How can small producers get back in the game?
Monday, May 6th, 2013 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Bloggers, Grow, Reflections, Rural Women | No Comments »This opening remarks is delivered by Dante Dalabajan, Oxfam Mindanao Programme's (OMP) Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities and Institutions in Mindanao (BINDS) Project Manager, during the Back in the Game Briefing Paper Launch and Roundtable Discussion held last April 17. ...
Wanted: Tubero
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Climate Change, Creative Solutions, Reflections | No Comments »This piece is part of Oxfam in the Philippines' initiative on climate adaptation and financing. Under its Economic Justice Programme, Oxfam works with the World Resources Institute (WRI), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) under ...
Tiangge ni Manay
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Creative Solutions, Grow, Women's Empowerment, Women's Market | No Comments »by: Ana Caspe Alamada, North Cotobato, Philippines --- It was Tuesday, a rainy morning in Poblacion Alamada (North Cotabato). Various farm products were brought to the public market for selling and people would come to buy- locally, they call this occasion ...
Gender…so “what about it?”
Friday, March 15th, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Reflections, Women in Emergencies, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »Musings on gender equality and disjointed realities from Oxfam humanitarian program officer Ma. Gabriela "Abbi" Luz
Building back resilient economy for Pablo hit areas remain a challenge
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Climate Change, Disaster preparedness, Food Crisis, Mindanao | No Comments »by: Jed Alegado Davao City, Philippines (March 6, 2013) ---"My crops were all destroyed. It will take six years for the coconut plantations to be recovered," said 80-year-old Epifanio Apsay Sr., a farmer and native of New Bataan, Compostella Valley which ...
FAB and the role of Oxfam towards a lasting peace in Mindanao
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Mindanao, Poverty, Reflections, Resources | No Comments »by: Simon Tisdall, The Guardian UK Manila, Philippines (February 12, 2013) --- The Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) – the outline peace settlement that the Philippines government and Muslim insurgents of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed last October ...
HRC and Oxfam distribute hygiene kits and give cash grants to residents of Brgy. Kidawa in Laak
Monday, December 17th, 2012 Posted in Bloggers, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Reflections | No Comments »Written by: Rodilyn Bolo Photos: Rodilyn Bolo and Ipe Ramiro, Jr., Oxfam in the Philippines Mindanao Programme Coordinator Compostela Valley, Philippines (December 17, 2012) --- Susan Unuangay, 51 years old and a resident of Brgy. Kidawa in Laak, Compostela Valley looks pensively at the land ...
The day the President did not stand for the poor
Thursday, December 13th, 2012 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Bloggers, Grow, Land Use, Reflections | No Comments »Text: Marie Madamba-Nunez, Public Campaigns Manager Photos: Veejay Villafranca for Oxfam Right after President Benigno Aquino III left, the hall broke down into tears and shouts of rage. It was a painful sight to see. Media people ran in all directions, not ...