This article was originally written by Ryan Sorote on https://climatetracker.org/the-irony-of-negros-islands-abundant-renewabl… Ninety-two-year-old Consolacion Tordaneso has been living on the outskirts of San Carlos City for decades with her husband Federico, 88, in their small shack without any electricity. In December last year, the Diocese of San Carlos distributed Eco-lamps to some 50 households without electricity. The Tordanesos […]

This article is originally written by Gaea Katreena Cabico for Philippine Star on April 7, 2022 (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/climate-and-environment/2022/04/07/21…) as part of Oxfam Pilipinas’ Climate Journalism Fellowship. MANILA, Philippines — Purok Ilaya, a small farming community in Bacolod City in Negros Occidental, has not been reached by power lines even though it is located in one of Western […]

RIZAL, Philippines — Barangay Laiban in Tanay, Rizal is just 30 minutes away from the town’s main road, but the settlement of around 700 people has been left behind not only in electrification but also in education. Students in the village rely on gasoline lamps so they could study and do their homework come nightfall. Before […]

Residents of a relocation site at the outskirt of Dolores town in Eastern Samar province waited years for their dream to have a well-constructed and clean communal toilet to become a reality. Until less than a year ago, many villagers had no option but to take a lengthy walk to a field to urinate and […]

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 […]

Footprints of poorest 50 per cent set to remain well below this limit The carbon footprints of the richest 1 per cent of people on Earth is set to be 30 times greater than the level compatible with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement in 2030, according to new research. It comes as delegates […]

Julie Chenido could think of other important uses for her P25 but it’s an amount she’s willing to contribute to her community organization, especially since the money will be used to ensure the safety of her family and other residents of the island village of San Isidro, in Dolores, Eastern Samar. San Isidro is a […]

When Super Typhoon ‘Haiyan’ (local name: Yolanda) struck the town of Lawaan in Eastern Samar in the early morning of November 8, 2013, the residents of Barangay Guinob-an were shocked not just by the sheer amount of devastation but also the realization that they had nowhere safe to go to. Guinob-an, which faces Leyte Gulf, […]

Oxfam Pilipinas and partner organizations on Saturday launched two simultaneous bike rides in Metro Manila and Eastern Samar to urge the Philippine government and world leaders to immediately address the climate crisis. “We are calling on our national and local governments, as well as private corporations, to address climate change by significantly reducing carbon emissions […]