Macambol child

Macambol child [CAFOD/Simon Rawles]

Macambol man

Macambol man [CAFOD/Simon Rawles]

Our future

Jade, 9yrs old, marking out 'Our Future' in coral on the beach at Pujada Bay [Simon Rawles]

Rodrigo Costanilla, rice farmer

Rice farmer Rodrigo Costanilla, father of seven, farms one hectare, rented from a land-owning family, and says rice is his livelihood [Annie Bungeroth]

Elizabeth Moteza, director of Social Action Centre

Elizabeth Moteza is director of Social Action Centre in Zamboanga del Sur, Mindanao, which is supported by CAFOD. The centre works with small-scale rice farmers [Annie Bungeroth]

Rock Rock

CAFOD partner Rock Rock brings Muslim and Christian leaders together to work for peace [Kate Stanworth]

Filipino farmer ploughing

CAFOD works with local people in the Philippines to develop high quality rice at lower costs so that their families can have a better future. [Annie Bungeroth]

Three men from PAKIGDAIT

Musa Sanguila (right) and his two sons work for interfaith group PAKIGDAIT, which is building peace in the Philippines [Kate Stanworth]

White Band Day II Philippines

Filipino campaigners marked White Band Day by rating their Government's performance on the Millennium Development Goals. [GCAP Philippines]

Hands tying rice sack

CAFOD is promoting a chemical-free form of rice farming in the Philippines called "Masipag" [Annie Bungeroth]

Portrait of communit leader

Community leader Onsino Mato who is campaigning to stop large-scale mining on his people’s land [PIPLinks]

villager in mudslide

A Filipino villager walks in a muddy area after a mudslide buried the remote farming village of Guinsaugon in the southern Leyte province [REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Sabakan partner

Inday Yap, Sabakan Coordinator, helps counsel and support children and women who have suffered abuse [Annie Bungeroth]

Sabakan children

These children have been supported by Sabakan after they were brutally thrown into jail last year [Annie Bungeroth]

Natural medicines

Medicines made from plants provide affordable relief from common illnesses for families in the Philippines. [Annie Bungeroth]

Rachel Aragon makes herbal medicines

Rachel Aragon has learned how to make herbal medicines thanks to CAFOD's partner Community Based Health Programme [Annie Bungeroth]

Making papaya soap

Bibing Taniola trains people in poor communities how to make papaya soap and sell it to earn and income [Annie Bungeroth]

Geraldine Buhayan washing clothes

Geraldine Buhayan's family now have running water thanks to CAFOD's support [Annie Bungeroth]

Ruth with daughter

Life has improved enormously for Ruth Buhayan and her eight children since CAFOD's partner began supporting them [Annie Bungeroth]

Jul Yap gathering coconuts

Jul Yap now has a flourishing coconut crop thanks to training from CAFOD's partner JPIP [Annie Bungeroth]

Marian May Yap with goats

Marian May Yap helps looks after the goats her family received from CAFOD's partner JPIP [Annie Bungeroth]

Peace building in the Philippines

Peace building in the Philippines [CAFOD]

Boy with grandfather

Boy with grandfather [CAFOD]

Pakigdait volunteers

Pakigdait volunteers Ansari Christmar Pernia, 26 (R) and Merlito (Maley) Delacalzada, 26, embrace at a special ritual for Christians and Muslims to mark the end of Ramadan [Annie Bungeroth]

Floodwaters after Typhoon Fengshen

A vendor wades through knee-deep floodwaters as a bus passes after Typhoon Fengshen pelted Metro Manila with torrential rain and high winds June 22, 2008 [REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Clare Short Philippines mountains

Clare Short in the Philippines [philippinesfactfinding.blogspot.com]

Clare Short small scale mining

Clare Short visits small scale mining operation in the Philippines [philippinesfactfinding.blogspot.com]

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo talks to local residents affected by mudslides caused by Typhoon Durian in Guinobatan town, Albay province, south of Manila [REUTERS/CHERYL RAVELO, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Gina Yap, wife of small farmer Jul Yap

Gina Yap, 35, is the wife of small farmer Jul Yap and daughter of Salud Relatado. The family have learned organic farming, which has improved their harvests, and are now sharing their skills with their community [Annie Bungeroth]