Marawi Conflict
Financial Inclusion an Important Enabler for the Recovery of Marawi
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas A year after armed conflict broke out in Marawi City, the pursuit of recovery remains a long-term endeavor. Around 230,000 people, who are mostly small traders and vendors, remain displaced and are still struggling to recover their lost properties and livelihoods. In the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao […]
Working and hoping in an uncertain tomorrow
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas Blog by Christelle Delvo, Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services Inc. (IDEALS Inc.) For 10 years, Sowaib Umambao, 44, and his wife ran the eatery in the transport terminal in barangay Lilod Madaya in Marawi City where they alternated in grocery, cooking and cashier duties to […]
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 […]
Building peace in a culture of nonviolence
Blog post by Oxfam PilipinasMore from Oxfam Pilipinas Kalilintad, kapamagogopa, katahimikan, peace. When internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Marawi City examined their notions of peace, they had many words for it, but seeing that they are in evacuation centers instead of their home city gave away the truth that peace is elusive in Mindanao. Around 27,000 IDPs in […]
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 […]
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 […]
A tribute to brave women standing up for Marawi and justice
Some people often correlate women leaders with bad governance or bad leadership. Well, I beg to disagree. Leadership for me is not about the title. You can be a full time homemaker and be a leader compared to an elected official. In the case of the Marawi conflict and the extension of Martial Law in […]
Reaching remote towns outside Marawi, two months on
Two months into the crisis in Marawi, adequate humanitarian aid have yet to reach families forced to flee to remote towns outside the city, especially those located around Lake Lanao.
Fleeing Marawi: ‘We can overcome this’
Through our partners, Oxfam is providing life-saving support for clean water, sanitation and hygiene; helping displaced families get the information they need about their legal and human rights; and connecting them to medical, legal and other support services while advocating for durable peace. Our partners for our humanitarian response in Marawi City are the Humanitarian Response Consortium, Initiatives for Dialogue […]