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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Salvador Migsabuwa Farmers’ Association (SMFA), a registered abaca production guild (PG) in Sitio Salvador, Rogongon, Iligan City just opened their cooperative store last May 6, 2022 after their loan…
The Indigenous Peoples and IPRA In February 1987, the Filipino people ratified what is later known as the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the first fundamental law of the Philippines that recognizes…
“We used to be at the mercy of traders, now we buy our abaca fiber and our production guild (PG) is slowly earning profit,” says 33 years old Rudy Bendanillo,…
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…
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…
