As the humanitarian situation in the southern city of Marawi enters its second week, over 90% of people in Marawi City have been forced to flee to neighboring areas while hundreds remain trapped in the city proper. Marawi City has a predominantly Muslim population of about 200,000 people.  Assessments conducted by the Humanitarian Response Consortium […]

As conflict continues to intensify in Marawi, with a predominant Muslim-population of about 200,000 people in Central Mindanao, very little is known of the plight of civilians trapped inside their homes and those who have fled, estimated to be a large number.  Aside from sketchy reporting on about men, women, and children exposed to a […]

The Australian Government in partnership with Google.org has awarded the Google Impact Challenge “Technology Against Poverty” Prize to Oxfam. The Challenge is conducted worldwide to support local non-profit innovators to use technology to solve key social and development problems. “The I AFFORD Project highlights an innovative partnership between the private sector, government and non-government organizations, to address enduring poverty […]

Some 224,000 people have been displaced or are at risk of being displaced from their homes due to ongoing conflict and natural hazards in parts of Mindanao, data from the UNHCR-led Mindanao Protection Cluster as of January 2017 showed. In recent months, ongoing military offensives against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Maute […]

Oxfam lauds President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine Senate for cementing the Philippines’ leading role in serving as the voice of the poorest, lowest-emitting and most vulnerable people in the world by finally ratifying the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “We look forward to the implementation of the Paris Agreement through the government’s commitment to […]

There is a need to implement a disaster risk reduction plan to help farmers in the northern Philippines cope with impending emergencies as they continue to recuperate from the succession of disasters that have affected harvests – from the long drought that ended June last year to the typhoons that hit the region in October […]

Summary Oxfam in the Philippines is implementing a research and advocacy project which aims to help low-income local government units improve their capacity to respond to disaster through investing in risk transfer mechanisms for their assets. We welcome organisations interested in working in partnership with Oxfam to design an insurance model that will work with […]

Typhoon Nina left at least P5.3 billion ($106.5 million) in damages to agriculture, based on initial assessments, after pounding the Philippines in the middle of Christmas night.    The typhoon, known internationally as Nock-ten, forced over 400,000 people to flee their homes. Tens of thousands remained in evacuation centers as of Wednesday morning. The provinces […]

Typhoon Nina (international name: Nock-ten) continues to intensify as it remains on track to hit land in the province of Catanduanes in the afternoon or evening of Christmas Day. Aside from the Bicol region, the Philippine capital of Metro Manila is also expected to experience heavy rains, along with the provinces of Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, […]

Oxfam’s vision is a just world without poverty: a world in which people can influence decisions that affect their lives, enjoy their rights, and assume their responsibilities as full citizens of a world in which all human beings are valued and treated equally. Oxfam sa Pilipinas has been working in the country for over 25 […]