UNISDR has honoured Saint Bernard municipality, Southern Leyte, with a citation of Merit during the 2013 UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction ceremonies held last 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The municipality was awarded for its dedication to…
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More than a month after the onslaught of Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao, there is still $43 million or 66% funding gap from the $65 million international aid appeal for typhoon Bopha, UN OCHA reports. Furthermore, of the nearly 1 million…
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The women, consistent with their nurturing role in the family, worry about where to get food for the next meal. They also worry about their children getting sick because of poor shelter conditions, exposing children to the heat and cold,…
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“Not a single house was damaged because we prepared for the typhoon,” Romie Otacan, Barangay Captain of La Flora, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur proudly reported during the Tropical Storm Bopha joint assessment made by CARE Nederland, ACCORD, and Agri-Aqua Development Coalition–Mindanao…
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ACCORD is targeting to raise EUR500,000 for the planned emergency response, with a duration of three months. This will enable ACCORD to address the immediate needs of 5,360 poor and most affected households access shelter and NFI, WASH services and…
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We all heard and saw the news about the negative impacts of TS Bopha (Pablo) to the communities in the Mindanao region in the past days. But one community tells us a story about the indomitable spirit of the poor…
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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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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 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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