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...
by Admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Impact Stories
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Radio program bridges the language gap to deliver health information By Datu Raid Salik(Translation to English by Mikhaela Dimpas) Wahida Samsudin, 40, is one of the many who can only understand and fluently speak one language:...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Human Rights, Impact Stories
HUMAN RIGHTS RosaGraduate of the Diocese of Caloocan’s Salubong program ‘Here I am; I’ve changed’ It wasn’t her plan; she just wanted to get away from it all.In fact, Rosa* was so discreet about her drug use that no one but her children knew she had been taking it at...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Human Rights, Impact Stories
HUMAN RIGHTS ‘Regine’ Graduate of the Diocese of Cubao’s Ugnayan ng Barangay at Simbahan (UBAS) program Admin Regine* is 50 years old, but you would never guess it at first look.At the culmination activity for the Diocese of Cubao’s Ugnayan ng Barangay at Simbahan...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Human Rights, Impact Stories
HUMAN RIGHTS Elena Sison Graduate of Batch 1 of the Diocese of Novaliches’ KKDK program ‘I never thought I could change’ Elena Sison stopped using drugs two years ago, but she’ll never forget the night that pushed her to give it up.It was a typical evening at home....
