ABI receives “Sukli sa suki” cash reward from Mercury Drug

Angeles City, Pampanga – ALAY BAYAN, Incorporated receives twenty five thousand pesos (P25,000.00) in cheque from the Mercury Drug Corporation through its representatives Ms. Eloja Pineda-Garcia and Mr. Danilo Aquino. The grant was handed over by the Department of Social Welfare & Development Region III Representative Ms Susan Soriano-Hernandez today, November 8 2010. ABI’s Vice [...]

Typhoon Juan (Megi) may reach Signal No. 4 on the east coast of Northern Luzon

As of yesterday, 10 p.m., Juan was located at 770 km east of Aparri, Cagayan while maintaining its 24 kph westward course to northern Luzon. According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) with PAGASA-DOST, Juan will be at 260 km east of Aparri, Cagayan tonight, and at 160 west southwest of Laoag [...]

CDRN elects new set of officers

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Network (CDRN), the network of community-based organizations wherein CDRC is the secretariat, elected a new set of officers last October 4-5 in Tagaytay City during its 9th General Assembly. Mr. Jimmy Khayog of the Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services (CDRDS) will lead the network with his Vice Chairperson, Ms. Percinita [...]

CDRC announces ABKD 2010 Poster-Making Contest winners

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC) has awarded the winners of the annual nationwide poster-making contest entitled “APOY, BAGYO, KALAMIDAD: DIBUHONG PAMBATA (ABKD) 2010”. Each of the twelve finalists, children aged 7-12 years old, received a cash prize, plaque and a gift during the awarding ceremony at the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Conference Room last [...]

One year after Ondoy: Stakeholders meet to address disaster impacts

Community-based organizations, government agencies, local government units, NGOs, academics and other stakeholders in the field of disaster risk reduction will meet in Tagaytay City on October 7 for a National Conference on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction. The gathering, which will happen one year after Typhoon Ondoy hit the capital Manila, is being organized by the [...]

CDRC Commemorates Ondoy’s First Year Anniversary

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center commemorated Ondoy tragedy’s one year mark last September 26 through a gathering dubbed as Ondoy: Isang Balik-Tanaw (Ondoy: A Flashback).

The event, which took place in Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman, was attended by volunteers, donors, and partners who have made significant contributions in helping the survivors of TS Ondoy rise above the calamity. Survivors also attended the event to share about their experiences.

Marilyn Tinio, Ondoy tragedy survivor from Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, recalls the tragedy with grief.

ABKD Deadline Extended: September 24, 2010

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center has once again extended the deadline of the ABKD poster-making contest to September 24, 2010 (Friday). Since 1996, ABKD (APOY, BAGYO, KALAMIDAD: DIBUHONG PAMBATA) has served as a venue for children to show their creativity and artistic talents, as well as express their views and concerns on disaster-related issues. This [...]

German humanitarian organization funds 25.7M disaster preparedness project in the Philippines

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), one of the biggest welfare institutions in Germany, is funding the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center’s Php 25.7 million project on disaster preparedness and mitigation in typhoon-prone Philippine regions. The project has been jointly supported by DKH and the German Federal Foreign Office during its first two years of implementation. Now, on its [...]

CDRC highlights ‘bayanihan’ in Asian Symposium on disaster impact and assessment

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center presented a paper highlighting the role of damayan and bayanihan in disaster resiliency in the Asian Symposium on Disaster Impact and Assessment in Hue, Vietnam last August 25-27. The three-day conference was organized by MICRODIS, a European Commission-funded disaster policy consortium composed of experts from across Europe and Asia with [...]

10 Ondoy-affected communities organized for child protection and disaster preparedness; 1,097 children now on their way towards psychosocial healing and recovery

Some 1,097 children and 502 adults in 10 communities in Quezon City, Muntinlupa, Manila and Marikina severely affected by TS Ondoy are now organized for child protection and disaster preparedness. This was made possible through the project “Rebuilding Lives After Ondoy and Pepeng: A Contribution to Children’s Recovery and Disaster Risk Reduction” funded by UNICEF [...]

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