Our core expertise and programming areas in disaster resilience, crisis response, and peacebuilding.
1. Integrated Risk Management
ACCORD integrates Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), and Ecosystem Management and Restoration (EMR) as a unified, holistic framework.
We support LGUs and community leadership in risk assessments, early warning systems, early action plans, and climate-resilient livelihoods. Key focus is placed on nature-based solutions, solid waste management, and mangrove reforestation to build natural buffers.
2. Humanitarian Response
We deliver inclusive, rapid, and life-saving assistance during emergencies while supporting long-term rehabilitation and Build Back Better shelter techniques.
Our interventions include climate-resilient WASH services, food security, multipurpose cash-based assistance, and Education in Emergencies (EiE). Protection, gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) are mainlined across all response cycles.
3. Peacebuilding & Social Cohesion
We address underlying drivers of conflict, displacement, and resource competition to support sustainable resilience in fragile regions.
Through grassroots leadership dialogues, conflict-prevention forums, and capacity building, we empower Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth to participate in local peace processes. This ensures social cohesion goes hand-in-hand with development.
Cross-Cutting Commitments
To achieve sustainable, locally led development, we integrate six core commitments across all program areas:
- Community Organizing: Strengthening local leadership structures and self-reliance.
- GEDSI Mainstreaming: Focusing on gender equality, disability rights, and social inclusion.
- Environmental Sustainability: Adhering to climate-sensitive and eco-friendly programming.
- Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP): Creating transparent feedback and grievance channels.
- Vulnerability Protection: Safeguarding children, women, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
- Local System Capacity: Enabling LGUs, schools, and local organizations to lead long-term.
COLLECTIVE WORK & REACH
Through collaborative partnerships with local governments, civil society organizations, and international donors, ACCORD has built a strong track record of disaster risk reduction and community resilience across the Philippines.
18Regions
46Provinces
164Cities & Munis
774Barangays
120+Projects Implemented
4.5M+Beneficiaries Reached
56Partners and Donors
