Local, regional and national Filipino journalists are invited to send two story pitches each. Those with the best pitches will be given a one-time grant of P25,000 to allow them to pursue, write and publish the two stories for their news organization or partner publication. We’ll be supporting four local journalists in producing news features […]

Asnairah Tahir has been a bakwit (internally displaced person) all her life. She is a resident of Mamasapano, Maguindanao, one of the battlegrounds in the Philippines between government forces and armed groups, and even for rivalry among family clans called rido.

For over two years now, an evacuation center just a few meters from the national highway in South Upi, Maguindanao has become a regular refuge for indigenous peoples from the Teduray tribe. In July 2019, the more than 500 families from the tribe were uprooted from their farms in the mountainous region of South Upi […]

Under the scorching heat, a lady holding a megaphone with a loudspeaker beside her goes around Datu Abdullah Sangki (DAS), Maguindanao in a tricycle. The lady informs the residents of the importance of face masks, face shields, proper handwashing, and social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. She also plays the rekorida, a mobile […]

Photographs taken alongside CEO Mark Goldring’s visit to Tacloban.(Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam)