“I saw our house being swept away by the floods. Not even a piece of wood was left,” recounted Helen, a 54 year-old widow, and a mother of four. The house where she lived and the house of her eldest child’s family were washed away by the rushing floods the morning after Christmas day. What...
Grateful that his family was able to evacuate before their house totally collapsed and got swept away into the ocean by the rushing flood waters, John Paul, a grade 11 student from Barangay Taboc Norte, Oroquieta City recalled how what’s supposed to be a joyful Christmas day turned out to be a tragic one when...
PRESS STATEMENT (15 February 2019) The Citizens’ Disaster Response Network (CDRN), a national network of 17 #humanitarian aid organizations in the Philippines, vehemently detests the arbitrary detention of Glyceria Balangiao, staff of the Panday Bulig (PB), a regional based in Cagayan De Oro City. Balangiao was inadvertently detained when she came in defense of her...
The members of the Board of Trustees (BOT) and the Management Committee of the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) express deep sorrow on the untimely demise of Panday Bulig’s former Executive Director and Project Officer Carmencita “Carol” Abrio. They also wish to convey their deepest sympathies to the bereaved family. The whole CDRC...
