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These solar panels at Laiban Integrated School in Tanay, Rizal help power computers that give students a chance to catch up with others with easier access to technology and electricity. (Philstar.com / Efigenio Toledo IV)

Solar power offers students in unelectrified Laiban a chance to catch up

Barangay Laiban in Tanay, Rizal is just 30 minutes away from the town’s main road, but the settlement of around 700 people has been left behind not only in electrification but also in education.

Changing family planning perceptions, one family at a time

For over 17 years, barangay health worker Aprolin Alameda has witnessed how religious, cultural, gender and social beliefs shape the opinions about family planning of families in the municipality of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. According to Aprolin, this is why many in their community do not believe...

As teen pregnancies in the Philippines soar, young mums struggle to cope with their ‘blessings from God’ amid the pandemic

Erlyn and Daisy, who live not far from one another in an urban community in Quezon City, near Manila, are raising their firstborns during a pandemic, recovering from childbirth, dealing with breastfeeding and learning lullabies, all while weighing up whether they should – or can – return to their...

Overcoming difficulties in SRH services amid COVID-19 pandemic

Nurse Anabeth Legaspo has been providing prenatal care to pregnant women in Cagwait town, Surigao del Sur for several years. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced many towns into lockdown in March 2020, women stopped going to the health center for their regular check-ups with Nurse Anabeth...

Climate change cripples Palawan seaweed farms

Many seaweed facilities were destroyed when Typhoon Rai (locally known as Odette) wreaked havoc in central and northern Palawan in mid-December last year, crippling the income of Filipino coastal farmers who relied on this as their primary source of livelihood.