As #ElNiño2026 and #MayonVolcano unrest loom over communities in Albay, ensuring access to clean drinking water in advance of the converging hazards is critical to protecting health and well-being.

Oxfam Pilipinas and Mayon Integrated Development Alternatives and Services (MIDAS) provided multipurpose cash assistance to 75 vulnerable households from Barangay Sua, Camalig, including elderly individuals, solo parents, and families with members who are persons with disabilities, on 30 May 2026.

Ruined crops and little to no source of income, doubled unpaid care work and worsening health conditions are the new normal for some communities in the Municipality of Camalig, Albay. Oxfam Pilipinas and MIDAS/Mayon Integrated Development Alternatives and Services, Inc. visited the barangays of Caguiba, Sua, and Tumpa to conduct a rapid assessment on the […]

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 shared the results of its 2025 Anticipatory Action activations across three typhoons (Opong, Tino, and Uwan) at an after-action review co-led by the Start Network and the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD).

Residents affected by Typhoon Kalmaegi (local name: Tino) in Barangay Lawaan II, Talisay City, Cebu, led in a community clean-up drive as part of the post-typhoon recovery efforts with Community Organizers Multiversity and Oxfam Pilipinas.

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.