http://www.cdrc-phil.com Official website of the Citizens' Disaster Response Center (CDRC), Philippines Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:38:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tsunami Alert Level 2 was raised in the Philippines Sunday morning after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile on the other side of the Pacific Ocean Saturday afternoon. Initial reports said the powerful quake killed at least 214 people and also set off a tsunami as high as 1.29 meters off ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/phivolcs-raises-tsunami-alert-level-2/ This is the February 5 episode of CDRC's 30-minute “Disaster Preparedness” Segment at Radio Veritas DZRV 846 khz, Fridays 7:30-8:00am Manila time (live webcasts: www.veritas846.ph/) Theme:  Disaster Risk Reduction Management Bill “DRRM Bill” Click here to listen to the podcast http://www.cdrc-phil.com/podcast-disaster-preparedness-segment-february-5-episode/ This is the January 29 episode of CDRC's 30-minute “Disaster Preparedness” Segment at Radio Veritas DZRV 846 khz, Fridays 7:30-8:00am Manila time (live webcasts: www.veritas846.ph/) Click here to listen to the podcast http://www.cdrc-phil.com/podcast-disaster-preparedness-segment-january-29-episode/ A 23-minute 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 ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/microdis-southeast-asia-fieldwork-challenges-and-project-relevance/ Thousands of farmers in 14 provinces in Luzon and the Visayas are now suffering from drought caused by El Nino which is likely to last until July this year. photo from philstar.com In a report by the Department of Agriculture, 158,166 ha of farmland are affected by the dry spell. Of these, ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/philippines-hit-hard-by-el-nino/ Volunteers repacking goods for relief delivery operation in Sta. Inez, Tanay, Rizal on February 21 for the Dumagat community affected by Typhoon Ondoy. We still need volunteers to help us sort-out old clothes on Saturday, Feb. 20. [gallery link="file" orderby="title"] http://www.cdrc-phil.com/photo-gallery-repacking-of-goods-for-sta-inez-rdo/ On February 21, CDRC will implement a rehabilitation project and conduct a relief delivery operation in Sta Inez, Tanay, Rizal for the Dumagats affected by Typhoon Ondoy.  Up to this day, the community has not recovered from the devastation of the typhoon. CDRC will help complete the construction of the school building destroyed by ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/rehabilitation-dumagats/ Four months have passed after Typhoon Ondoy's wrath but Iwahig, Brgy. Tumana, Marikina is still a  landscape of destroyed homes. Through the Rehabilitation Project for the Families Affected by Typhhon Ondoy to be implemented by Citizens' Disaster Response Center in partnership with Tuazon Community Foundation, Inc. (TCCFD), we will rebuild their ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/photo-gallery-4-months-after-ondoy-iwahig-is-still-a-landscape-of-destroyed-homes/ The Philippines is now suffering from drought caused by El Nino, a phenomenon brought about by the warming of the Pacific Ocean, which is likely to last up to June 2010. photo taken from www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph Water in Magat dams in Isabela are now 20 meters below normal level, according to Dr. Susan ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/philippines-suffers-from-dry-spells/ Photographer and volunteer, John Voltaire Lim, captured the whole essence of bayanihan when he joined CDRC in one of its relief delivery operations in Balara, Quezon City last year for the families affected by Typhoon Ondoy.  Bayanihan, which refers to a spirit of communal unity to achieve a particular objective, was ... http://www.cdrc-phil.com/capturing-bayanihan/