This video shows how the local governments and the people of Angono in Rizal and Laguna have learned their lessons after Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) devastated the country in 2009. Three years after, LGUs are now more prepared and more resilient…
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Video: how to climate-proof a beautiful island
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…
Land grabs in poor nations
A new demand for land has seen swathes being sold, leased or licensed over the past decade in a drive to produce enough food for people miles away, meet botched biofuels targets and speculate on land to make an easy…
Tagged with: glengarryross, land grabs, Oxfam in the Philippines, Oxfam Pilipinas
Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Grow, Poverty, Videos
Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Grow, Poverty, Videos
Are you 1 of the 7 people in the world who go to bed hungry?
You probably aren’t. But you have a chance to help those who do. Check out this video to find out how. Happy weekend!
Tagged with: Grow, oxfam, sustainable agriculture, world hunger
Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Food Crisis, Grow, Videos
Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Food Crisis, Grow, Videos
Epic meaning: how to save the world by playing (online) games
According to game designer Jane McGonigal, all it takes to change the world is to motivate millions of young people who spend equal amounts of hours in online gaming as in studying in schools. There are already 500 million online…
Posted in Creative Solutions, Videos
Actress Kristin Davis: 10 million need help in East Africa
Oxfam Ambassador and star of television series Sex and the City, Kristin Davis talks to BBC about her trip to East Africa, where 10 million people are facing the worst drought and food crisis in recent times.
No one left the women’s market
without feeling good and that something could be done to improve the lot of poor rural women. The mood was festive: the market opened with a ritual and community theater, and Oxfam celebrity advocate Rafael Rosell sent the crowd into…
Tagged with: celebrity advocacy, food security, oxfam, pkkk, poor Filipino women, poor women, rafael rosell, women's market
Posted in News, Rural Women, Videos, Women's Market
Posted in News, Rural Women, Videos, Women's Market
Survivors homeless months after Ketsana hit
Marga Ortigas of Al Jazeera talks about how, months after tropical storm Ketsana hit the Philippines, some families are still homeless and waiting to rebuild their lives.
