Mainstreaming DRR-CCA into local governance is good governance “The sweetest reward is a resilient community.” This is how Mayor Evelyn Yu summarized her experience working with CARE and partners. She is the municipal mayor of Calabanga in Camarines Sur, a…
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The shoreline along the east of Cagsao, a coastal village in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, is thickly covered with mangrove trees of almost 2 meters high. In less than three years, these trees will be fully grown for the community to…
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Paltic Elementary School, in Dingalan municipality, lies at the foot of the Sierra Madre Mountains facing the Pacific Ocean. In 2004, the school witnessed a massive landslide that claimed hundreds of lives and properties in the village. Following the disaster,…
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Barangay Chairperson Elizalde Miones, “Kap Zaldy” to many, takes his turn in tending the sari-sari store. He records in a logbook every sale of rice, sugar, cooking oil and other prime commodities. He belongs to one of the 11 teams…
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The bells rang at rapid intervals. Women, children, youth, elderly, and men are making their way to the identified pick-up points within the village. Bringing with them some food, drinking water, clothing, blankets and sleeping mats, they wait for the…
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