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Groups call for action on climate change, poverty reduction on Haiyan 5th anniversary

An international development agency and its humanitarian response partners stressed the need to take urgent actions on climate change and poverty reduction as the country commemorated the 5th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) on November 8. Oxfam in the Philippines Country Director...

Oxfam, Embassy of Canada launch reproductive health project in PH

International development agency Oxfam and the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines recently launched the Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) Project. This project seeks to empower women and girls to secure their SRHR in six disadvantaged and conflict-affected regions in the Philippines in the next...

Maranao children participate in a stress debriefing session in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur (Photo: Angela Casauay/Oxfam)

Oxfam in the Philippines' Country Strategy 2018 - 2020

On our thirtieth year of presence in the Philippines, we continue to serve the poorest Filipinos through our strategic work and goals on five areas: Economic Justice, Conflict Transformation, Gender Justice, Rights in Crisis and Programme Quality. We aim to achieve these by working hand in hand...

Oxfam in the Philippines: 2018 Annual Report

This annual report features some of the stories and insights gained from our partner-based experiences in the past year. The stories that are shared in this report strengthen our conviction to work in strategic partnerships and our belief in its transformative potential.

Yolanda on my mind: the odyssey of a humanitarian worker

Humanitarian workers are regularly confronted by difficult choices. What humanitarian worker worth his or her salt has not been confronted by the possibility of either doing harm or doing nothing; or was stuck in a situation where good intentions are not enough in the face of bad or worse options?...

Breaking the Cycle Together

Oxfam’s work in the country, particularly in Mindanao is focused on empowering women and girls. In partnership with local and national organizations, we support women’s economic empowerment and innovate ways to end violence against women and girls. We also seek to improve access to information and...

Reaching remote towns outside Marawi, two months on

How are remote towns doing two months into the Marawi crisis?

Fleeing Marawi: 'We can overcome this'

People who fled their homes in Marawi City tell their stories.

The Power of Savings

Twelve months since the Inclusive and Affordable Financial Facilities for Resilient and Developed Filipinos (IAFFORD) project was implemented in Brgy.103-Palanog, Tacloban City, Leyte, several families are now wiser in terms of planning for their financial security. They have gained discipline in...

Former community leader Teresita Delda Rosales shows the rice field, where the bodies of eight people were found during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Urduja. Photo: Genevive Estacaan / Oxfam

A Test of Leadership

Terisita's leadership has been put to test when her community was battered by Tropical Storm Urduja (Kai-tak) . The storm caused heavy floods and landslides in Biliran province in December 2017.