Typhoon Paeng left Philippines with BARMM, three provinces, 4 cities and municipalities under the state of calamity1 after having six landfalls across Virac, Catanduanes; Caramoan, Camarines Sur; and Buenavista, Quezon.…

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Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment Report No. 3

Abaca fibers hang inside the learning facility of Man-ai Integrated Agroforestry Cooperative which is being dried up and readied for classification and bundling. Inside a dimly lit space, the names…

Continue ReadingFarmers’ cooperative in Man-ai advances toward gender-sensitive abaca enterprise and agro-forestry development

Farmers’ cooperative in Man-ai advances toward gender-sensitive abaca enterprise and agro-forestry development

“How did the abaca plantation and its social enterprise change us?   It changed me and my companions dramatically. We used to be full of vices; deficient in knowledge on farming;…

Continue ReadingAbaca plantation and its social enterprise recover our sense of self-respect, says Higaonon farmer 

Abaca plantation and its social enterprise recover our sense of self-respect, says Higaonon farmer 

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Atoyay, Socorro, Surigao del Norte They are not even neighbors. They don't belong to the same barangay, although all of them…

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The Women of Atoyay

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Ilihan, Matam-is, Del  Carmen, Surigao del Norte Jayson Mullet, 32, a businessman and resident of Ilihan, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte,…

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Tubig

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Sitio Lawigan, Barangay Salog, Socorro, Surigao del Norte “Mora’g buhawi (like a hurricane),” was how barangay chairman Jorlito Bayeta, 62, described…

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MORA’G BUHAWI

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Purok Liaonan, Caob, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte Liaoyan as a project site was discovered by accident, or perhaps by chance.…

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Dayo sa Isla (Strangers in the Island)

As women of Butig Lanao del Sur realized that their chance of influencing the policymakers and leaders in their community is a right, not a privilege, they started the women's…

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Women coalition in Butig, Lanao del Sur advances women’s rights, community development, lasting peace