by Sindhy Obias In photo: Ma’am Joy (seated, first from right) and her co-teachers during the Disaster Preparedness Training for the school teachers in Talacogon. Teaching is undoubtedly hard work. But for teachers in a small school that…
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by Merdi Jean Arcilla In photo: Typhoon tracking exercise at the Community-Based Early Warning System Training in Barangay Potrero, Malabon City "If you want to develop your barangay early warning system for floods, it should be taken in…
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by Amian Tauli In photo: Community members of Sitio Mangagew working together to construct the distributor tank for their water system (Amian Tauli / CorDis RDS) Ti daga ket biag. Land is life. This quote is a truism…
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by Celso B. Dulce, Jr. In photo: The changes to the Kalawahig-1 bridge over the years. It was in disrepair already before Sendong (a), was strengthened with CARE’s assistance (b), damaged by Pablo and rebuilt painstakingly by the community…
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(This feature story was also published online by Rappler on 19 August 2014, available through this link.) By Darwin Masacupan If you asked her if she thought of herself as a humanitarian hero, the shy and unassuming Nay…
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by Darwin Masacupan In photo: Alcid (second from the right) conferring with the people of Sitio Labey in Barangay Ambuklao, Bokod, Benguet on the houses built with the assistance of the European Commission – Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection…
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By Llane Belle Salmorin In photo: Twinkle patiently guiding beneficiaries in answering forms for the post-distribution monitoring of shelter assistance Staying up late at night and waking up early in the morning is not new to me. As…
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by Llane Belle Salmorin In photo: Mila Muyco, a 77 year-old widow, happily sitting on one of the mats she weaves for a living at the middle of her new house, built by her son-in-law and other members of the…
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By Anjo Bacarisas In photo: A young girl holds a kite with the words “Padayon Cambucao! Mahal namin kayo!”(Onwards, Cambucao! We love you!). “We are like kites,” said Analita Garcela, the female barangay captain of Cambucao in the municipality of…
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By Anjo Bacarisas In photo: Rogie Dagami, member of the bayanihan team reconstructing shelters in Tabontabon, Leyte, preparing meals for his mother and himself. Twenty-eight year old Rogie Dagami has had polio since he was a three-month old baby….
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