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The G20 is home to nearly 90% of all billionaire wealth in the world which has grown by over $1.8 trillion since the pandemic.

G20 must tackle the “cost of profit” crisis causing chaos worldwide, says Oxfam

G20 countries are receiving $136 million every day in debt repayments from the world’s poorest countries at a time when up to 828 million people are facing hunger . The “cost of living” crisis is more accurately a “cost of profit” crisis - of rising billionaire wealth and corporate mega-profits -...

'Last Mile’ Photo Exhibit highlights ‘no one should be left behind in disasters’

The Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, together with its humanitarian partners and the Cultural Center of the Philippines launched “The Last Mile” photo exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Little Theater Lobby.

Kampihan sa Tahanan: Care Sessions on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

This document contains the modules for each of the sessions. Each care session builds on the concept and experience of UCDW during the pandemic from the perspective of BPO employees, the target participants of these sessions. The modules were influenced by feminist values and designed with a human...

Nurse Anabeth Legaspo discusses different contraceptive methods during the Family Planning Service Provision Outreach in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. This intervention is part of the Global Affairs Canadafunded Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project implemented by Oxfam Pilipinas through SIKAP. (Photo: Erwin Mascarinas/Oxfam Pilipinas)

Sexual Health and Empowerment: Briefer on Teenage Pregnancy

This Briefer on Teenage Pregnancy serves as a succinct reference material and guide for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs), government agencies, service providers, and other stakeholders in understanding the teenage pregnancy situation in the Philippines and the...

Grace Moñera holds a curtain made out of bamboo at a small shop in Tabango town in Leyte province, south of Manila, Philippines. Photo: Basilio Sepe / Oxfam Pilipinas

Leyte district gives basket weaving a modern spin to support local artisans, inclusive businesses

Grace Moñera, 32, was just a child when her father first taught her how to cut bamboo and turn them into amakan or woven split-bamboo mats that are commonly used as wall paneling for traditional houses in some parts of rural Philippines. Knowing this craft has allowed her to earn extra money as she...

Marivic Dubria inspects coffee cherries on her family’s 2-hectare farm in Bansalan town, Davao del Sur. Dubria is among the farmer trainees of Coffee for Peace, a social enterprise that is a member of the Poverty Reduction through Social Entrepreneurship (PRESENT) Coalition, which is a partner of Oxfam Pilipinas under The Gender Transforma-tive and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) program. Photo by Roy Lagarde / Oxfam Pilipinas

Davao coffee shop helps lift farmers out of poverty

DAVAO CITY — Marivic and Joe Randy Dubria live in a farming village in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, at the foothills of the Mt. Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines. The couple worked hard but they struggled to make ends meet. Vegetable farming brought little income while Marivic’s take home...

Youth counter the trend of teenage pregnancy

Christine, Dianne, and Anna have been friends long before they learned how to read and write. From varying school crushes that were often the center of their conversations, the three girls now share a different experience— motherhood. At 15, Christine Dela Cruz spends her morning looking after her...

Fomation of self-help group in Linao enables members to pursue business venture

While their husbands are out fishing, nine women in the island community of Sitio Linao gather regularly to discuss their business enterprise. The women have been saving Php 50 weekly, which they used to start a hog-raising business.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Oxfam Pilipinas' First Executive Director

Following its establishment as an Oxfam International affiliate, Oxfam Pilipinas' Board of Trustees is now pleased to announce the appointment of Erika Geronimo as our first Executive Director.

Mangrove trees in Barangay Bungtod, Guiuan in Eastern Samar. (Photo-Aprille Ann Yodico).jpeg

Guiuan coastal folks turn to mangroves, seawall for protection

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar — Nine years after the deadly storm surge triggered by Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) flattened communities in Eastern Visayas, residents of a village in Guiuan town still feel anxious. It is because the seawall in Barangay Bungtod that was destroyed by...