Loreto community members demonstrating sustainable farming practices. "This really helps with our daily lives and livelihoods. Our livelihoods are mostly farming, fishing, and gardening. We also have livestock," states Nena…
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we enter into a remarkable journey that highlights the empowerment and resilience of women. Set against different communities with differing backgrounds and challenges, the…
Title: “Rising Against All Odds: The Empowering Triumphs of Women-led Initiatives”
A star sits atop the Christmas tree could not shine without the ribbons, Christmas balls ang lights that make up the quintessence of its entirety. To our partners, everyday is…
Season Greetings From EcoWEB
In commemorating the 75th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. (ECOWEB) reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the principles of "Freedom,…
Empowering communities Towards Freedom, Equality and Justice for All
Statement on the Marawi Bombing Incident We at the Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB) are in solidarity with all the Muslims and Christians in Marawi City and the whole…
Locals as First Responder and Key for Building Sustainable Peace
By Regina S. Antequisa, Exec. Dir., ECOWEB A decade has passed since Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) wreaked havoc on the Philippines, leaving behind a trail of destruction and loss that…
Commemorating a Decade of Resilience: ECOWEB’s Journey with Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Survivors
The lack of consultative mechanism and coordination with concern interagency for post-disaster resettlement inspired homeless disaster-affected families in barangay Ayala to assert the proper provision of relocation site and for…
Homeless SHG demand for relocation site before eviction from evacuation camp
Organized self-help group (SHG) in Calle San Vicente did not only devote their functional roles in survivor and community-led response (sclr) to support their members to access humanitarian services. They…
Self-help group in Calle San Vicente led for mental health support, too
(by Rockrock Antequisa, PDA, ECOWEB) In the Philippines, traditional attire is a symbol of ethnic identity. Most indigenous group have attires with elaborate distinctive combination of colors. It is unusual…
Resolving Conflict, Building Resilience Among Indigenous Peoples
(by Rockrock Antequisa, PDA, ECOWEB) The Manobo indigenous people The Manobo are one of the the largest ethnolinguistic groups among the Indigenous Peoples (IP) in Mindanao, the second largest island…