“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

After a Butuan City-based volunteer organization distributed self-made face shields, overwhelming calls poured in from different offices, requesting to avail free face shields for frontliners. To respond to the need…

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Requests for Face Shields Keep Pouring in

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

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…

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Why we should make COVID-19 response participatory

Representing the 14 Basic Sectors including the Victims of Disaster and Calamities (VDC), the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) VDC Sectoral Council and Sectoral Representatives Council have submitted to the Office…

Continue ReadingBayanihan to Heal as One: Joint Resolution of Basic Sectors and Civil Society on Proposed Guidelines to Promote Whole of Society Approach in COVID-19 Response

Bayanihan to Heal as One: Joint Resolution of Basic Sectors and Civil Society on Proposed Guidelines to Promote Whole of Society Approach in COVID-19 Response

Riverside, a group of women survivors from Marawi, elevated their skills to find an opportunity and keep abreast of their current conditions amidst the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic. “Indeed,…

Continue ReadingWomen on Mask Production: Livelihood Opportunity amid COVID-19 outbreak

Women on Mask Production: Livelihood Opportunity amid COVID-19 outbreak

A total of 33 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) from different earthquake-affected barangays in North Cotabato participated in the Psychosocial Activity conducted by Suara Kalilintad Association, Inc. (SKAI) held last March 11-15,…

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577 earthquake-affected beneficiaries in Cotabato undergo psychosocial activity, defy traumatic experiences