Photo Gallery: Caritas-supported RDO in CDO

Caritas Switzerland, through the support of Swiss Solidarity, City of Geneva, Caritas Luxembourg, Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Caritas Austria, is funding CDRC and Panday Bulig’s relief operations in Mindanao. December 29, 2011 signified the start of a series of Caritas Swiss-supported relief operations in CDO. In the evening of December 29, floating candles [...]

Photo Gallery: Caritas-supported RDO in Iligan

Caritas Switzerland, through CDRC and Panday Bulig, conducted relief delivery operation in Iligan City last December 29, 2011, one of the many RDOs being conducted in the area. Photos by: Om Narayan Velasco

Photo Gallery: Denmark-supported RDO in Iligan

CDRC and its Regional Center Panday Bulig conducted a relief delivery operation in Iligan City last December 28, 2011. This was supported by the Danish Embassy. Photos by: Om Narayan Velasco

Photo Gallery: Denmark-supported RDO in CDO

Last December 28, 2011, CDRC and Panday Bulig, conducted a Relief Delivery Operation in Cagayan de Oro City for the families affected by Tropical Storm Sendong. This was supported by the Danish Embassy. Photos by: Om Narayan Velasco

Civic Force Japan sends donation for Sendong victims

Civic Force, a non-profit organization in Japan, donated US $10,000 for the victims of Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) in the Philippines. Civic Force immediately mounted a campaign for donations after the December 16, 2011 floods and landslides in Northern Mindanao and Central Visayas where more than 1,000 people died. The survivors, who were left homeless, [...]

Caritas Switzerland assists disaster-affected areas

Caritas Switzerland, a Catholic social service agency, sent funding to the disaster-stricken areas in the Philippines following the massive destruction brought by Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) last December 16, 2011 in Northern Mindanao and Central Visayas. Thousands of families were left homeless after floods and landslides submerged and destroyed villages, and killed more than 1,000 [...]

Germany sends relief to Sendong survivors

Germany, through the efforts of the humanitarian aid agency Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), sent relief aid worth Php 14.2 M to the survivors of Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) in the Philippines. More than 1,000 people were killed when “Sendong” ravaged Northern Mindanao and Central Visayas on Dec. 16, 2011. Floods and landslides washed away houses and [...]

CDRC provides relief to 1,000 Sendong-affected families

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center, through its Regional Center Panday Bulig, distributed 1,000 relief packs to families affected by Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City last December 23, 2011. The relief effort was made possible through the generous support of Mercy Relief, a humanitarian aid agency in Singapore, which donated SG $12,000. The family [...]

Denmark sends emergency aid to disaster areas in the Philippines

The tropical storm Washi has left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines as a result of floodings. Denmark has decided to donate DKK 300,000 for an immediate humanitarian response in disaster struck areas. To date the storm has killed over a thousand people and destroyed 28,000 houses.The number of deaths is increasing [...]

Update: Sendong leaves more than 1,000 people killed

The death toll of Tropical Storm Sendong (international codename: Washi), which battered Southern Philippines on December 16, 2011, has reached 1,453. Many of those killed were women and children who drowned when rivers swelled in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City. Other victims came from Zamboanga del Norte and Compostela Valley. Some 4,594 people [...]

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