Never Too Busy To Be A Better Mother
“It is really a challenge to be a mother”. 37-year-old Cristy Bucton starts her morning routine by waking up at 5AM and preparing her kids for school. She juggles her time doing household chores, bringing her children to school, going to the market, selling fruits in her fruit stand, among others. Cristy Bucton is a […]
Running with the Opportunities
Running through rice fields with her three month old daughter in her arms, getting away from the falling coconut trees as they succumbed to the ravaging winds of Typhoon Haiyan, Nelia Perez only worried about getting to safety. Yet once she was safe, her mind was already at work thinking how they would recover from […]
The Measure of Strength
When you think of a 74 year old woman, one thinks of someone sitting at home resting a tired body after years of work and accomplishments, one may imagine her enjoying her grandchildren and telling stories with nostalgia. No one would believe that a woman of that age would survive a typhoon by herself, facing […]
Sari-Saring Recovery
Traditional Filipino culture would have Ms. Jenny Marteja exclusively taking care of her two children and being responsible for the house chores. All the while, her husband Mr. Felomino Marteja would be the sole provider of the family, working all day and bringing home food. That is not the case for this 39-year-old sari-sari store owner. […]
My Goat Bank
M Benido Mendoza, (52 years old) is one of the community partners in the husbandry sector of the Economic Recovery in Leyte (ERL) Project funded by Swiss Solidarity and ADRA International. Mr. Mendoza and his wife live in Barangay Tapol, Leyte. Mr. Mendoza gave us an interview about his life, work and experience with ADRA. […]
A Blink of Hope
Simple and happy living in the peaceful community of Capulhan, Dagami, Leyte, that’s the life Rebecca Aquino wants. Rebecca is a 44 years old woman, a wife and mother of 7. People know her as a strong and active woman but she’s a different person at home. She is a mother with a kind heart, […]
A Vision of Hope
Typhoon Yolanda was the worst nightmare for the people of the Philippines, especially those in the Visayas Region (Central Philippines). For those that lived off farming, husbandry and fishing the nightmare was just beginning, they lost their sources of income as the storm devastated everthing in its path. Many victims of Haiyan suffered due to […]
A Field of Hope
Rosita Dumpang looks out the window of her house and sets her sight on their 0.7 hectare rice field that is now in the ripening stage. “We have waited for two months and now it is almost harvest time’’, she says beaming with smile. It is this moment that farmers like Rosita live and work hard for. […]
The Wonder Women of Masiglahi
It’s around midnight and Gen is about to finish computing some data from one of her reports. As the Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) she is responsible for monitoring as well as implementing activities for the well-being of more than 300 children in her community in Bato, Leyte. Juggling this responsibility with being a mother, wife […]
Economic Recovery in Leyte is Underway
Zosimo Sabugan thought that nothing could be worst than the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, but after three years of fighting off debt and depending on loans for the survival of his crops he started to think this was just as bad. The 47 year old from the province of Leyte spends more than 75% of […]