(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…
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…
“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;…
As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting from the adversity brought by calamities and disasters emerged in this year and those in the past. Our patience,…
“I have already accepted the fact that I will never receive any cash assistance like the SAP from the government anymore, but thanks God, ECOWEB made a way.” said Evangeline…
As ECOWEB continues its advocacy on localization through Survivors and Community-led Response (sclr) approach, Self-Help Group (SHG) leaders facilitated the distribution of cash assistance in their respective purok. Allowing them…
This unprecedented situation – the rise of coronavirus cases shocked the world. This changed the entire population’s day-to-day activities. This also carries the inevitable impact to all services provided, repositioning…
After a Butuan City-based volunteer organization distributed self-made face shields, overwhelming calls poured in from different offices, requesting to avail free face shields for frontliners. To respond to the need…
Everyone is waiting for their food packs from the Barangay. It is a “lockdown”, as the people call it. In Barangay Rogongon, Iligan City, residents are told that they cannot…
After being a national finalist for four years, Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. was named as the best civil society organization in the Philippines during the national awarding…
