Updates and field stories
April 2, 2013
Jalila Anugod, at 19 years old, is a widow with a 6-month old baby girl. Her husband died months ago. Jalila lives with her in laws who helped her support her baby. She was all smiles as she crossed…
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January 18, 2013
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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January 15, 2013
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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January 15, 2013
Indigenous peoples living in upland, and difficult-to-reach communities in Boston and Cateel municipalities in Davao Oriental are facing long-term food shortage and hunger if they are not able to plant fast-maturing crops by February at the latest. …
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December 26, 2012
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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December 13, 2012
A picture of children and women begging at the roadside calls not for despair but for more aggressive and urgent help from the government, aid organizations, concerned citizens, and the people in general. Clearly, a lot still has to be…
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December 12, 2012
“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 (TS Bopha, locally known as Pablo) joint assessment made by…
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December 12, 2012
“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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December 10, 2012
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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December 10, 2012
I did not expect the sight that greeted us when we reached barangay Langaon. Men and women, including some elderly were repairing the hanging bridge known as Kalawahig-1. Some were erecting two concrete posts where steel cables of the bridge…
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