Fifty-nine years old and widowed, Mombao Dirindigun stands as the sole parent to her six children, one of whom, 24 years of age, is affected with paralysis. Before the siege, Mombao’s only source of income . . .
When his children passed away, Hadji Ali took the responsibility of being the parent to five of his grandkids. For thirty years, he ran a business making sidecars to support his family. Hadji was also . . .
On December 1 to 3, the 4th National Young People’s Planning Forum (NYPFF) On HIV/AIDS was held in celebration of the World AIDS Day. Led by the Committee on Children and HIV/AIDS (ComCHA) of the . . .
When the siege erupted in Marawi City, Omairah Tocalo, forty-nine years old and a local of Marawi, is a mother of eight children, fled their home to seek safety. With their hands and pockets completely . . .
By: Amirah - @inquirerdotnet | Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:12 AM November 11, 2018 It has only been a year since I was counted among the children who were disengaged from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF-BIAF). . . .
Bong Salazar served as Driver—and much more—at, and for, CFSI in Mindanao continuously from 2004. He turned 49 years old in March 2018. Married with four children, he was oft-times the proverbial glue that held . . .
MARAWI CITY, Oct 26 (PIA ICCC) — A continuing foreign support and livelihood assistance poured over to the displaced individuals affected by Marawi siege. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely personally visited the displaced . . .
Community and Family Services International (CFSI) is the Trust Fund Recipient and, as such, the primary procuring entity for the World Bank-administered Mindanao Trust Fund–Reconstruction and Development Project Phase II (MTF-RDP/2), as well as the . . .
Published on 28 September 2018 by Sunstar A CELEBRATION of rebuilt lives and sustainable livelihood for the evacuees of the Marawi Siege was commemorated in the second Kawiyagan, Thursday, Marawi City Hall Grounds. In the . . .
Curtis Chin, Asia Fellow at Milken Institute, and former US Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank and Board Member of CFSI, shared his experience and insights on his mission to Marawi City and nearby areas in . . .