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Rapid Humanitarian Analysis: Cebu Earthquake

  • CARE Philippines
  • Featured Stories, Humanitarian, Latest News & Stories, Reports & Publications, Resources, Women and Girls, Women and Girls

On September 30, 2025, a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck northern Cebu, damaging homes, disrupting livelihoods, and displacing thousands of families in Daanbantayan, Medellin, and San Remigio. Many people are still living in temporary shelters and facing challenges in accessing clean water, food, and health services.

CARE Philippines, through its SAFER and ACCESS projects, carried out a Rapid Humanitarian Analysis (RHA) from October 7–14, 2025. The assessment looks at how the earthquake affected women, men, children, and other at-risk groups, and identifies urgent needs and opportunities for recovery.

The report highlights priorities such as safe shelter, clean water, health and psychosocial support, and livelihood recovery—while promoting inclusive solutions that restore dignity and resilience.

Read the full report to learn what communities are facing and how we can work together to rebuild lives in northern Cebu: RHA-Cebu-Earthquake.pdf

Digitalizing Health through HEAL Hub: Mobile App Capacitates Frontliners One Tap at a Time

The Healthy, Empowered, Accredited, Linked (HEAL) Hub is a digital platform designed for community health workers in the Philippines.

Developed to address gaps in training and improve access to digital resources, the HEAL Hub aims to empower 1,500 barangay health workers (BHWs) in Quezon Province by the end of 2026. BHWs are vital frontline volunteers who provide basic health services and education in their communities. This learning brief, based on discussions with 14 BHWs, highlights the initial successes and challenges of the program, which is part of the global CARE “She Heals the World” initiative and implemented in partnership with the Southern Tagalog People’s Response Center (STPRC).

HEAL Hub Learning BriefDownload

Opening Open Government: Women’s Rights Organisations and the Open Government Partnership in the Philippines

  • Mary Therese Norbe
  • Evaluation / Research, Reports & Publications, Women and Girls

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a multilateral initiative to advance open government through collaboration between government and civil society. Governments work with civil society in multi-stakeholder forums to co-create Action Plans that contain commitments to advance transparency, participation, and accountability.

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the Bangsamoro

  • Rya Ducusin
  • Reports & Publications, Resources

This study is an exploratory action research on the controversial practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the Philippines in the predominantly Muslim, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Mindanao. Despite limited research on the practice and a lack of awareness among international and national stakeholders on the occurence of FGM in the Philippines, the study confirmed that the practice is still widespread in Bangsamoro. Alternative, non-harmful practices are gradually replacing FGM in a few areas, as driven by local leadershi

Manual On Alternative Temporary Shelters

  • Rya Ducusin
  • Reports & Publications, Tools

The 2020 Alternative Temporary Shelter (ATS) Manual is an initiative of the Moving Urban Poor Communities in the Philippines toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project. This manual is intended for new and experienced users with zero to advanced ATS System and shelter response knowledge. This manual aims to describe the importance and practical applications of ATS and offer step-by-step guidance on properly adopting and implementing select ATS solutions as a form of shelter response and early action during emergencies. This manual provides guidance to local government units, civil society organizations, community members, and other stakeholders on addressing the immediate shelter needs of internally displaced populations (IDPs) within a 24- hour to 36-hour period after a disaster and even for long-term displacements while conforming with universally accepted humanitarian principles and standards. This manual is a working document and shall be updated from time to time.

CARE Rapid Gender Analysis on Power

  • Rya Ducusin
  • Impact Reports, Reports & Publications, Resources

This RGA-POW provides information about the different needs, capacities and aspirations of women – with
a focus on the structural and relational barriers to, and opportunities for women’s leadership and public
participation during and after emergencies, as well as relevant information on the local context from previous
studies (e.g. post-distribution monitoring reports, rapid gender analyses, etc.).

Women Lead in Emergencies Learning Report

  • Rya Ducusin
  • Evaluation / Research, Impact Reports, Lessons Learned, Reports & Publications, Women and Girls
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In its pilot run in the Philippines, Women Lead in Emergencies (WLIE) directly engaged 601 women organized into 29 women’s groups in 5 provinces, 10 municipalities, 27 barangays from April to December 2020. WLIE funded 28 women-led, women-designed, and women-implemented action plans in rural barangays, indigenous communities, and evacuation shelters so that women can influence decisions about their own lives.

Contingency Planning Checklist

  • CARE Philippines
  • Education & Work, Reports & Publications, Tools

The Contingency Planning Checklist for Typhoons during a pandemic has benefitted from the experience of different national and local government agencies, development and humanitarian organisations, and the collective insights of the participants of the RILHUB Webinar, Planning for Typhoons during a Pandemic: A Practical Guide.

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