One date, two connected historic events May 23 – the Fourth Anniversary of the start of the Marawi Siege and the Fifth Anniversary of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). The…

Continue ReadingCommemorating Marawi Siege, Revisiting the World Humanitarian Summit

Commemorating Marawi Siege, Revisiting the World Humanitarian Summit

Civil society organizations in Iligan City along with the community leaders and volunteers convened yesterday to participate the Planning Workshop on COVID-19 Radio Monitoring held at Tabe’s Place, Palao, Iligan…

Continue ReadingRadio programming to take effect for COVID-19 prevention info drive

Radio programming to take effect for COVID-19 prevention info drive

The National Anti-Poverty Commission-Victims of Disasters and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) sector fully supports the community pantries set up in various locations in the country. The idea of setting up a community…

Continue ReadingNational Anti-Poverty Commission – Victims of Disasters and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) Supports the Community Pantry Initiative, Condemns Harassment and Red Tagging of Organizers

National Anti-Poverty Commission – Victims of Disasters and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) Supports the Community Pantry Initiative, Condemns Harassment and Red Tagging of Organizers

Iligan City, April 12 | On March 31, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, the heavily armed persons believed to be members of the CPP-NPA, attacked but failed to…

Continue ReadingFamilies displaced by armed conflict between alleged communist rebels, gov’t armed forces receive relief

Families displaced by armed conflict between alleged communist rebels, gov’t armed forces receive relief

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

  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

ECOWEB in partnership with AWO International held an annual assessment and ceremonial turn-over of community-led projects in Munai and Salavador, LDN last March 30-31, 2021 at Granaderos Beach Resort, Maigo,…

Continue ReadingEvacuation centers, DRRM plans among the grants received by four barangay local government in Lanao del Norte

Evacuation centers, DRRM plans among the grants received by four barangay local government in Lanao del Norte

In advancing the rights of women in all aspect of the society, ECOWEB trusts women’s capacity to lead and be their own expression of empowerment. For ECOWEB, women are the…

Continue ReadingChooseToChallenge: Women in the fight against SGBV through arts, peer education

ChooseToChallenge: Women in the fight against SGBV through arts, peer education

Lockdown measures as an effect of the coronavirus pandemic was set and made the world rest its operations. Although no one is exempted of the consequences caused by COVID-19, but…

Continue ReadingA dressmaker’s small steps for survival in the time of corona outbreak

A dressmaker’s small steps for survival in the time of corona outbreak