Disasters due to climate change have reportedly doubled globally during the last 20 years. The Philippines is already one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, and being faced with disasters several times in a year, Filipinos are driven to resilience. As we experience increasing temperatures and more extreme weather changes in the long […]
Many Filipinos to this day continue to live in evacuation camps or makeshift homes. These are the people are often forced to leave their homes due to conflict or disasters who until now have not been able to start over. Most have limited job opportunities and struggle to provide for their families. For over 20 […]
Fighting severe hunger is not as easy as simply providing food. It takes proper attention, treatment and time to help a child recover from malnutrition. Help us provide children who are suffering from chronic malnutrition with the appropriate care that they need. ?????? ???. https://actionagainsthunger.ph/call-for-donations (Photo by Lys Arango for Action Against Hunger)
The Alternative Resilient Livelihood program under our ProACT project was officially launched last April 14, 2021, during the first Sikpaw Festival held at Tuyawan Aqua Park, Magsaysay, Nabunturan. The festival is derived from the local term ‘Sikpaw’, which in Nabunturan means “harvesting using fishnets.” The concept originated from the Municipal Agriculture Office of Nabunturan in […]
Did you know that 1 in 10 Filipinos have limited access to safe and reliable water sources? Help us provide these communities with clean and safe water by supporting our WASH programs. ???? ? ???????? ?????. https://actionagainsthunger.ph/call-for-donations
Limited access to clean and safe water is one of the many underlying causes of malnutrition. In order to address this, we truck water into affected areas and install storage tanks and reservoirs. Where water is scarce or unsafe, we protect natural springs, decontaminate wells, install and rehabilitate hygiene infrastructures and pipe water into hard-to-reach […]
#ThrowbackThursday to 2019 when we sat down and talked with one of our beneficiaries during our #MaguindanaoConflict Response. “We were all panicking and we didn’t know what to do at the time that airstrikes started,” recalled Kautin Bano. “We left around 6 in the morning and evacuated to the nearest health center. When we got there, we had […]
All over the world, malnutrition continues to rise because of conflicts, climate change and now COVID-19. With your support, we can help alleviate hunger and malnutrion by supporting more people to earn incomes so that they can provide food for their families. We can improve access to clean water, good hygiene, and health services, therefore […]
Hunger is predictable, preventable, and treatable, however, the pandemic has put even more children at risk of suffering from malnutrition. You too can have the opportunity to take action by supporting our nutrition and health programs. Help us enable communities so that children can grow strong and free from hunger. ???? ? ???????? ?????. https://actionagainsthunger.ph/call-for-donations […]
“Thank you… I don’t have to borrow a wheelchair from the neighbors anymore whenever I have to do something important,” said 62-year old Norcaisa Macapasir. For ten years, Norcaisa has become acustomed to using her hands as legs as she lives with paraplegia. After her husband passed away in 2010, Norcaisa started feeling numbness in […]
