Landmark climate preparedness fund passed by Congress
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA, News | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2203" align="alignleft" width="547" caption="PACKING A PUNCH. From left to right: TV personality Tado, Congressman Irvin Alcala, Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo "Erin" Tañada III, community leaders Lito Tumbalo and Elvie Balalad at the launch of the DEPENSA campaign in 2010. ...
Video: how to climate-proof a beautiful island
Friday, June 1st, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA, Poverty, Rural Women, Videos, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »The Philippines is famed for its breathtaking coastlines of sugar-fine white sand and pristine waters. Home to more than 7,000 islands, it boasts of rich marine biodiversity and natural marvels like lagoons and exquisite rock formations. This short film, An ...
People’s Survival Fund bill pushed to avert another ‘Sendong’
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, News | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1791" align="aligncenter" width="574" caption="A window of hope: Advocates are calling for the passage of the People's Survival Fund bill, a special trust fund that local governments can access to prepare for disasters like 'Sendong' set to rise because of ...
Nueva Ecija’s defense vs climate change
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA | No Comments »Fresh from its successful launch in Surigao City in the south two weeks ago, Oxfam's new campaign, DEPENSA, made its second stop in northern Philippines' Nueva Ecija, on 24 November. Here's what happened:
2010 sets record for extreme weather events
Monday, November 29th, 2010 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA, Disaster preparedness, News | No Comments »Negotiators should begin UN climate talks with far more urgency and resolve following a year of weather-related disasters, record temperatures, flooding and rising sea levels, international agency Oxfam said today. Weather-related disasters have devastated the lives and livelihoods of poor people ...
Depensa! in Surigao
Monday, November 15th, 2010 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA | No Comments »Mindanao is home to some of the country's poorest provinces and climate change threatens to drive them into deeper poverty. What they need - what all poor Filipino men and women need - is Depensa!
Climate funding or financing chaos?
Monday, July 5th, 2010 Posted in Climate Change, DEPENSA | No Comments »Invited Speakers: Congressman Erin Tañada, Mayor Del de Guzman, Mayor Edward Hagedorn, former national treasurer Liling Briones, iCSC Executive Director Red Constantino, Oxfam spokesperson Marie Madamba-Nuñez