This toolkit has been prepared by the Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc. in partnership with Oxfam Pilipinas and Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPREP) thru the Center for Disaster Preparedness…
Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Sitio Lawigan, Barangay Salog, Socorro, Surigao del Norte “Mora’g buhawi (like a hurricane),” was how barangay chairman Jorlito Bayeta, 62, described…
MORA’G BUHAWI
As women of Butig Lanao del Sur realized that their chance of influencing the policymakers and leaders in their community is a right, not a privilege, they started the women's…
Women coalition in Butig, Lanao del Sur advances women’s rights, community development, lasting peace
At the community level, USAID-Marawi Response Project believes in the power of locally-led advocacy — and wants to push more community-based rollouts in Ending Gender-Based Violence (EGBV) by empowering women,…
Youth-Led Organization in Lanao del Sur Champions EGBV, Breaking Culture of Silence
Today, March 8, 2022, we celebrate the international women’s day with the campaign theme- “#BreaktheBias” which emphasizes the vital role of women in achieving a gender equal world. This year’s…
#BreakTheBias: Snippets of Local Narratives Championing Women’s Empowering Actions
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…
Agri project thru demo farm to bolster economic conditions of IDPs, food security
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
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
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…
