The project will provide low-cost dry latrines, support vegetable gardening and raising of small animals and provide capacity-building activities for marginalized farmers and coastal dwellers.

Poor villagers in Paang Bundok, San Celestino in Lipa, Batangas will be provided clean water directly to their houses for drinking, sanitation purposes, backyard gardening, and livestock raising.

Mothers and babies die unnecessarily during childbirth in the Philippines because 50% of the poorest women do not have money to pay a skilled birth attendant. Mercy In Action midwives provide free childbirth services including kind, evidence-based prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn care, as well as vitamins, anti-hemorrhage drugs, and immunizations for poor malnourished women, resulting in a maternal and neonatal mortality rate 4-times better than the country of the Philippines

Over 470 000 people were affected by Tropical Storm Washi, sadly nearly 1,000 people died and others still reported missing. To help with immediate needs, Merlin is working with a local NGO to distribute hygiene kits and offer basic medical assistance, in the longer term we plan to rehabilitate health facilities and train health staff to prepare for future emergencies.

Overfishing in the Coral Triangle threatens not only the richest concentration of marine biodiversity in the world but also the livelihoods and food source of more than 120 million people.

CANVAS will publish a new collection of its award-winning children’s stories and donate at least 3000 books to benefit children in public schools and hospitals throughout the Philippines.

Opportunity and its network of nine Philippines microfinance organizations started operations in Manila in 1981 and currently serve over 600,000 active clients.

A little help goes a long way for a small business owner in the Philippines. Entrepreneurial, these Filipinos can utilize loans for the improvement of their lives and communities.

This project provides affordable primary care to residents of Bacolor, Pampanga through the establishment of an ambulatory care clinic. It will help reduce morbidity and mortality in the community.

We teach children their rights, and improve their plight by teaching them to save and invest. This is an alternative learning venue that empowers children to end the cycle of poverty.