After the Marawi siege in 2017, thousands of Meranaws experienced a massive displacement in and around Lanao del Sur. Some of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) sought refuge in the…
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…
All-of-Government Approach is Needed to Support IPRA for the Development of Ancestral Domains of Indigenous Peoples
“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,…
First Abaca-Focused Indigenous Peoples Social Enterprise (Ipse) Owned, Managed By Higaunon Established In Iligan City
Since the launch of the Grand Bargain in 2016, progress on implementing the localisation promise at the country level has been very slow. The signatories target to talk about the…
Moving Forward Localisation of Humanitarian Action in The Philippines | Key Findings and Recommendations
ECOWEB’s STATEMENT ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 Today, as we celebrate the World Humanitarian Day 2021, there is an emphasis on the human cost of the climate crisis, particularly its…
WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 | ECOWEB Joins #TheHumanRace and Leaves No One Behind
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…
Young Innovators-Entrepreneurs in Lanao del Sur, Coffee-novates!
ECOWEB has been pursuing social enterprise as a development strategy. This is done for the past ten years to alleviate poverty. The organization has discovered that government support for mission-driven…
Indigenous Farmers-Entrepreneurs are Out There, Making It Happen!
Lanao del Sur has declared its state of Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) in the month of July, 2021. As of July 25, 2021, 2 new cases of COVID-19 have…
Sew to Earn: An Opportunity at Home for an IDP Group in Butig
More than a hundred representatives and partners in the international non-governmental organizations, local government and national government agencies, civil society organizations including the national and local non-governmental organizations and its…
Launching of Loop in the Philippines: Enabling Conversations in the Digital Shift
Nearly a hundred representatives from local and national CSOs, INGOs, UN agencies, private sectors, and national and local governments virtually gathered in the Philippines via Zoom videoconference last June 10,…
