Rights in Crisis and Emergencies

IDEALS employs a two-pronged approach in helping survivors of crises and disasters through the provision of legal services and recognition of information as aid. Apart from conducting legal missions, reconstructing legal identity, and influencing policies, we have also established radio programs and online campaigns to ensure that the communities have access to accurate and reliable information.

LEGAL MISSIONS PHASES I AND II

IDPs assisted

IDP IDS

School IDs

NSO Birth Certificate

Voter’s Certification

Maguindanao Legal Mission

assisted beneficiaries

Provided Legal Assistance

Given Birth Certificates

Stories

Promoting peace through community media

RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES “One thing that I’m going to share, embody, and engrave to all my fellow youth not only in Lanao del Sur but all over the world is that all our dreams can come true if we have the courage and perseverance to pursue them.” These are the...

The bitiyara continues

RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Nazem Casa, 26, has been a member of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of Barangay Banggolo in Marawi City for more than two years. Nazem joined his fellow youth leaders from Marawi City and Saguiaran in Lanao del Sur at the Bitiyara...

Karanasan sa armadong bakbakan: pagmumulat tungo sa mapayapang pamayanan

RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES “Madaling araw ng ika-25 ng Enero sa taong 2015, ako’y naalimpungatan dahil sa ingay sa labas, dinig ang mga sasakyan na dumadaan at yapak ng mga bota patungo sa di malamang direksyon. Mukhang mga sundalo ng gobyerno na magsasagawa ng...

Promoting peace, one story at a time

RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Normina Limbona, 19, is one of the community patrollers of S’bang ka Marawi. Mina, as she is fondly called by friends and family, started as a patroller in September 2020. Since then, she has produced reports on a wide variety of...

Hope for a better tomorrow

RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES When the Marawi Siege happened, Sittie Nadja’s family lost their small rice business in Dansalan, Marawi City. With seven children in the family, this made it difficult for them to make ends meet. When the lockdown was implemented due...

Empowering a generation of independent Muslim mothers

RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES In an Islamic society, women are not valued equally with men. The Qur’an explicitly states that women are to be subordinate to men. In Muslim households, wives are required to submit to their husbands. Other cultures may find this...