The opening of the Weaving Resilience: Learning from the Ground, Sustaining the Future convergence was marked by an inspiring keynote message from H.E. Dr. Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke, whose remarks underscored…

Continue ReadingKeynote Address by H.E. Dr. Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke Opens Weaving Resilience Learning Convergence

Keynote Address by H.E. Dr. Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke Opens Weaving Resilience Learning Convergence

Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Caraga Region—The GreenFiber Project, implemented by ECOWEB Inc. with partner cooperatives and local government support, concluded a two-day workshop focused on learning, reflection, exit and…

Continue ReadingLongevity as Priority: GreenFiber Project Holds Two-Day Workshop on Learning, Reflection, and Sustainability Planning for Exit 2026

Longevity as Priority: GreenFiber Project Holds Two-Day Workshop on Learning, Reflection, and Sustainability Planning for Exit 2026

Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. (ECOWEB), together with its government, development, academic, civil society, and community partners, convened Indigenous Peoples (IPs), community leaders, government agencies, development partners, academe, civil…

Continue ReadingWEAVING RESILIENCE: Indigenous Peoples and Partners Weave a Shared Path Toward Sustainable, Community-Led Development

WEAVING RESILIENCE: Indigenous Peoples and Partners Weave a Shared Path Toward Sustainable, Community-Led Development

https://youtu.be/ke_zveT4aYM Every strand of abaca carries a story – of livelihood, resilience, culture, and the enduring connection between communities and the land. Hibla ng Buhay or Fiber of Life is…

Continue ReadingHibla ng Buhay (Fiber of Life) | GreenFiber Project Documentary Film

Hibla ng Buhay (Fiber of Life) | GreenFiber Project Documentary Film

EcoWEB partners Bae Gerlyn Coguit of CADT 117 and members of the IP LORAMSECA from La Paz and Loreto municipalities in Agusan del Sur actively participated in the 2026 IP…

Continue ReadingEcoWEB partner IP Leaders join 2026 IP Women Summit

EcoWEB partner IP Leaders join 2026 IP Women Summit

In the highlands of Iligan, a Higaunon woman bends over her small patch of soil, her hands dark with earth as she plants seeds into the earth. In Zamboanga del…

Continue ReadingWeaving Culture, Enriching Future: Stories of Indigenous Empowerment and Sustainable Development

Weaving Culture, Enriching Future: Stories of Indigenous Empowerment and Sustainable Development

Webinar: Unlocking the Power of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) in Humanitarian Action Date & Time: Monday, September 8, 2025, 1:00-2:30pm UTC | 2:00-3:30pm CEST | 9:00–10:30…

Continue ReadingUpcoming Webinar: Unlocking the Power of Nature-based Solutions and Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Humanitarian Action

Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking the Power of Nature-based Solutions and Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Humanitarian Action

Brot für die Welt’s program manager for the Philippines Jonna Lena Raphaela Seemann visited the abaca farmers in the hinterland of sitio Salvador of barangay Rogongon, some 40.4 kilometers far…

Continue ReadingBRoT program manager in PH visits abaca farmers in Iligan; learn farmers dev’t

BRoT program manager in PH visits abaca farmers in Iligan; learn farmers dev’t

Twenty college students of Mindanao State University (MSU), Marawi City enrolled in Sustainable Community Development completed their five months internship from August to December 2022 while immersed in the hinterland…

Continue Reading20 students of Sustainable Community Dev’t complete internship 

20 students of Sustainable Community Dev’t complete internship 

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