Community members affected by massive flooding brought by Typhoon Vamco in the province of Cagayan plant trees along the banks of Cagayan River as a mitigation strategy against future disasters and as a way of bringing back biodiversity in Cagayan. …
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When Typhoon Monang battered the coastal village of Sabang in 1993, massive swells from the ocean engulfed houses near the shore and killed scores of residents. One local recalls fleeing her home under the heavy downpour together with her cousin,…
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The coronavirus pandemic is affecting not just the health but also the livelihoods of people the world over. In Cotabato City, many from urban poor communities have been unable to work because of strict quarantine measures imposed across the Philippines…
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Two young mothers from communities affected by conflict in Mindanao share why civil registration, previously beyond their reach, matters so much to them and their families
Brgy. Bayabas in Dagami, Leyte Province Philippines was almost flattened by the strong winds Haiyan brought. Apart from destroyed houses and structures, their livelihoods were wiped out as well. Through humanitarian actions after Haiyan, followed by development projects afterwards, this…
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Disasters have been increasing exponentially over the past, with climate change contributing to extreme weather events. Degradation and loss of ecosystem have also been intensifying the hazards that, combined with vulnerability, cause disaster. These impacts were rarely addressed, if ever,…
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ACCORD’s Typhoon Yolanda Response aims to serve the most underserved communities and highly vulnerable groups in the islands of Leyte and Panay by: (1) providing life-saving food and emergency shelter support in the emergency phase (2) providing risk-…
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Project Details Name of Project: Bohol Earthquake Response Location: municipalities of Tubigon, Clarin, and Inabanga in Bohol Start date of project: 15 October 2013 End date of project: 14 August 2015 Partners: CARE Nederland, ACF International Philippines, Save the Children Donors: European Commission Humanitarian Aid and…
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Scale Up, Build Up projects aims to support the implementation of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act (RA 10121) by improving access to information and increasing the institutional capacity of DRR stakeholders to increase resilience of high risk communities in…
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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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