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DRRM groups, advocates call for safer homes, safer communities; Int’l Day for Disaster Reduction celebration held

October 12, 2017

QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA—Over 150 disaster risk reduction and management advocates from various government agencies, academe, communities and civil society organizations gathered together and celebrated the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) and the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management (ADDM) on Friday at Brgy. Sta. Lucia Covered Court, Novaliches, Quezon City. With the theme“Ligtas na […]

Mindanao civil society organizations make fresh push for Bangsamoro Basic Law

July 18, 2017

Civil society organizations in Mindanao under the Bangsamoro Platform for Unity, Solidarity and Harmony (BM-PUSH) on Tuesday, July 18, declared support for the new Bangsamoro Basic Law submitted by the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission to President Rodrigo Duterte, noting that ensuring lasting peace in Mindanao goes beyond the conflict in Marawi. The groups signed a […]

Marawi Response: One month on

June 23, 2017

As the crisis in Marawi City enters its fifth week, there are concerns that the situation could become protracted, with no immediate indication on when evacuees could return to their homes. The number of evacuees continue to increase as neighboring municipalities affected by the ongoing offensives have also sought shelter and livelihood options elsewhere.  One month on, here’s […]

Moros hold simultaneous prayers for Marawi

June 21, 2017

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Moros from different parts of the southern Philippines held a simultaneous tarawee for Marawi on Tuesday, June 20, marking World Refugee Day. The tarawee is special prayer recited before midnight during Ramadan. In the final, holiest days of Ramadan, the Al Mujadilah Development Foundation, a Marawi-based nongovernmental organization composed mostly of Muslim […]

Marawi Crisis, Day 18: Women at the frontlines of giving life-saving aid

June 9, 2017

Armed clashes continue to ravage Marawi City on day 18 of the harrowing crisis, but just 18 kilometers away, women brave many challenges as they lead the delivery of life-saving aid to some of the 220,000 civilians affected by the conflict. “During conflict, the population of women in evacuation centers is bigger than men. Women […]

Marawi conflict: Challenges emerge in tracking evacuees in the midst of large-scale displacement

June 1, 2017

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 […]

Protect civilians caught in crossfire and allow humanitarian actors safe entry to provide life saving assistance – Oxfam and Local Partners

May 27, 2017

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 […]

Australia supports financial inclusion of marginalized poor

May 17, 2017

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 […]

Media Release: Protect civilians suffering from protracted displacement in Mindanao

March 30, 2017

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 REACTIVE: On the Philippines’ ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement

March 1, 2017

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 […]