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There is No One-Size-Fits-All in Humanitarian Action for Families Recovering from Natural Disasters

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Families recovering from natural disasters have different needs. While most will need food and water, other essentials are shelter and livelihood recovery. There is no one-size-fits-all in humanitarian action. Since 2013, we have been leading cash-based assistance to people affected by emergencies in the Philippines. Technically called Multi-purpose Cash Transfers (MPCT), our most recent Emergency […]

Stories from the Field: Francisco Arago

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Francisco Arago almost lost everything. His source of income is raising pigs and doing carpentry work but he was barely earning enough. Carpentry work only comes along about every 3 months and pig-raising can be hit or miss. On occasion, when work is scarce and the pig’s weight too low to sell, he asks for […]

Multi-Purpose Cash Transfer (MPCT) program in Cagayan Valley

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“Ever since the typhoon damaged my roof, whenever it rains, water seeps inside my house. The money will allow me to finally fix it.” Jolibeth Maguay and her family was included in our Multi-purpose Cash transfer (MPCT) program that has benefited 4,673 households in Cagayan Valley affected by Typhoon Ulysses. For 2 months, she, her […]

Rising from poverty: Action Against Hunger co-launches investment fair in Kidapawan City

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ARAKAN VALLEY — Faced with the challenge of massive poverty, civil society organizations (CSOs) linked with the Arakan Valley Complex Project Management Office (AVC PMO), Action Against Hunger Philippines, and the Provincial Government of Cotabato in conducting a two-day investment fair, dubbed as the “Arakan Valley Complex and Tulunan Investment Fair” on September 19 and […]

Year 2020 was Twice as Challenging for a 71-year-old

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2020 was difficult for all of us, but it was twice as challenging for 71-year-old Merlyn Igaan. Her community in Sitio Embassi, Barangay Perez in Kidapawan City was badly affected by the series of earthquakes that hit Mindanao in late 2019. Ever since then, she and her family have been living in an evacuation site. […]

Typhoon Rolly Response Kicks Off in Baras and San Miguel

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We are off to a pretty good start this year. On January 13-15, we held our first distributions of hygiene and water kits to 506 families in selected barangays in Baras and San Miguel, Catanduanes. This is part of our ????????? ?????????? ?? ??????? ???????? ??????????? ?? ??????????? ??? ????? ????????. We are hoping to […]

Nutrition-sensitization Trainings For Our Local Government Partners and Health Volunteers

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Prior to the pandemic, the Philippines was already one of the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest number of stunted children. This is alarming since the risk of mortality among undernourished children, increases 15-fold if they develop pneumonia. Because of this, we rolled out nutrition-sensitization trainings for our local government partners and health volunteers […]