4th Class Municipality Saint Bernard leads the Way in Disaster Preparedness The February 2006 landslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte claimed the lives of more than a thousand people, destroyed livelihoods and wiped out an entire village off the map….
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Six years later, Saint Bernard, a fourth class municipality, has rebuilt itself as a model of resilience.They did so by building capacities in managing disasters through different risk reduction initiatives supported by different partners including ECHO, CARE Nederland, and ACCORD.
The Philippines is ahead of its Southeast Asian neighbors in disaster preparedness, according to the European Union. (Photo credit to Gregorio Dantes Jr.)
Ambassador Guy Ledoux commended the collaborative efforts of the local governments, NGOs, and the communities to help save lives and to lessen damages in times of disasters. (Photo credit to Gregorio Dantes Jr.)
When a 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Visayas and triggered a tsunami warning in the Pacific coast a month ago, some 7,000 residents from coastal barangays here evacuated to higher ground within 12 minutes. (Photo credit to Gregorio Dantes Jr.)
The European Union and the Municipality of Saint Bernard, in partnership with the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, CARE Nederland, and the German Development Cooperation is holding the National Conference for Effect Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Practices…
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” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Communities targeted by the project were based on the needs assessment conducted during the latter part of the primary emergency project (WASHI 1). In order to ensure that the project is still relevant three months…
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Project details Name of Project: “Coordinated and integrated recovery support to the population affected by typhoon Bopha, Philippines” (BOPHA 2) Location: Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley Start date of project: 7 March 2013 End date of project: 6 December 2013 Partners: CARE Nederland Donor: European…
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Project details Name of Project: “Emergency assistance to the affected vulnerable population by the typhoon Pablo (Bopha), Philippines (BOPHA 1) Location: Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley Start date of project: 7 December 2012 End date of project: 6 March 2013 Partners: CARE Nederland, Agri-Aqua Development…
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