Meet 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀. She works as a WASH Engineer for our water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives under our Life-saving Humanitarian Assistance to People Affected by the Mindanao Earthquake.
𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 #𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘆𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 #𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
In anticipation of #WorldHumanitarianDay2020 on August 19, we will be sharing stories of humanitarians who have selflessly dedicated themselves in helping other people amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 #𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀.
Our Cotabato and Kidapawan Field Teams took on the #WearAMask challenge in celebration of #WorldMaskWeek!
Wearing masks is a vital safety measure particularly in our line of work. Our teams in the field take all the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the communities we serve while ensuring the continuity of our life-saving programs.
𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 #𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗-𝟭𝟵!
Find out more about #WorldMaskWeek: https://pandemicactionnetwork.org/world-mask-week/
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘆𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.
Hygiene kits were provided to a total of 1,718 beneficiaries in Barangay Binidayan in Lanao Del Sur, and Barangay Malabuan and Malungon in North Cotabato last August 5 – 7. The distribution was conducted as part of our 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝟭𝟵- 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗼.
With funding from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, our COVID-19 Emergency Wash Project is implemented together with our partners from CARE Philippines and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Idalia Beruar was expecting her third child when she truly realized the value of breastmilk for her children after attending a seminar on breastfeeding and infant & children care practices back in September 2017.
While she had always breastfed her children because they did not like the milk formula, in the seminar she learned that breast milk is still the most nutritious food for babies. The Breastfeeding & IYCF seminar was organized by Action Against Hunger and funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID Philippines).
“I was amazed that the mothers who trained us brought their babies to the seminar, breastfed them, bathe them and changed their diapers for all of us to see,” Idalia said.
When she delivered her baby Princess on November 2, 2017, Idalia applied what she learned in the seminar and breastfed her baby. She made it a habit to keep herself hydrated with water and vegetable soup. She also maintained taking ferrous sulfate and Vitamin A to keep herself strong and healthy.
Idalia and her family were one of the 350,000 people who were forced to evacuate from their home after conflict broke out in Marawi City between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and rebel groups on May 23, 2017. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://actionagainsthunger.ph/articles/a-mothers-milk/
A series of orientations was conducted in Barangay Ilomavis, Kidapawan City last July 29 and 30, 2020. The participants were members of 64 vulnerable households who were displaced due to the November 2019 earthquake and are currently more at risk because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo by Lyndon Arbes for Action Against Hunger
The activity was launched to help raise awareness on the importance of disaster preparedness and resilience building, learning from the recent series of actual disasters and the effects of the pandemic that they experienced which had negatively affected their livelihoods and living condition. The activity was conducted in partnership with the City Government of Kidapawan City Agricultural Office, and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation Office in Kidapawan City.
Photo by Lyndon Arbes for Action Against Hunger
Written by Joyce Sandajan
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, or the consortium members. Neither the European Union nor any of the consortium members can be held responsible for them.
Our RISE-CSO-LGU team launched a training on Open Data Kit to help LGUs of Magpet and Tulunan last July 28 to 30, to teach them business tax mapping in their areas which will lead towards increase revenue collection.
In addition to this, a series of civil service organization (CSO) activities were also conducted which includes the approval of the 200,000 pesos LGU allocation to CSO Day implementation in all barangays and the turn-over of the training flipchart on Bridging Leadership for Participatory Governance to CSO Desk officer at Arakan.
These activities were implemented under our ‘Reinforcing, Instituting and Scaling Up Efficient CSO-LGU interaction towards Enhanced Local Governance’ (RISE CSO-LGU) Project together with PBSP, Mahintana Foundation, Inc., and the local government units of President Roxas, Antipas, Magpet, Arakan, & Tulunan, with funding from the European Union in the Philippines.
Written by Joayra Gem Balagtas for Action Against Hunger
Jessa Ampoy used to walk 500 meters to go to the nearest comfort room in the evacuation site which is dark and water wasn’t always available. Because of this, she and her fellow evacuees prefer to take a bath in the nearby stream instead.
Jessa is one of the 560 people who are now able to practice proper hygiene habits because of the newly constructed hygiene facilities in Sitio Waterfalls at Bongolanon, Magpet as part of our ‘𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗼 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗸𝗲’ together with CARE Philippines and ACCORD Incorporated, and funding from EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid – ECHO.
“𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳… 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵,” said Jessa.
(Photos by Joayra Gem Balagtas for Action Against Hunger)
Our MOVE UP 4 Team conducted a household survey as part of the Community Risk Assessment (CRA) activity from July 20 – 31, 2021 in Kidapawan, North Cotabato. The survey aims to assess disaster awareness and preparedness, access to government social protection program,s and resilient livelihoods among others.
Photo by Lyndon Arbes / Louie Bullanday for Action Against Hunger
The information gathered will be used in designing appropriate urban DRR resilient intervention of the project in the city as well as will serve as the project baseline for impact evaluation at the end of the project.
Photo by Lyndon Arbes / Louie Bullanday for Action Against Hunger
Moving Urban Poor Communities Toward Resilience (MOVE UP 4) is funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium of partners consisting of Action Against Hunger Philippines, Plan International Philippines, CARE Philippines, and ACCORD Incorporated.
