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 | 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 | Jan 6, 2021 | Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Unti-unting pagtungo sa kapayapaan Sulat ni Sarah Macabangen “Kapag mula bata ka pa ay naranasan mo na yung giyera at pag evacuate ay napaka laki ng epekto nito sa iyong pag-iisip, lalo na kapag wala ka nang babalikang...
by Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Ang aking boses patungo sa kaunlaran ng komunidad Sulat ni Jasmerah Comadug Dahil sa kagustuhan kong tumulong sa aming mga kapatid sa Marawi City, maraming pagsubok ang dumaan at kinailangan kong malagpasan. Bilang isang...
by Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Rights in Crisis and Emergencies, Uncategorized
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES How promoting MDM has strengthened public trust in conflict-affected areas By Halid Kamidon [TRANSLATED AND EDITED FROM MAGUINDANAON] Last November 2020, I joined community champions from Marawi and Maguindanao in filing draft...
by Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Finding purpose in loss for victims of disaster and armed conflict By Mary Grace Lazarra Last 2019, IDEALS started the Bring VOICE to MDM project, working with disaster-affected communities in Maguindanao and Marawi. Through the...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2020 | Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Seeking closure for families of conflict victims On May 24, 2019, Herodin Salinugen, a resident of Datu Saudi Ampatuan Maguindanao, was on his way to the masjid for morning prayers. He brought with him his son, Hammodi, who was only 3...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2020 | Rights in Crisis and Emergencies
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Twelve years, no justice: The civilian cost of armed conflict in Mindanao’s forgotten crisis Figure A road lined by coconut trees in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao They came in the morning, swooping down the house. Like rain...