[Learn] Stories from the Ground

Stronger Together: Finding Hope in the Midst of Crisis (The MOVE UP Project Coffee Table Book)
The 2021 MOVE UP Project Coffee Table Book gives general information of the Moving Urban Poor Communities in the Philippines toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project.…

Bringing Accurate Information to the Community Doorstep
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines is still experiencing challenges in surpassing limitations and challenges -- both new and exacerbated existing ones. However,…

INCREASE Project turns over EWS Equipment and IEC materials in Mt. Province
by Ashley Venerable, INCREASE Project Early Warning Systems (EWS) equipment were officially turned over to the community members and barangay officials of Natonin and…

Bukidnon PLGU and DPWH build MOVE UP-inspired Isolation and Quarantine Facilities
Recent record-high reports on new active COVID-19 cases show that the pandemic is far from over. Even the slight decrease in transmission in Metro Manila…

The MOVE UP 4 Project Consortium and the DILG Local Government Academy (LGA) Formalized Partnership for Collaborations to Enhance CCA and DRRM Efforts
Last July 28, the MOVE UP 4 Project Consortium (formed among Plan International, Action Against Hunger, CARE Philippines, and ACCORD Inc. ) and the DILG…

INCREASE Conducts First Session of The Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-Building
The first week of July marked the implementation of the first session of the INCREASE Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-Building, an initiative that aims to bridge…

Championing Gender in Discussions on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Similar to how spectacles may help one see a picture clearer and in more detail, using a gender lens in our planning and programming to…

Responding to the Evolving Needs of INCREASE Communities
by INCREASE Cagayan Province, where two INCREASE municipalities (Amulung and Cagayan) are located, have been heavily devastated by a series of typhoons—Category 3 Typhoon Molave,…

INCREASE Strengthens Women Organizing in Northern Samar
by INCREASE Recognizing women’s collective power Bayanihan—the Filipino trait of communal unity, work, and cooperation to achieve a particular goal—has been present in INCREASE Project…