About this project
Women Lift Women (WLW) proposes a six-month micro-pilot that will embed climate literacy and leadership opportunities in the lives of 80 adolescent girls and young women across Iloilo Province, Western Visayas. Running from January to June 2026, the programme will cost PHP 206,000 (CAD 50, 000) and directly advances Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5 and 13. The pilot’s headline ambition is to equip participants with the knowledge and confidence to design, fund and deliver 5 small-scale climate-adaptation projects in their own communities while simultaneously producing 10 youth-generated climate stories that reach at least half a million Filipinos online and over community radio.
Goals and Objectives
The overall goal is to raise local climate resilience by cultivating a first cohort of climate-literate Filipina youth leaders. Within six months, the project will (1) deliver a blended learning curriculum to eighty girls and measure a seventy-percent pass rate at a seventy-five-percent mastery threshold; (2) fund and mentor five youth-devised micro-projects, at least sixty per cent of which will achieve implementation milestones within six months; (3) train participants to create 10 engaging reels, podcasts or radio plugs that collectively attract at least five hundred thousand views or listens; (4) certify twenty “LitHERacy Fellows,” teachers and youth-workers who will be able to replicate the training independently; and (5) package evidence and a policy brief for DepEd Region VI and provincial decision-makers, supported by a real-time MEL dashboard.
Expected result
The Climate LitHERacy micro-pilot is designed to deliver Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound results for adolescent girls and young women in Iloilo Province. By June 2026, the six-month programme will have directly trained 80 participants in climate literacy, leadership, and storytelling, with at least 70 percent achieving a mastery rate of 75 percent or higher. Working in teams, these young women will design and implement 5 small-scale climate adaptation projects, at least 60 percent of which will meet milestones within six months.
Participants will also produce 10 climate stories in video, podcast, or radio formats, with 5 awarded micro-grants to extend their reach. Collectively, these stories are projected to engage at least 500,000 Filipinos through social media and community radio. To ensure continuity, 20 teachers and youth officers will be trained and certified as LitHERacy Fellows, enabling the replication of training modules in schools and youth clubs beyond the pilot.
The programme is achievable within its PHP 200,000 (CAD 5,000) budget and strengthened by partnerships with the Department of Education Region VI, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Office, and local governments. It is highly relevant to Iloilo, one of the Philippines’ most flood-prone provinces, where climate disasters disrupt girls’ education and limit their participation in decision-making. Beyond the direct beneficiaries, the grassroots projects are expected to influence 15,000 community members at the household and barangay level.
By combining measurable outputs with long-term capacity-building and evidence-based advocacy, Climate LitHERacy offers a time-bound yet scalable model that empowers girls to lead climate solutions where they are most urgently needed.
About me / organisation
Andrea Joyce Eugenio, Heini Borromeo, Charlenes Nebres and Anya Dela Cruz.
The project will be led by the Executive Committee of Women Lift Women, a youth-led organisation committed to advancing gender equality, leadership, and climate action.