Leaders of internally displaced peoples of Marawi temporarily located in 15 evacuation sites in Iligan city converged on August 2, 2017 in a one-day leadership workshop to harness their capacities in managing co-evacuees in relocation and house-based centers. After more than two months of dislocation due to armed-conflict between government forces and the local extremists…
Thirty-five families from Marawi who evacuated in three barangays of Bacolod, Lanao del Norte receive P1,000 cash assistance on Friday, July 28. The evacuees can make use of the micro cash assistance to purchase their varied basic necessities and in accord to the survivor-led principle in disaster response and management. These evacuees are all dispersed…
Volleyball and other indigenous games are approaches to decrease post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among survivors of violent conflict. Recently, EcoWEB engages some evacuees hosted in Iligan city in sports, arts, music, conversations and listening to help ease their tensions and feelings. EcoWEB sees the significance of introducing sports, even in limited circumstance, to bring…
Two artists from Bicol who are currently volunteering at Ecoweb Inc. discussed Komixology and cultural arts as approach in psychosocial activities for children and youths in the evacuation centers and in-house evacuation sites. Noel C. Regachuelo and Daryl Kristopher Aguilar of Tabang Komunidad believe that “creative arts lighten the feelings of those who have experienced trauma…
Sixty Maranao IDP youth volunteers attend paralegal workshop to increase knowledge on documenting issues, cases, and stories of internally displaced peoples from Marawi city. The workshop was organized by Reconciliatory Initiatives for Development Opportunities (RIDO, Inc.) in partnership with EcoWEB Inc. , Local to Global Protection (L2GP), and Christian Aid. Maranao lawyers are the resource persons…
Officials of the Office of the Presidential Adviser and Peace Process (OPAPP) and local civil society partners dine with evacuees from Marawi city in Maria Cristina Evacuation Center of Iligan city after 27 days of violent conflict resulting to displacement of 266,000 Maranao residents of the city. “We wanted to be in solidarity with the…
Five hundred sixty three Maranao displaced families hosted by relatives and communities in four barangays in Iligan city received micro-cash and food packs assistance from Community-led Emergency Action Response Network (CLEARNet), a collaboration initiated by Ecoweb Inc. with support from Christian Aid and L2GP. These 563 families are among the 266,000 residents who fled from Marawi…
A two-day orientation on facilitating survivor/community-led response (SLR) in disaster management was conducted recently for 40 volunteers in Iligan city. The training, attended mostly by women and youth, aimed at capacitating them on how to help internally displaced persons (IDPs) using the framework and methodologies on survivor-led disaster management. The training was initiated by EcoWEB with…
