This article was written with reports from Olympus Colcol, the Community Development Specialist of CFSI under the Mindanao Trust Fund-Reconstruction and Development Project Phase Three (MTF-RDP/3) Perla Ganti Labina, or “Ina” as the villagers call . . .
Story contributed to Marawi Aken, a community-initiated newspaper by and for the people of Marawi City and Lanao del Sur. The article can be found on page nine of the publication. Humanitarians go to places . . .
At least 10 private companies have agreed to participate in the construction of more socio-economic infrastructure projects in six previously acknowledged camps of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in an internationally-funded initiative to hasten . . .
On 23 May 2017, armed confrontations between the Philippine government forces and a pro-ISIS group started and continued unabated for five months, with the loss of at least 770 lives, the displacement of the entire . . .
#TyphoonVamco, locally known as #TyphoonUlysses in the Philippines, left the worst flood in the country in 2020. Metro Manila and nearby provinces were submerged in the flood that lasted for more than a week, trapping . . .
Crosspost from UNHCR Philippines UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the efforts of the Philippine Supreme Court in establishing a new committee to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the country. Under the . . .
This article was written by Hania M. Abdulmalic and Yasser Miondas, Field Assistants of CFSI under the Marawi Recovery Project (MRP). Maratabat is a Meranaw term usually equated with pride. More often than not, people perceive . . .
In a recent UNICEF study, around 17% of children aged 13-18 years in the Philippines experienced sexual violence when growing up. Community and Family Services International (CFSI), in partnership with UNICEF, implements the Barrier Analysis . . .
Ninety-eight children beneficiaries of the Sama Bajau Education Support Project (SBESP) are undergoing technical-vocational skills training from the Technical Education and Skills Development Agency (TESDA) in Zamboanga City. Prior to the enrolment, TESDA provided orientation . . .
VIDEO: Declaration on Strengthening Social Work in ASEAN On 12 November 2020, the Heads of State of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States adopted the Hanoi Declaration on Strengthening Social Work Towards . . .