CDRC conducts virtual tabletop exercise for the ‘Big One’ The Philippines frequently experiences seismic and volcanic tremors since it is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. In recent months, we experienced a series of earthquakes that shook various parts...
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BAYANIHAN: Alive inside a Cemetery
Sheba Babac is an active DPC member of Tanza-Timawa 2, Iloilo City and thus sees how her fellow urban poor strive to survive every day. Furthermore, their experiences have enabled them to grow and cope with other problems that they are, and will be, facing. Tanza-Timawa 2 is a community inside a cemetery, which is...
Realizations for Future Plans: A Need to Invest in Disaster Preparedness
Vivian Asong, locally known as Nay Viv, was the DPC member chosen by PCDR to be trained on CBDM Training of Trainers last March 9-13, 2020, along with the EnCap 2 project staff. Nay Viv was chosen for that activity because she is an active urban poor organizer and leader under the Katilingban sang Imol...
Water means food in Sitio Sukiap
Kalinga, Philippines – Despite modern times, time seemingly stood still for local farmers in a remote village in the Cordilleras due to their backward farming methods. Using bare hands, bolos, and carabaos, local farmers from Sitio Sukiap of Barangay Tanglag cultivate their lands to provide food on their tables. However, their produce remains scant and...