As an active member of the Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP), ECOWEB proudly co-leads in advancing this urgent call to transform the global aid system. In solidarity with fellow local and national actors, ECOWEB brings its grounded experience from the Philippines—particularly in championing the Survivor and Community-Led Response (sclr) approach—to the forefront of global advocacy. Through this joint statement, ECOWEB reaffirms its commitment to decolonizing aid, shifting power to local communities, and ensuring that humanitarian and development responses are anchored in justice, equity, and locally defined leadership.
The Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP) is sounding the alarm on the collapse of the global humanitarian system, following drastic international aid cuts—including the dismantling of USAID—while over 300 million people remain in urgent need. This isn’t just a funding shortfall. It’s a crisis of justice, equity, and legitimacy.
Programs are being shut down. Humanitarian workers are being laid off. Communities like those in Myanmar, Yemen, Sudan, and Afghanistan are left without support in their darkest hours.
As A4EP calls for bold transformation, ECOWEB stands firmly in solidarity.
The time for reckoning is now:
- Decolonize aid systems rooted in colonial legacies
- Fund and trust local actors with real leadership roles
- Support community-led, justice-based responses
- Shift from dependency to self-determination
