“I saw our house being swept away by the floods. Not even a piece of wood was left,” recounted Helen, a 54 year-old widow, and a mother of four. The house where she lived and the house of her eldest child’s family were washed away by the rushing floods the morning after Christmas day. What she thought of having a...
A story of survival and gratitude of John Paul Lera from Barangay Taboc Norte, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental
Grateful that his family was able to evacuate before their house totally collapsed and got swept away into the ocean by the rushing flood waters, John Paul, a grade 11 student from Barangay Taboc Norte, Oroquieta City recalled how what’s supposed to be a joyful Christmas day turned out to be a tragic one when his family lost their home....
CDRN STATEMENT ON THE WARRANT OF ARREST ISSUED TO ICRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FLORENCE “RENZ” KANG
We, the Citizens’ Disaster Response Network (CDRN), a network of disaster response and disaster risk reduction (DRR) organizations all over the country that assist the most affected and least served communities during disasters strongly condemn the fabricated charge of rebellion filed against our colleague Florence “Renz” Kang for which a warrant of arrest has been issued. Renz is the Executive...
Stop Harassing Development Workers
CDRC welcomes 2023 with renewed commitment to strengthen community resilience. As we leave 2022, we bring along valuable lessons from our rich experiences in responding to disasters that affected communities nationwide. We had successfully overcome the difficulties brought about by the lockdown imposed due to COVID 19 pandemic. Vulnerable communities which experienced typhoons that have become more fierce, like typhoon...