Recent developments in the fight against COVID-19 will send abaca farmers into having a second look at their farms. The Philippine Fiber Authority (PhilFIDA) just announced that the demand for…

Continue ReadingFighting COVID-19: EcoWEB gears up for incoming abaca demand for PPE production

Fighting COVID-19: EcoWEB gears up for incoming abaca demand for PPE production

  by Carino V. Antequisa “Sa ngayon mga 50% sa mga households along the main road mula San Julian to Oras ang apektado, lalo na ang mga bahay na made…

Continue ReadingTyphoon Ambo (Vongfong) hits ECOWEB partner-municipalities in Eastern Samar
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Pre-emptive evacuation in Dolores in the morning of May 14. Photo courtesy from Alren Beronio

Typhoon Ambo (Vongfong) hits ECOWEB partner-municipalities in Eastern Samar

Distance means so little when service to humanity calls out. It does not stop humanitarian workers from realizing the true essence of “bayanihan” . COVID-19 neither separates nor divides people,…

Continue ReadingSenior, elderly group in Caloocan opts for cash aid, distributes rice to members

Senior, elderly group in Caloocan opts for cash aid, distributes rice to members

A strong heart and an optimistic mind. Two different stories get the better of COVID-19 through maximizing resources and channeling aid through localization – allowing space for the locals to…

Continue ReadingEarthquake to COVID-19 Outbreak: Two Stories of Sustainability in Cotabato

Earthquake to COVID-19 Outbreak: Two Stories of Sustainability in Cotabato

"Kahit matanda na ako, kailangan kong magtrabaho at kumita para sa aking pamilya” [Even I am too old, I still need to work and earn for my family.] Mr. Rochel…

Continue ReadingAssistance amid the distance: ECOWEB extends help to a community-based org in Binangonan, Rizal

Assistance amid the distance: ECOWEB extends help to a community-based org in Binangonan, Rizal

COVID-19 should be a People's War as what Vietnam (one successful country being cited in the fight against COVID) is doing. For NAPC SRC and VDC (representing the 14 basic…

Continue ReadingWhy should we make COVID-19 response participatory

Why should we make COVID-19 response participatory

“We passed by a house where an old widow lived. She was not on our list. When she learned that we are distributing rice, she cried asking if she could…

Continue ReadingThe unlisted old widow: ECQ survival in the most remote communities

The unlisted old widow: ECQ survival in the most remote communities

Faced with the unavailability of alcohol for use in the fight against COVID-19, Save Mindanao Volunteers (SMVI), Inc from Butuan City teams up with a local company to produce ethanol…

Continue ReadingEcoWEB orders locally-produced ethyl alcohol made from nipa sap to help fight COVID-19

EcoWEB orders locally-produced ethyl alcohol made from nipa sap to help fight COVID-19

“The people have nowhere to go, except their farms,” Timuay Manda quipped. Timuay Lucenio Manda is the chief tribal chieftain of the Subanen ancestral domain in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur…

Continue ReadingQuarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms

Quarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms

Partner Organization: Bread for the World The project’s main objective is that men and women IPs from the ancestral domains in Bayug-Iligan, Dulangan and Bayog Zambo Sur increased resource efficient…

Continue ReadingFormation of Production Guilds and Social Enterprises for the Economic Development of Indigenous Communities—FPG-SEEDIC

Formation of Production Guilds and Social Enterprises for the Economic Development of Indigenous Communities—FPG-SEEDIC