Photo Gallery: Northville, Bulacan

The people living beside the train tracks in Metro Manila were relocated to Northville, Bulacan through a housing program by the government. When Typhoon Ondoy struck, the substandard structures that were built for them were instantly destroyed by the floods. Apparently, the government relocated them to a high-risk area — beside a river.

Photo Gallery: CDRN Writeshop

A creative resource generation and emergency appeals writeshop was conducted at the CDRC Training Center for the Citizens’ Disaster Response Network last Nov. 11-13, 2009. Representatives from each regional center attended the workshop which was facilitated by the Management Advancement Systems Association, Inc. (MASAI). The participants learned the basic skills in fund generation through project proposal making and appeal preparation.