Nov 11 Watch Relief workers struggle to provide life-saving services to typhoon survivors Relief workers struggle to provide life-saving services to typhoon survivors… Continue watching
Nov 11 In typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, ‘no place to bury the dead’ By Larisa Epatko After one of the most powerful typhoons in recorded history struck the Philippines over the weekend, aid organizations and the government scrambled to provide residents with their most basic needs of food and water on Monday. Meanwhile, survivors lined the… Continue reading
Nov 11 Philippine city of Tacloban at the center of typhoon devastation By Larisa Epatko Typhoon Haiyan swept across the Philippines in November 2013, wiping away houses and leaving survivors in search of food and water. View photos of one of the hardest hit cities, Tacloban, on the eastern coast. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch Super Typhoon Haiyan pummels the Philippines leaving severe damage in its wake Super Typhoon Haiyan pummels the Philippines leaving severe damage in its wake… Continue watching
Feb 12 Filipino Shopkeepers Get Help Breaking Into Mobile Phone Market By Larisa Epatko Mark Ruiz, a young Filipino social entrepreneur we profiled last year in our Agents for Change series, is about to embark on the next chapter of his Hapinoy project by helping small shopkeepers in his home country adapt to the… Continue reading
Oct 31 How Can Human Trafficking Still Exist? Answers to Viewers’ Questions By Larisa Epatko After a report aired on the NewsHour about what's being done to counter human trafficking in the Philippines, we invited you the viewers to send us your questions about the problem in the United States and abroad. Continue reading
Oct 17 Ask the Experts: Human Trafficking and What You Can Do By Larisa Epatko On Wednesday's NewsHour, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reported on human trafficking in the Philippines, where people desperate to find work sometimes find themselves in vulnerable situations. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Food for 9 Billion: Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines Food for 9 Billion: Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines… Continue watching
Jan 23 In Philippines, Some See Birth Control as Path to Food Security By Larisa Epatko In the Philippines, a growing population of people has led to a sharp decline in fish, a vital part of the diet. To address the problem, one organization is making birth control more readily accessible to those wishing to keep… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Replay a Live Chat About New Documentary ‘The Learning’ For more on this story go to: http://to.pbs.org/pyHG9B… Continue watching