s program manager for the Philippines Jonna Lena Raphaela Seemann visited the abaca farmers in the hinterland of sitio Salvador of barangay Rogongon, some 40.4 kilometers far…

Continue ReadingBRoT program manager in PH visits abaca farmers in Iligan; learn farmers dev’t

BRoT program manager in PH visits abaca farmers in Iligan; learn farmers dev’t

Fifty-nine engineering students enrolled in engineering planning and design courses will conduct the "feasibility and planning, detailed engineering design, program of works and budget" for ECOWEB’s development sites with the…

Continue Reading59 engineering students-interns from MSU-IIT CET conduct ocular surveys in Higaonon, Subanen ancestral domains

59 engineering students-interns from MSU-IIT CET conduct ocular surveys in Higaonon, Subanen ancestral domains

“We used to be at the mercy of traders, now we buy our abaca fiber and our production guild (PG) is slowly earning profit,” says 33 years old Rudy Bendanillo,…

Continue ReadingFirst Abaca-Focused Indigenous Peoples Social Enterprise (Ipse) Owned, Managed By Higaunon Established In Iligan City

First Abaca-Focused Indigenous Peoples Social Enterprise (Ipse) Owned, Managed By Higaunon Established In Iligan City

ECOWEB has been pursuing social enterprise as a development strategy. This is done for the past ten years to alleviate poverty. The organization has discovered that government support for mission-driven…

Continue ReadingIndigenous Farmers-Entrepreneurs are Out There, Making It Happen!

Indigenous Farmers-Entrepreneurs are Out There, Making It Happen!

Lanao del Sur has declared its state of Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) in the month of July, 2021. As of July 25, 2021,  2 new cases of COVID-19 have…

Continue ReadingSew to Earn: An Opportunity at Home for an IDP Group in Butig

Sew to Earn: An Opportunity at Home for an IDP Group in Butig

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…

Continue ReadingTransforming subsistence agriculture by enhancing abaca farmer

Transforming subsistence agriculture by enhancing abaca farmer

ECOWEB Inc., a non-government organization, intensifies its efforts in establishing social enterprises (SE) of various modalities. SE is one of the organization’s development strategy since its inception. However, its SE…

Continue ReadingECOWEB’s statement for the #PRESENTBill: ECOWEB INTENSIFIES EFFORTS FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

ECOWEB’s statement for the #PRESENTBill: ECOWEB INTENSIFIES EFFORTS FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT