armed conflict
A SEASON FILLED WITH HOPE, CARE, AND REFLECTION
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas In the Philippines, Oxfam, together with our local partners, are providing immediate aid and support to the most affected communities in areas affected by Covid-19 in Eastern Samar, armed conflict in Mindanao, and the succession of destructive typhoons in October and November 2020 that battered Luzon Island. These […]
Women at the heart of peacebuilding
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas Noraida Abo With or without emergencies, Noraida Abo seldom stays at the office of the United Youth of the Philippines-Women (UnYPhil-Women), a local women’s rights organization she currently heads in the southern region of the Philippines. Her organization is also providing life-saving aid such as cash-for-food, water, sanitation […]
Ahmed and his solar lamp that beckons home
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas Ahmed* is seven. His father Zaldy* said the boy is fond of lamps that each night in their house in barangay Lilod, Marawi City, Ahmed always wanted the LED lights turned off so he can have the soft glow of the lamp when he does his homework or […]
Relief is helpful, but home is far away
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas Blog contribution by Christelle Delvo, Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc. (IDEALS, Inc.) Bairona Langco, a 44-year-old mother of five, was born in Marawi City and has lived there her whole life. The longest time she’s been away was spent the past three months at […]
Empowering displaced families of Marawi through cash programming
Blog post by Anefel Granada Deputy Response Manager, HRC Marawi More from Anefel Granada “I am happy because my child received things that she needed. But what we urgently need now is livelihood for my husband and cash to buy milk and food, as we are just dependent on relief.” When I heard Sitinor say […]
Nashreema’s wish: “I hope I can go back home to Marawi.”
Blog post by Genevive EstacaanOxfam Great BritainCommunications OfficerMore from Genevive Estacaan Nashreema, 18, is a young mother to a seven-month old boy called Jomal. Before the conflict, Nashreema owned a small shop where she sold vegetables, fish and snacks, while her husband drives a tricycle around their small town inside Marawi City. When the war broke […]
Moro women rise above difficult choices
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas May 26 was the day Farhana* didn’t have the slightest hint of a choice. As she faced a band of militants who didn’t budge as they aimed their firearms at her unless she leaves her house, she saw soldiers on the other end of the road pressing her […]
Protect civilians caught in crossfire and allow humanitarian actors safe entry to provide life saving assistance – Oxfam and Local Partners
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 […]