by Admin | May 14, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Situationer on the Armed Conflict and Displacement in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao Last Friday evening, May 7, 2021, a group of men, eventually identified as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), was spotted at the Masjid (place...
by Admin | May 3, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Dad’s Magic Hands: Promoting Hygiene Practices While Challenging Gender Norms in Care Work The Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition (HBCC) Project launched the Mum’s Magic Hands (MMH) program in the municipalities of Sultan Sa...
by Admin | May 3, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Health Champions in Care Work: Sharing Care Responsibilities in the Face of a Pandemic After one year of grappling with the effects of the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to limit people’s access to livelihood and basic social services...
by Admin | May 3, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Homeward in the face of crisis: Community-based Health Interventions Meet Filipino Resiliency The public health distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic not only aggravated existing socio-economic issues, but also created new problems...
by Admin | May 3, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Public Servant to Health Champion: Empowering Community Leaders to Become Stewards of Health The COVID-19 global health crisis and its compounding effects continue to affect economies and people’s lives especially in poor and...
by Admin | May 3, 2021 | Impact Stories, Newsroom, Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Magic hands to care and to provide: sanitation and hygiene to combat the COVID-19 pandemic In September 2020, BARMM recorded a total of 726 COVID-19 cases since March. Maguindanao has since implemented lockdowns on several institutions...
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...
