Hope in the face of Disasters: Nenita’s Story Brgy. Lalauanan, Tumauini, Isabela – Nenita is a 56-year-old mother to ten children and a farmer in a remote community in the Municipality of Tumauini, located in the province of Isabela. The area is blessed with rich and fertile agricultural lands, but the farming families still experience...
CDRC conducts virtual tabletop exercise for the ‘Big One’ The Philippines frequently experiences seismic and volcanic tremors since it is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. In recent months, we experienced a series of earthquakes that shook various parts...
Julita Nuñez, 62 years old, is an elderly living in Barangay Maguiting in the municipality of San Narciso in Quezon Province. She lives with her two grandchildren and makes a living from tingting (broom made from palm leaf midribs) and a kaingin (slash-and-burn) farm. She makes tingting until two to three in the morning and...
Rosilyn Muhi, 51 years old, is a single mother from Barangay Binay in the municipality of San Narciso in Quezon Province. She makes a living from selling street food, copra, and pigs. However, when three consecutive typhoons ravaged the region, their copras were all destroyed and their pigs were left dead. Because of the pandemic,...
