The 24-hour rain poured by Tropical Storm Penha (Basyang) was recorded at 361mm, twice the amount of rainfall of Super Typhoon Washi (Sendong) in 2011, which also hit the same…

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Rising Beyond Basyang: EcoWEB and ICPC lead Iligan’s coordinated push for community-led response and recovery

The members of Atoyay Farmers Community Workers Association (AFCOWA) proudly stand outside their agrivet store. In Sitio Atoyay, Barangay Sering, in the island municipality of Socorro, Surigao del Norte, community life…

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HINABANGAY IN ATOYAY: Building Resilience One Project at a Time 

REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN PARTNERSHIP WEEK December 8-10, 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand Community Partner Sharing Compassion in Practice: Survivor-Led Recovery after Typhoon Odette (Rai) By Doroteo T. Galavia General Manager, Atoyay Rural…

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Compassion in Practice: Survivor-Led Recovery after Typhoon Odette (Rai)

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…

Continue ReadingToolkit on the Conduct of Dialogue on Localization of Humanitarian Actions: The Philippine Experience 2021

Toolkit on the Conduct of Dialogue on Localization of Humanitarian Actions: The Philippine Experience 2021

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Atoyay, Socorro, Surigao del Norte They are not even neighbors. They don't belong to the same barangay, although all of them…

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The Women of Atoyay

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Ilihan, Matam-is, Del  Carmen, Surigao del Norte Jayson Mullet, 32, a businessman and resident of Ilihan, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte,…

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Tubig

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…

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MORA’G BUHAWI

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Purok Liaonan, Caob, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte Liaoyan as a project site was discovered by accident, or perhaps by chance.…

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Dayo sa Isla (Strangers in the Island)

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…

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Women coalition in Butig, Lanao del Sur advances women’s rights, community development, lasting peace