by Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Leading from the ground up On the eve of her 37th birthday, Sittie Batalo was on her way to Cagayan de Oro City when she received a call from her father-in-law in Basak Malutlot, Marawi City. She could hear gunshots being fired. This...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Changing cultural landscapes of disaster preparedness Kapamagogopa is a Maranaw custom derived from the word ogop which directly translates to “help”. It refers to the practice of helping the needy as ordered by Allah. For the...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Of rotis and sandwiches: how a single mother feeds 14 family members The “sandwich generation” refers to adults who have a living parent who are 65 years old or older and are either raising a child or supporting a grown child. These...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Assistance in a time of grief “I will leave it up to Allah if I will earn anything for the day,” Magondaya Torondaya, 63, said in tears. Magondaya sells palapa for a living. A staple sweet and spicy Maranao condiment, she makes the...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Sowing seeds, reaping resiliency “Isang taon naming hinintay ang isang libo” (We waited for an entire year for Php 1,000.00 or $ 20.00), Bedorie Mamailao recalls. Bedorie, 60, explained that ginger takes an entire year to harvest. The...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2021 | Impact Stories
HUMAN RIGHTS Turning grief into courage: Joie Cruz and her continuing fight By Kristine Rebote Over a year after frontline healthcare worker Maria Theresa Cruz passed away from COVID-19, her daughter, Joie Cruz, translated her grief into a fight for justice. And to...
by Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Economic Rights, Impact Stories
ECONOMIC RIGHTS Fruits of labor: Rising costs, sinking profits dash hopes of ComVal banana farmers It’s been 44 years since she first stepped foot in Compostela Valley, but Angela Vicente, 65, still remembers her first day of work. Barely an adult at 21, Vicente was...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Impact Stories, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Putting out wildfires: How local community patrollers address the infodemic By Rawiya Usman At the height of the community quarantine back in March 2020, people from Lanao del Sur followed health protocols in fear of contracting...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Impact Stories, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Local community patrollers defend their communities from COVID-19 rumors By Jaffari Abdulwahab Communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have been experiencing continuous armed conflicts and...
by Admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Impact Stories, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Lived experiences in the SPMS Box: COVID-19 and beyond By Datu Raid Salik We were greeted by bullet holes on the walls, shadows of what was once homes, and shattered glasses of Masjid the first time I entered the SPMS Box back...
