This is not the time to politicize humanitarian aid and development work. While Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) and fellow development workers are tirelessly conducting emergency response operations and delivering aid to Mindanao Earthquakes Survivors and in close coordination with government line agencies on the ground, the state military forces have their hands full on publicly maligning the...
On the recent red tagging: “The line has been crossed”
This is not the time to politicize humanitarian aid and development work. While Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) and fellow development workers are tirelessly conducting emergency response operations and delivering aid to Mindanao Earthquakes Survivors and in close coordination with government line agencies on the ground, the state military forces have their hands full on publicly maligning the...
CDRC opens 2019 poster-making contest
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation Inc. (CDRC) is inviting Filipino youth aged seven to 12 to submit entries to its 2019 annual poster-making contest. Titled Apoy, Bagyo, Kalamidad: Dibuhong Pambata (#ABKD), this is CDRC’s 23rd annual contest held to recognize children’s capacity and advocacy of disaster and risk management in households, schools, and communities. ABKD is divided into two categories: Category A is open...
CDRC calls on lawmakers: NO to DDR bill, YES to strengthening current DRRM system
The Philippines as an archipelago is eminently exposed to natural hazards because of its geographic and climatological location. It is positioned along the Pacific Typhoon Belt and is within the Pacific Ring of Fire. As such, the country is affected by multiple recurrence of natural hazards such as typhoons and storm surges, earthquakes, floods and landslides. In fact, the country...