At the community level, USAID-Marawi Response Project believes in the power of locally-led advocacy — and wants to push more community-based rollouts in Ending Gender-Based Violence (EGBV) by empowering women,…

Continue ReadingYouth-Led Organization in Lanao del Sur Champions EGBV, Breaking Culture of Silence

Youth-Led Organization in Lanao del Sur Champions EGBV, Breaking Culture of Silence

Today, March 8, 2022, we celebrate the international women’s day with the campaign theme- “#BreaktheBias” which emphasizes the vital role of women in achieving a gender equal world. This year’s…

Continue Reading#BreakTheBias: Snippets of Local Narratives Championing Women’s Empowering Actions

#BreakTheBias: Snippets of Local Narratives Championing Women’s Empowering Actions

After the Marawi siege in 2017, thousands of Meranaws experienced a massive displacement in and around Lanao del Sur. Some of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) sought refuge in the…

Continue ReadingAgri project thru demo farm to bolster economic conditions of IDPs, food security

Agri project thru demo farm to bolster economic conditions of IDPs, food security

Every August 12th, International Youth Day is being celebrated globally with the goal of emphasizing the active engagement of young people in any endeavor and their contributions to key themes…

Continue ReadingYoung Innovators-Entrepreneurs in Lanao del Sur, Coffee-novates!

Young Innovators-Entrepreneurs in Lanao del Sur, Coffee-novates!

  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

Displacement and Armed Conflict Situationer A total of 234 families from the communities of Binasan, Baniogan, and Salingsing within the Bayug-Iligan ancestral domain and undetermined number from communities of Limonda,…

Continue ReadingHigaunon Indigenous Peoples in the Ancestral Domains of Bayug-Iligan and Dulangan displaced and scared due to ongoing fighting between NPA guerrillas and Philippine Army

Higaunon Indigenous Peoples in the Ancestral Domains of Bayug-Iligan and Dulangan displaced and scared due to ongoing fighting between NPA guerrillas and Philippine Army

“I read some provisions and discuss it with friends.” Above is the self-description of 36.07% of peace advocates, humanitarian responders and community leaders working in the 5 provinces covered by…

Continue ReadingPEACE ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WORKING IN THE BARMM NEED MORE STUDY OF THE BOL

PEACE ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WORKING IN THE BARMM NEED MORE STUDY OF THE BOL

  Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc in partnership with Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a total of…

Continue ReadingOn normalization for Marawi, COVID crisis: Social enterprise eases Biabadamag association’s living conditions

On normalization for Marawi, COVID crisis: Social enterprise eases Biabadamag association’s living conditions

43 Members of the Muslim-Christian Community Association (MCCA) benefited from the relief distribution assistance from ECOWEB, enlightening lives of locals affected by COVID-19 outbreak. The Muslim-Christian Community Association (MCCA) with…

Continue ReadingMuslim-Christian association in Iligan City overcomes quarantine, Ramadhan thru relief assistance

Muslim-Christian association in Iligan City overcomes quarantine, Ramadhan thru relief assistance

A ceremonial turn-over of the Barangay Development Plans (BDPs), as part of the peace-building component of the SPAN-WAVE project implemented by OPAPP and UNDP in partnership with ECOWEB, took place…

Continue Reading7 barangays in Marawi under SPAN-WAVE project receive final Barangay Development Plan, promote peace-building

7 barangays in Marawi under SPAN-WAVE project receive final Barangay Development Plan, promote peace-building