This statement is delivered on behalf of 109 NGOs, including humanitarian organizations with operations in countries covered by the GHO. We are witnessing unspeakable human suffering due to the...
What does life look like when a mother of three loses her husband and is confronted with the torrential typhoon Odette within a span of four months? Analyn Escobia, a single mother who has been a...
Story originally published by the Philippine Information Agency on July 03, 2023 By Claire Gigje MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)--Another foreign assistance for the locals in this city and some...
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As the rate of forced displacement due to climate-related disasters, conflict, and persecution continue across the world at a rapid and increasing rate, this World Refugee Day, we at CFSI invite...
Story originally published by the Philippine Information Agency on June 20, 2023 By Claire Gigje MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)–The Community and Family Services International (CFSI), together with...
Story originally published by the Philippine Information Agency on June 01, 2023 By Claire Gigje MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)–As it carries on its humanitarian service in target areas, the...
CFSI WITH WFP CONDUCTED CAPACITY STRENGTHENING ON COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY PLANNING (CBPP) AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT (LGU) FACILITATORS OF MAGUINDANAO DEL SUR AND MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE, BARMM ...
IDPs FROM THE FIVE MUNICIPALITIES SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE STS PAENG IN MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE, BARMM HAVE RECEIVED NEW COPIES OF THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES. Persons displaced (IDPs) due to Severe...
Asgar was a sidecar driver in Marawi City before the Siege of 2017. When fighting broke out, he and his family were uprooted and had to leave everything behind – including the sidecar that provided...
By Pamela Joyce Fumero MARAWI CITY (PIA)–From the literal war flashbacks brought about by the Marawi siege in 2017 to the trauma of living through a pandemic that changed the world, people in Marawi...
Studies have shown that persons with disabilities (PWDs) are two to four times more vulnerable than the general population during an event of a disaster.1 Including the needs and perspectives of PWDs...
The Community and Family Services International (CFSI) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) renovated the Women Multi-Purpose Center of Barangay Tupig in Carmen to support the...
Minang Macaantal, 57, has been widowed for 21 years and has been raising her three children alone. She lives with the families of her two sisters in Barangay Papandayan, Marawi City in Mindanao,...
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The story was originally published by the Philippine Information Agency. MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)–As part of the Australian government’s continuous support to Marawi recovery, Australian...
TALAYAN, MAGUINDANAO, PHILIPPINES –Community and Family Services International (CFSI) supported the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in distributing core relief items (CRIs) to...
Community and Family Services International (CFSI) with UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and Filipino Journalist Atom Araullo visited communities experiencing numerous displacements due to armed conflicts...
The story was originally published by MindaNews, the news service arm of the Mindanao Institute of Journalism. MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) – Nobody knew that Mohmina Ontiling is 105 years old...
The community members of Barangay Inug-ug in Pikit, North Cotabato, and Barangay Palao sa Buto in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao now enjoy the benefits of safe water supply with the solar-powered water...
A recent agricultural seminar Jomar Cabalo attended was an eyeopener for the 21-year-old farmer, as well as others of age. Friends had urged him to participate in events organized under the Mindanao...
The women at Palao sa Buto are looking at ways of making their farming community productive while the men are cultivating the fields. This version of women empowerment is evident in all...
