This fundraiser will benefit 209 Dumagat families living at the Ipo Watershed, an important source of water for Metro Manila, which also serves as a valuable flood barrier and carbon sink for its 20M plus residents. This fundraiser is done in partnership with Salcedo Auctions and Bid for the Future.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines’ Earth Exhibit initiative is set to wrap up this December with a fundraising auction featuring curated items from partner local artists, celebrities, and WWF-PH ambassadors, in partnership with Gavel & Block by Salcedo Auctions and Bid for the Future.

The auction, which aims to raise funds to provide food assistance and livelihood equipment for 209 partner Dumagats and their families in Ipo Watershed, will feature over 100 art pieces and pre-loved items by celebrities, including pop diva Kuh Ledesma and WWF-PH Ambassadors Pia Wurtzbach, Rovilson Fernandez, and Enzo Pineda.

The auction will kick-off on December 5 and feature pieces by Olivia D’aboville, Agnes Arellano, Jinggoy Buensuceso, Rom Villaseran, Jao Mapa, Carmen Westendorp Brias, and more local artists.

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The Philippines has been massively hit by super Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses in mid-November that brought torrential rains, violent winds, mudslides and storm surges to the country’s largest island of Luzon.

The typhoons left extensive destruction and damage in its path in the areas of Metro Manila, Cagayan Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol Region, and Cordillera Region. In total, some 34,328 families or 139,866 individuals are still staying in evacuation shelters while 12,829 families or 46,848 persons are being served outside emergency sites.

This compromised access to safe water & sanitation, devastated livelihoods & homes.

Kaya Natin’s Bangon Luzon relief drive have been reaching out to the communities affected by the recent storms.

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WWF-Philippines has been working in Lagonoy Gulf, which covers the Provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes, since 2011, and has a deep and strong relationship with its fishing communities.

These communities have been at the forefront of many of our efforts on sustainable fishing practices, from initiatives to prevent post-harvest losses, to social enterprise development, to important innovations in seafood traceability. The artisanal fishers of Lagonoy Gulf belong to a client group of small-scale tuna fishers that has entered full MSC assessment. This makes them the first group of small-scale fishers in the country to undergo the process.

The fishing communities of Lagonoy Gulf have been true partners in our work for sustainable fisheries, and are considered both as models of responsible fishing practices – and among the most vulnerable to violent storms and climate change. Small-scale fisherfolk are unfortunately disproportionately affected by such events. Still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and battered by one heavy storm after another, it is difficult for them not to feel hopeless over their situation.

With the recent Supertyphoon Rolly (international name: Goni) and Typhoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco) hundreds of families were left without roofs above their heads, boats were completely destroyed and unable to continue with their livelihoods. WWF local staff located in the Lagonoy Gulf area were also affected by the supertyphoon, though they have been able to act swiftly to conduct in-person rapid assessments in affected fishing communities, consulting and coordinating with the communities about the kind of immediate and mid-term support that they would need.

With your support, you can help us purchase and distribute necessary materials and supplies to our affected communities, to help them rebuild as they work themselves back up on their own two feet.

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