Nearly a week after the devastation wrought by Typhoon Phanfone (local name: Ursula), which made seven landfalls mainly in Central Philippines between December 24 until the afternoon of December 25, humanitarian agency Oxfam and its partners say that early assessments by staff and community partners indicate that water supply disruptions and contamination, destruction of toilets […]

A day after the devastation wrought by Typhoon Ursula (Phanfone), which made seven landfalls mainly in Central Philippines between December 24 until the afternoon of December 25, development agency Oxfam and its partners say there is an urgent need for humanitarian assistance.  Oxfam Philippines Country Director Lot Felizco said that many of communities impacted were […]

Asia and Pacific showed the biggest billionaire wealth and growth in the world last year, now with 906 billionaires owning nearly 3 trillion dollars in wealth. In contrast, 1.2 billion Asians are struggling to make ends meet. Women and girls and other groups without a strong voice suffer the worst. Impacts of the climate crisis […]

International development organization, Oxfam Pilipinas, has named actress and environmental advocate Antoinette Taus as its ambassador for resilience. Oxfam Pilipinas recognized Taus’ efforts in fighting climate change, hunger, and poverty. As founder of non-profit organizations CORA (Communities Organized for Resource Allocation) and Planet CORA, Taus successfully led feeding programs and coastal clean-up drives around the […]

It has come to our attention that Oxfam in the Philippines has been included in a list of ‘front organizations of local communist terrorist groups (CTG)’ from the Department of National Defense (DND). In another list from the DND, Oxfam International and Oxfam UK are mentioned as ‘foreign funding agencies wittingly or unwittingly providing funds […]

Blog post by April Ann Abello-Bulanadi Senior Officer for Media and Digital Influencing  More from April Ann Abello-Bulanadi With or without emergencies, Noraida Abo seldom stays at the office of the United Youth of the Philippines-Women (UnYPhil-Women), a local women’s rights organization she currently heads in the southern region of the Philippines.  She prefers the outdoors where she experiences first hand the complex realities of the Bangsamoro people in Mindanao.  The Bangsamoro have been experiencing armed conflict for more than five decades now. Noraida personally witnessed this throughout her 48 years of […]

In 2003, Oxfam in the Philippines carried out a gender audit among its partners to assess the extent to which gender equality is effectively institutionalized in the policies, structures, decision-making, and budgets. Some time thereafter, when Pampanga Disaster Risk Reduction Network (PDRRN) needed recruit a project assistant, they decided that they would be offering the […]

A financial technology innovation will help more people from remote communities affected by disasters get faster and more convenient access to financial services. The innovation is the result of a partnership between international development organization Oxfam, together with a licensed financial institution, and software company LenddoEFL, which aims to give financial inclusion support “to the […]

Blog post by Luigi Toda Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction Advisor More from Luigi Toda Fresh from Earth Day, here’s food for thought: our celebrations could be numbered because our planet is on the brink of irreversible collapse due to rapid and unregulated human activities. To borrow from the plot of the popular comic book […]

Blog post by April Abello-Bulanadi More from April Abello-Bulanadi Mobilizing communities to claim their rights in a humanitarian crisis is not easy. It becomes even more difficult in the context of armed conflict. But nothing is going to stop humanitarian workers like Elizabeth Gallardo from getting work done.    From the very start, Elizabeth knew her heart is made for humanitarian work. This is why she pursued a degree in social work despite her father’s disapproval. He wanted […]