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Ma. Merlyn Cesista, barangay health worker, is among the residents of a relocation site for victims of typhoon Hagupit in Brgy. Dapdap, Dolores, Eastern Samar. (Photo: Roy Lagarde/Oxfam)

Communal comfort rooms: Protecting human dignity and promoting women’s safety

Residents of a relocation site at the outskirt of Dolores town in Eastern Samar province waited years for their dream to have a well-constructed and clean communal toilet to become a reality. Until less than a year ago, many villagers had no option but to take a lengthy walk to a field to urinate...

Leo Plata carrying coconuts in a traditionally woven pair of baskets in the village of Malobago in Eastern Samar province’s Dolores town. (Photo: Roy Lagarde/Oxfam)

Surviving Odette with pre-typhoon cash aid

As a fisher for most of his life, Pablito Abejuela is used to harsh weather shrinking his family’s earnings. He heads out with his small boat in the morning to catch fishes off the coast of Malobago in Dolores, Eastern Samar even when the waves have not been too friendly days before super typhoon...

Buenavista-Balagbag Small Farmer’s Association vice president Ramon Doblon, 51, zips close the Solar Bubble Dryer after putting unhusked brown rice into the drying tunnel. The solar dryer is a part of Oxfam and Rice Watch Action Network’s assistance for their Typhoon Rolly (Goni) Recovery Program. (Photo: Juanito Bantong/Oxfam)

Farmers endure tough seasons with envi-friendly solar dryers

Raquel Villanueva, 68, had doubts when their town’s agriculturist in Milaor sent her a message that a non-governmental organization was ready to give them assistance after Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) devastated their town in Camarines Sur province.

Emelyn Pelarios consults with a nurse from the local government of Cagwait about family planning. The health service provision activity in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur is part of the Global Affairs Canada-funded Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project implemented by Oxfam Pilipinas through Sibog Katawhan Alang sa Paglambo (SIKAP). (Photo: Erwin Mascarinas/Oxfam)

Sexual Health and Empowerment: Changing Perspectives of both men and women

Leonida Pacheco got pregnant with her first child in 2010. She was just 17 years old. She ended up dropping out of college to focus on motherhood and was never able to return to her studies after having a total of five children.

Rohainie is a member of Linding Kokalombayan, a group of young women in Lanao Del Sur province and Marawi City campaigning against child, early and forced marriages in BARMM. (Photo: Ferdinandh Cabrera/Oxfam)

Youth group challenges practice of child marriage in Mindanao

Marriage between relatives is preferred since it is assumed that it helps tighten relationships among clans and that it can prevent feuds and misunderstandings between erstwhile warring clans, explained Roconsalam who is a leader of the Women’s Association on Turmeric Production.