In the remote village of Han-ayan, Lianga, Surigao del Sur, the Lumad continue to face difficulties to their way of life and right to self-determination. These come in the form of armed conflict, everyday discrimination, and a political discourse that perpetuates the marginalization of the Lumad and their culture.
Education that is grounded in local culture offers a way to better their circumstances and strengthen community resilience.
Through schools built by and for the Lumad, children are given a chance to “deepen their knowledge of what it means to live in and for our land of heritage,” says Richard Campos, a volunteer teacher. As such, agriculture serves as the core subject. The students take up soil management in their first year, animal husbandry the next year, followed by organic pesticides, then forestry in their fourth year. The curriculum aims to enrich not just the students as individuals but also the community in general.
This video also features ACCORD’s partnership with high-risk and disaster-affected communities during the “Children of Peace” Project, in partnership with International Organization for Migration, and with support funding from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).
In 2013, Haiyan barreled across the Philippines and left destruction and massive loss on its path. Millions of people were affected, particularly poor communities, farmers, older persons, and persons with disabilities — those most vulnerable to extreme events such as Haiyan — and many have yet to fully recover and strengthen resilience.
Barangay Bayabas in the municipality of Dagami, Leyte, was almost flattened by strong winds. Apart from houses and structures, their livelihoods were wiped out as well.
But through humanitarian actions after Haiyan, followed by development projects, Barangay Bayabas was able to bounce back. Collective action played a big role: members of the community came together to form the Bayabas Farmers Association, which today has 64 members and four
different types of farms: communal, group, individual, and an organic learning farm. Members say their products are becoming popular.
Through these collaborative efforts, Barangay Bayabas is a community on its way to achieving a protected, diversified, and strengthened livelihood.
Disasters cause substantial losses not only in lives but also in livelihoods. Chronic disasters cause the adverse impacts of these losses to accumulate by not allowing affected households to rebuild their livelihoods and recover. The accumulated negative impacts of recurring disasters on household livelihoods have long-term effects, reinforcing intergenerational transmission of poverty and pushing poor households further into greater vulnerability.
Years of work on reducing disaster risks among high-risk communities in the Philippines are bearing fruit in terms of saving lives. Equal attention must be given to saving livelihoods in order to achieve household and community resilience. This study documents the various experiences of households and communities that, sustaining serious losses particularly from the Bopha disaster in 2012 and Haiyan in 2013, have emerged successful in adopting strategies that would protect their livelihood assets and capacities from anticipated recurring disasters. From the lessons and good practices, in the context of
largely rural and agricultural communities, the strategies in achieving resilience in livelihoods are identified.
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Climate change is a social issue. As the world moves towards climate-smart responses that bridge food security, resilience and mitigation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs), practitioners and researchers face the challenge of doing so through socially relevant and gender-sensitive approaches.
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