(This report was first published online by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 08 June 2014. Original version is available in this link.) By Nestor Corrales, INQUIRER.net Looking forward to be a model city for disaster preparedness, residents of Barangay…
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Know more about ACCORD through our 2014 organizational brochure! Contained are information on our vision and mission, the approaches and frameworks we use in our work, details on our current projects, and our contact information. Join us in building more…
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In photo: ACCORD staff explaining to the members of the BDRRMC the essential items to bring when evacuating Barangay Potrero, the city’s largest barangay by area, is looking to become a model for urban, Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM). It…
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Barangay Potrero is the largest in Malabon City by area, covering 302.71 hectares, and is bounded by the Tullahan River to the north. The men are usually wage labourers in nearby factories or construction projects, or are ambulant vendors. The…
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Malabon City is a coastal city situated in the northern part of Metro Manila and part of the CAMANAVA sub-region. Commercial fishing and fish trading are the backbone of the city’s economy, along with metal and wood working, soap making…
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In photo: residents of Potrero undergoing first aid training in preparation for the drill The rains are coming, are you ready? Barangay Potrero, the largest barangay in Malabon City by area, will hold a Community Flood Evacuation Drill on June…
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ACCORD pays tribute to one of its own, a passionate and tireless scientist and public servant, Dr. Susan Espinueva.
This book, the first to be released under the Partners for Resilience program, aims to be an important part of the campaign to inform and shape policies for scaling up climate-smart community resilience building. It is a compilation of evidence-based…
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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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By Anjo Bacarisas “We are like kites,” said Analita Garcela, the female barangay captain of Cambucao in the municipality of Tabon-Tabon, Leyte. She further explained that “we needed someone to throw us up so we can get out of the…
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