Restoring Hope
Rebuilding Peace

Our Mission

The Respair Foundation provides critical support to communities in crisis, working on the frontlines of the region’s most vulnerable flashpoints to restore hope and rebuild peace where it has been torn away.

respair (n.) the return of hope after despair

What We Do in the Philippines

Conflict Prevention

Disaster
Relief

Community Empowerment

Photo: REUTERS/Noel Celis

Summer 2026 Natural Disasters

Throughout the summer months of 2026, earthquakes and floods have struck the southern island of Mindanao, leaving dozens dead and tens of thousands displaced. Help us reach those most in need today.

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September 2026 BARMM Elections

This September, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will hold its first ever parliamentary elections. After decades of conflict and one of the world's longest running peace processes, these elections pose an amazing opportunity to uphold democracy in the Philippines' only Muslim-majority region and help usher in lasting peace for generations.

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Featured Stories

Local facilitation meeting brings commanders from the Philippine Army and National Police and Moro leaders together to prevent ceasefire breakdowns.

Bangsamoro region, southern Philippines

Restoring Hope Rebuilding Peace