A project of Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC) and Tarabang para sa Bicol Inc. (TABI), in partnership with Caritas Switzerland, Swiss Solidarity, Caritas Luxembourg, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.

A CDRC project in partnership with Mercy Relief Singapore and MediaCorp.

1. Emphasize mitigation strategies on the national disaster management framework.
2. Address gender need in disaster planning.
3. Hazard mapping must be done for priority areas with results properly disseminated to population at risk.
4. Conduct study on identification of gaps in operational implementation of government’s disaster programs.
5. Review of the policy implication of existing government disaster risk reduction programs as well as streamlining and enhancing strategies on disaster management.
6. Need for behavior modification to lesses vulnerability and strengthen resiliency.
7. Need for integration of basic disaster related courses into educational curriculum in all levels.
8. Enhance and strengthen communication at the community level to increase awareness/knowledge on the signs for incoming disasters.

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

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.

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

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.

All interviewees gave verbal permission to appear in this video documentary.

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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.