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,…

Continue ReadingEmpowering communities Towards Freedom, Equality and Justice for All

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…

Continue ReadingLocals as First Responder and Key for Building Sustainable Peace 

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…

Continue ReadingCommemorating a Decade of Resilience:  ECOWEB’s Journey with Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Survivors

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…

Continue ReadingHomeless SHG demand for relocation site before eviction from evacuation camp

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…

Continue ReadingSelf-help group in Calle San Vicente led for mental health support, too

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…

Continue ReadingResolving Conflict, Building Resilience Among Indigenous Peoples

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…

Continue ReadingIncreasing climate resilience through boat transport project

Increasing climate resilience through boat transport project

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

“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