Case Studies | Plan International Philippines

Young and in pursuit of peace: A World Humanitarian Day feature…

Farhana, 25-year-old peacebuilder, shares how she contributes to the pursuit of peace amidst the complex humanitarian crisis in Maguindanao

Empowering Women and Youth of Maguindanao amidst the COVID-19…

Addressing the hygiene and reproductive health needs of young women and girls of Maguindanao proves to be a challenge with the multiple health and safety risks they already contend with in their…

Bernadette: A Thousand Steps for Water

Access to clean water and hygiene products is a challenge for many households after Typhoon Odette (Rai), but especially for Bernadette who lives in one of Cebu’s upland communities where…

Restoring life after Typhoon Odette through Cash for Health

With hospitals, clinics, and rural health clinics destroyed or damaged by Typhoon Odette (Rai), mothers and their children in Southern Leyte had limited or no access to medicine and health services.…

Planting Seeds of Hope: How women are rebuilding their lives…

In the aftermath of Typhoon Odette (Typhoon Rai), women and children in Surigao del Norte became vulnerable to multiple health and safety risks. The Women-Friendly Spaces (WFS) initiative was…

A Single Mother’s Perseverance in the face of Super Typhoon…

Aracele is a Barangay Health Worker and single mother who lives with her 10-year-old son and 76-year-old father. To survive Typhoon Odette they had to cling to their neighbor’s gate, and when…

Birthing Hope Amidst the Storm

When Typhoon Odette reached the country, Mariel was due to give birth at any moment. Women’s Health on Wheels is giving mothers like her a chance to welcome their newborns towards a more hopeful…

How mothers overcame Typhoon Odette

Women-friendly spaces are helping mothers continue their lives and raise their children following Typhoon Odette.

Then and Now: Responding to needs in Typhoon Rai-affected areas…

Southern Leyte was one of Plan International’s program areas in the Philippines from 1998-2016. Throughout the years, Plan International has worked closely with community leaders, children…

Southern Leyte schools resume after Typhoon Odette

Almost two years since schools closed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students and teachers were looking forward to starting face-to-face classes again before Typhoon Odette struck Southern…

Joy: Desperate measures

The ease of connecting to the Internet has made online sexual exploitation more rampant. This was how Joy (not her real name) became a victim.

Yna: Innocence lost

Many children have fallen victim to sexual exploitation initiated by those closest to them, their own family members. This was Yna's story.