IMPACT STORIES
Impact stories are advocacy narratives which aim to spotlight the upshots of non-profit projects, embolden initiatives for empowerment, and effectuate positive social impact. It serves as the documentation arm of the organization to cover its various legal projects and development programs.
Stories
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...
Providing information they can trust
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Bibo kid (Active kid). This has been Jamal Pandapatan’s monicker as S’bang Ka Marawi’s community patroller. He is an active member of a lot of youth organizations with different advocacies including peace education, mental health and...
Staying informed should be more than a habit
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES During the enhanced community quarantine, Jamael Dimaampao’s business of designing weddings reached its lowest point. He and his team did not have any income due to the restrictions on mass gathering for almost two months. Because of...
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...
Radio as source of information
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Radio is proving invaluable in terms of delivering information. It is a much more portable medium than other traditional media. Listeners can tune in on radio programs on-the-go whether on their phone while in transit, while driving,...
Peace begins at home
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Alikhan Macaorao Andamama, 50, has two wives and 15 sons and daughters. He works at the National Power Corporation in Marawi City. His wife, Subaida M. Andamama helps in their family expenses by making and selling mamandiang (Maranao...
Situationer on the Armed Conflict and Displacement in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES 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 of worship) near the Datu Paglas Public Market. The BIFF group even assured the...
Dad’s Magic Hands: Promoting Hygiene Practices While Challenging Gender Norms in Care Work
At the height of the global pandemic last October 2020, Rohamina, 33, an OFW, came back by an ambulance to her hometown in Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao. She decided to hide the fact that she just got back from abroad to prevent being discriminated by anyone she comes across in her hometown. But what did Rohamina do in order to overcome her fear of being discriminated by her community?
Health Champions in Care Work: Sharing Care Responsibilities in the Face of a Pandemic
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES 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 such as health, education, food and nutrition, water and sanitation, and life-saving...
Homeward in the face of crisis: Community-based Health Interventions Meet Filipino Resiliency
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES The public health distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic not only aggravated existing socio-economic issues, but also created new problems of displacement in the workforce. In 2020, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
Public Servant to Health Champion: Empowering Community Leaders to Become Stewards of Health
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES The COVID-19 global health crisis and its compounding effects continue to affect economies and people’s lives especially in poor and marginalized communities of Mindanao. Sultan sa Barongis or SSB remains to be among the poorest...
Magic hands to care and to provide: sanitation and hygiene to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
At the height of the global pandemic last October 2020, Rohamina, 33, an OFW, came back by an ambulance to her hometown in Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao. She decided to hide the fact that she just got back from abroad to prevent being discriminated by anyone she comes across in her hometown. But what did Rohamina do in order to overcome her fear of being discriminated by her community?