The two-year partnership between the Ecosystems Work for Essentials Benefits, Inc. (ECOWEB) and AWO International manifests great accomplishments. The endeavor of providing humanitarian service defeats both natural and man-made calamities…

Continue ReadingECOWEB forwards ‘emergency response to coronavirus impact’ to Typhoon Vinta-affected communities in Lanao del Norte

ECOWEB forwards ‘emergency response to coronavirus impact’ to Typhoon Vinta-affected communities in Lanao del Norte

  Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc in partnership with Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a total of…

Continue ReadingOn normalization for Marawi, COVID crisis: Social enterprise eases Biabadamag association’s living conditions

On normalization for Marawi, COVID crisis: Social enterprise eases Biabadamag association’s living conditions

43 Members of the Muslim-Christian Community Association (MCCA) benefited from the relief distribution assistance from ECOWEB, enlightening lives of locals affected by COVID-19 outbreak. The Muslim-Christian Community Association (MCCA) with…

Continue ReadingMuslim-Christian association in Iligan City overcomes quarantine, Ramadhan thru relief assistance

Muslim-Christian association in Iligan City overcomes quarantine, Ramadhan thru relief assistance

Distance means so little when service to humanity calls out. It does not stop humanitarian workers from realizing the true essence of “bayanihan” . COVID-19 neither separates nor divides people,…

Continue ReadingSenior, elderly group in Caloocan opts for cash aid, distributes rice to members

Senior, elderly group in Caloocan opts for cash aid, distributes rice to members

A strong heart and an optimistic mind. Two different stories get the better of COVID-19 through maximizing resources and channeling aid through localization – allowing space for the locals to…

Continue ReadingEarthquake to COVID-19 Outbreak: Two Stories of Sustainability in Cotabato

Earthquake to COVID-19 Outbreak: Two Stories of Sustainability in Cotabato

“We passed by a house where an old widow lived. She was not on our list. When she learned that we are distributing rice, she cried asking if she could…

Continue ReadingThe unlisted old widow: ECQ survival in the most remote communities

The unlisted old widow: ECQ survival in the most remote communities

Faced with the unavailability of alcohol for use in the fight against COVID-19, Save Mindanao Volunteers (SMVI), Inc from Butuan City teams up with a local company to produce ethanol…

Continue ReadingEcoWEB orders locally-produced ethyl alcohol made from nipa sap to help fight COVID-19

EcoWEB orders locally-produced ethyl alcohol made from nipa sap to help fight COVID-19

“The people have nowhere to go, except their farms,” Timuay Manda quipped. Timuay Lucenio Manda is the chief tribal chieftain of the Subanen ancestral domain in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur…

Continue ReadingQuarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms

Quarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms

COVID-19 should be a People's War as what Vietnam (one successful country being cited in the fight against COVID) is doing. For NAPC SRC and VDC (representing the 14 basic…

Continue ReadingWhy we should make COVID-19 response participatory

Why we should make COVID-19 response participatory

Regina S. Antequisa, Executive Director of ECOWEB as sectoral representative of National Anti-Poverty Commision - Victims of Disaster and Calamities (NAPC-VDC) is giving its utmost support and representation on advocating…

Continue ReadingNAPC-VDC with SRC’s Resolution on COVID-19 for NDRRMC: Call to Action on the Government for Improved National Community Quarantine on COVID-19 Response

NAPC-VDC with SRC’s Resolution on COVID-19 for NDRRMC: Call to Action on the Government for Improved National Community Quarantine on COVID-19 Response