As the country heads into typhoon season, Oxfam Pilipinas urges lawmakers and the president to swiftly enact the Imminent Disaster Bill into law—so we can act in advance and protect our people and livelihood even before disasters strike.

Hundreds of poor families from several flood-prone villages in Cotabato City now have access to high-tech financial services that are compliant with the Sharia Islamic tradition. These project participants of the Strengthening Urban Preparedness through Pre-emptive Action (SUPPA) have previously been unable to open bank accounts and be part of the formal financial banking system. Now […]

As a fisherfolk for most of his life, Pablito Abejuela is used to harsh weather shrinking his family’s earnings. He heads out with his small boat in the morning to catch fish off the coast of Malobago in Dolores, Eastern Samar even when the waves have not been too friendly days before super typhoon Rai (local name: […]

Humanitarian groups distributed through digital cash transfer more than Php 4 million to 2,650 families in 40 barangays in Salcedo, Dolores, Lawaan, Quinapondan and Balangiga towns in Eastern Samar to assist households to prioritize their urgent needs three days before the projected impact of Typhoon Odette (International name Rai). Under the Building Resilient Adaptive and […]