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)

REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN PARTNERSHIP WEEK December 8-10, 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand Community Partner Sharing Opportunity to Lead, not just to survive, but to rise By Dayalene Mhatet Tingaraan President, Senator Ninoy…

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Opportunity to Lead, not just to survive, but to rise

In 2023 and 2024, climate-induced floods devastated communities across Mindanao, displacing thousands and disrupting livelihoods. Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte, was among the hardest hit. As the waters receded, the Survivor and Community-Led…

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Empowering Communities: The SCLR Approach in Las Nieves

The Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. (ECOWEB) and partners call for more community led solutions and better complementation of efforts for rebuilding lives and livelihoods of population heavily affected…

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Joining Hands for Mindanao: Rebuilding Lives and Livelihoods After the LPA Inundation

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)

Capturing learning from a Typhoon Odette Community-led Humanitarian Action Barangay Santa Cruz, Socorro, Surigao del Norte made it to the national news days after Typhoon Rai/Odette made landfall here on…

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Cash to address immediate needs