Kalinga, Philippines – Despite modern times, time seemingly stood still for local farmers in a remote village in the Cordilleras due to their backward farming methods. Using bare hands, bolos, and carabaos, local farmers from Sitio Sukiap of Barangay Tanglag cultivate their lands to provide food on their tables. However, their produce remains scant and...
Kalinga, Philippines – When Typhoon Ompong (known internationally as Mangkhut) battered the remote and mountainous Cordillera Region last September 2018, it ruined homes, severely destroyed agricultural lands and livelihoods, and claimed even lives. Among those affected were the communities in Barangay Balantoy in the municipality of Balbalan in the province of Kalinga. Delia was sleeping...
Kalinga, Philippines – “It has become a practice in our community that every household member would collect water every morning. Even older women join in by fetching 10 to 20 liters of water lifted in one container on the head and one in each hand. Now, with a potable water source located near our village,...
Jesabel Alvarez is just one of the many residents in Adia, Agoncillo who are still struggling from the damages left by the Taal volcano eruption. Her family is once again in the face of another crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a normal Sunday afternoon when the family started receiving messages that Taal...
