In December 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei, China. COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the world affecting various families and communities. Stringent measures such as the imposition of nationwide lockdowns have led to severe economic and social consequences, especially for low-income countries like the Philippines. Moreover, these measures increased vulnerabilities […]

Initial evidence from the B-READY (Building Resilient, Adaptive andDisaster Ready Communities) Project indicates that strategic investments in preparedness activities could result in lesser spending on recovery efforts, as well as improve the disaster-vulnerable population’s capacity to manage impacts, resume their income-generating activities faster, and increase their resiliency. The Project was piloted in Salcedo, Eastern Samar […]

Local humanitarian actors are on the brink of what could be a revolutionary movement in the global humanitarian space, which is still dominated by huge and powerful international players. In the Philippines, this movement started way before the Typhoon Haiyan catastrophe of 2013. For many communities in the country, local humanitarian actors were always at […]

Gender equality is a fundamental human right and is key to eliminating poverty because it unlocks full human potential and accelerates sustainable development. Oxfam Pilipinas implemented projects to transform unequal power relations, unjust structures, and harmful social norms to ensure the protection of women’s rights and the promotion of gender equality. This learning brief aims […]

The towering presence of supermarkets and food retail outlets in almost every major street and district seem to conjure an image of a vibrant agriculture, an encouraging sign of the bright prospects facing this important segment of the economy. It conceals the desperation that pervades in some rural villages. This paper outlines why majority of […]