MICRODIS is an Integrated Project funded under the EU Sixth Framework Programme.

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This project is in partnership with the Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe and the German Federal Foreign Office together with the regional centers in the Citizens’ Disaster Response Networ, namely the Southern Tagalog People’s Response Center (STPRC), Tarabang Para sa Bicol, Inc. (TABI), Leyte Center for Development Education, Inc. (LCDE), Bread for Emergency Assistance and Development (Bread), Center for Relief and Rehabilitation Services – Cagayan Valley (CRRS-CV) and the Alay Bayan, Inc. (ABI).

It is dedicated to individuals, organizations, agencies and communities which have offered time, effort and resources to help vulnerable sectors help themselves in the face of disaster.

A 3-minute promotional video of the Microdis survey on health, social and economic impact of disasters on communities conducted in three countries in Southeast Asia. The video features the five survey sites in the region, namely: Albay and Southern Leyte in the Philippines, Quang Nam and Hanoi in Vietnam, and Bojonegoro in Indonesia.

MICRODIS is a project with the overall goal to strengthen preparedness, mitigation and prevention strategies in order to reduce the health, social and economic impacts of extreme events on communities:

• to strengthen the scientific and empirical foundation on the relationship between extreme events and their health, social and economic impacts,
• to develop and integrate concepts, methods, tools and databases towards a common global approach,
• to improve human resources and coping capacity in Asia and Europe though training and knowledge sharing

The MICRODIS consortium consists of sixteen leading academic and policy expert institutions from across Europe and Asia who are specialized in key areas of disaster-related health and social science disciplines.

MICRODIS is a European Commission-funded project under the European Community’s 6th Framework Programme.

This video is presented in behalf of the MICRODIS consortium by CDRC. Information given in this presentation reflects the authors’ views only. The Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

This infomercial was produced under the 11-episode  series: “Hands that Help Build a Nation”, a nation-building campaign in the early 90s launched by PLDT. CDRC’ video, entitled: “Tawag ng Panahon” was Episode 6.

We thank Mr. Martin Benedict S. Perez for bringing these ads back to life. Learn more about this campaign through his website.

Albay children near Mt. Mayon are key players in working with UNICEF Philippines, local government and NGO partners to prepare for natural disasters through disaster risk reduction programmes.

Featuring CDRC’s regional center in Bicol: Tarabang Para sa Bicol, Inc. (TABI)

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http://www.unicef.org/philippines/8891_12383.html

CDRC started the concept of Community-Based Disaster Management in 1984, long before it became a by-word in development circles. This video presentation features CBDM and its different components.