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The Philippines continuously suffers from the adverse impacts of climate-fueled, extreme and destructive weather events alongside the COVID-19 pandemic.

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OCD, Oxfam Pilipinas, PDRRN finalize Maguindanao del Sur plan for continuous public service amid disasters

April 27, 2026

The Civil Defense BAR, together with the People’s Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Inc. and Oxfam Pilipinas, finalized the Public Service Continuity Plan of Maguindanao del Sur in a technical workshop on 14-16 April 2026. The plan identifies essential functions for public service continuity in the province during disasters, calamities, and conflicts, each with defined triggers […]

Oxfam Pilipinas, LCCAD, UP Resilience Institute bare deal to embed anticipatory action in local planning

March 20, 2026

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.

Eastern Samar LGUs, Oxfam Pilipinas ink just energy transition deal

March 20, 2026

In a significant move toward just energy transition, the Eastern Samar Provincial Government, the Local Governments of Borongan City and Dolores, and Oxfam Pilipinas signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will integrate renewable energy and just energy transition into local development plans and activities.

EmpowerHer campaign highlights value of recognizing unpaid care work rendered by women in households

April 25, 2025

The campaign kicks off with an online forum, ‘Family or Career, Why Not Both? Pag-usapan natin paano sumakses sa bahay at buhay', highlighting the effects of assigning majority of unpaid care and domestic work to women in the typical Filipino household.

The inequality of risk

October 13, 2024

Disasters are life-shattering, but their effects are not the same for everyone. They are true breaking points for people with low incomes and high levels of vulnerability. 

Join Oxfam at APMCDRR 2024

October 11, 2024

This October 14-18, Oxfam Pilipinas along with our partners from across the confederation and our local humanitarian partners are joining the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 (APMCDRR) hosted by the Government of the Philippines and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.

Who benefits from climate finance?

April 19, 2024

The critical path in project management represents the shortest time required to complete a project. Similarly, addressing the climate crisis necessitates identifying the most effective route, which some argue is solely through initiatives targeting carbon emissions.

Oxfam Pilipinas’ care work campaign during COVID wins top Quill award 

January 25, 2024

Oxfam Pilipinas’ campaign addressing gender norms on unpaid care work and women’s breadwinning during COVID-19 received the top award at the recently held 20th Philippine Quill Awards.  The “HomesquadPH” campaign, which sheds light on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) in Filipino homes, especially among urban millennials, received an Award of Excellence in communication management […]

I knew my family wouldn’t starve

December 15, 2023

When disaster strikes, what could be better for the affected communities than a speedy emergency response? One that’s already happened. That’s the idea behind a new approach to cyclones and other hazards that are possible to predict: distributing cash in advance in the communities that lie in harm’s way.

Palawan folk fight for future as world scrambles for critical minerals

December 6, 2023

Moharen Tambiling, an indigenous Palaw’an, was once a supporter of a nickel mine on their ancestral land in southern Palawan. He was initially drawn in by the miner’s promises of job opportunities and development.