Education
Reading by lamplight in Marawi.
A sponsored student prepares for exams in a home still rebuilding its power connection — and what changed when the sponsorship began.
Marawi City, Lanao del Sur5 min read
Field notes
Stories from the barangays we walk with.
Reported on foot, by the teams who stay. Every dispatch is published with the consent of the people in it.
Featured dispatch
Community Health
The health worker who crosses the lake before sunrise.
In a barangay on the shores of Lake Lanao, Nanay Amina delivers babies and holds consultations where the road ends and the boat begins. A dispatch on care that arrives on the water.
- Location
- Lanao del Sur, BARMM
- Reading time
- 8 minute read
Field notes
Stories from the communities we walk with.
Long-form dispatches from our field teams — the people, the terrain, and the everyday courage behind our programs across BARMM.
Islamic Social FinanceThe boat we built again.
After a severe storm season, a fishing cooperative in Tawi-Tawi rebuilt its damaged boats — and rewrote how they share the sea.
Tawi-Tawi, BARMM6 min read
Community HealthLola Farida and the nurse who keeps showing up.
Home visits are the quiet backbone of rural care. One afternoon in Lanao del Sur shows why continuity matters more than campaigns.
Lanao del Sur, BARMM4 min read