When disaster strikes, it is always the poorest and most vulnerable individuals and communities who suffer the most.
OUR GOAL: Risks and impacts of hazards and disasters are prevented or reduced, thus saving lives and contributing to resilience, long-term development, and peace.
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The Community Organizers Multiversity and Oxfam Pilipinas, with funding support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), distributed multipurpose cash assistance to families in several barangays in Dipaculao, Aurora last week.
Oxfam Pilipinas, Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development, and the UP Resilience Institute are set to collaborate to integrate anticipatory action into local climate adaptation planning and conduct a parametric insurance study to support disaster risk financing.
Oxfam Pilipinas Executive Director Lot Felizco and Manila Observatory Executive Director Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J., renewed the Project Partnership Agreement for enhancing the multi-hazard index to determine the thresholds and triggers for launching an anticipatory action. Anticipatory action refers to proactive measures that reduce the adverse impact of a forecasted disaster. It is […]
As recent developments threaten the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process, we join a multisectoral coalition of leaders and organizations in urging the Philippine government to take decisive action to keep the transition on track in accordance with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
The People's Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Inc. and Oxfam Pilipinas, with funding support from the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivered vital household and hygiene kits to 601 families from 10 barangays in the towns of Viga, San Miguel, and Bato in Catanduanes province last week.
With the support of the Start Network, partner organizations People in Need Philippines, Simon of Cyrene Community Rehabilitation and Development Foundation, Inc., MIDAS/Mayon Integrated Development Alternatives and Services,Inc., Coastal CORE, Incorporated, and Oxfam Pilipinas will continue to provide support to communities affected by Mayon Volcano and ensure that they are ready and prepared for any potential hazard before it strikes.
With the support of the Start Network, partner organizations People in Need Philippines, Simon of Cyrene Community Rehabilitation and Development Foundation, Inc., MIDAS/Mayon Integrated Development Alternatives and Services,Inc., Coastal CORE, Incorporated, and Oxfam Pilipinas extended anticipatory support to 731 displaced families in Sto. Domingo and Malilipot, Albay on 14-16 February 2026.
Oxfam Pilipinas and Coastal CORE, Incorporated swiftly deployed a rapid assessment team to Albay, Bicol, to understand the urgent needs of families displaced by Mayon Volcano's eruption.
Oxfam started as a famine relief operation and is now a global development international organization. Oxfam’s presence in the country dates back to the late 1980s, initially through local partners rather than a local office. It eventually opened a country office in Manila and now operates as part of Oxfam Pilipinas under the Oxfam International Confederation.
An elderly Indigenous woman purchases food ahead of Cyclone Trami’s landfall in the Philippines. Credit: Humanity & Inclusion