The conference provides a venue for learning how at-risk communities can start the process of doing DRR and ecosystem restoration while considering climate projections and the possibility of extreme weather events, and how these efforts can be sustained using their…
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The conference will feature both plenary and concurrent sessions where community-based experiences and learnings in DRR-CCA-EMR will be presented. A press briefing will be held at lunch time where media professionals will have a chance to clarify further points with…
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As part of their further immersion into the work of building community resilience, participants will visit areas in Camarines Sur to see how DRR-CCA-EMR projects are implemented. It is hoped that armed with this context, participants can better synthesize lessons…
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Durungan ha pagtindog (rising up together). Stories of tragedy turned into stories of unity and collective recovery from Typhoon #Haiyan. This is just one facet of #bayahihan in action! Brgy. Katipunan, Dagami, Leyte
Last September 7, residents and leaders of flood-prone barangays in Malabon and Valenzuela (Potrero, Catmon, Tagalag, and Balangkas) participated in the Protect-a-Hectare program of the La Mesa Watershed. Together, they were able to plant a total of 720 seedlings across…
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Partnerships Toward Resilient Communities Bloom at La Mesa Watershed Quezon City – Around 130 individuals from the flood-prone barangays of Potrero and Catmon in Malabon City, and Balangkas and Tagalag in Valenzuela City participated in the “Protect-a-Hectare” treeplanting program of…
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In photo: Go green! || Youth participants show-off their green thumbs after marking the Paint-A-Tree as a sign of their participation and pledge to help protect the La Mesa Watershed. (Gerone Centeno / ACCORD) Quezon City – Around 130 individuals…
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What is the main natural hazard affecting the CAMANAVA area? How does tree-planting in the La Mesa Watershed address this concern? What are the other projects under the Partners for Resilience (PfR) Project that aim to strengthen the resilience of…
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Annual report of ACCORD’s accomplishments for 2013. Download it here.
Malabon City — Tired of flooding, residents and community leaders from Barangays Potrero and Catmon in Malabon with Barangays Balangkas and Tagalag in Valenzuela are now looking to plant the seeds of long-term, improved flood mitigation by participating in the…
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