by Kristia Solete | Oct 15, 2018 | Disaster Response, Stories
ILIGAN CITY–Rakima Azis, a single mom with 4 children, used to enjoy a good life before the war in Marawi City broke out last 2017. She used to sew and sell clothes in a market in Marawi, earning P3,000 to P5,000 a day—a big amount of money that she used to...
by Kristia Solete | Oct 13, 2018 | Disaster Response, Stories
ILIGAN CITY–Piya Azis, a widow for ten years, is one among the thousand residents of Marawi who fled the city when the Marawi siege broke out. Back in Marawi, Piya is an entrepreneur, selling ready-to-wear (RTW) clothes. She also had her own sewing business to...
by Kristia Solete | Oct 8, 2018 | Infrastructure, Stories
Lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities inside schools affect children’s education—and worse, even claiming their lives (UN, 2010). Improving water and sanitation is crucial in children’s development. Burdened by the desire to provide clean and safe drinking...
by Kristia Solete | Oct 3, 2018 | Infrastructure, Stories
Fenced Wells In her 30 years in Macabaclay, Nueva Ecija, Desiree Valdez relied on nearby private wells to provide water for her family. These wells were fenced by the private owners. As Desiree describes it in vernacular, “The owners fence the wells at sunset so fetch...
by Kristia Solete | Sep 30, 2018 | Healthcare, Stories
Born with a cleft lip, 3-year-old Jericho Maritana quietly plays with other kids, laughing with them but cannot talk in conversations. Though not ashamed of it, his mother, Nanay Analyn, wonders why he got this condition when nobody else in their family had it. “When...
