Updates and field stories
December 10, 2012
We all heard and saw the news about the negative impacts of TS Bopha (Pablo) to the communities in the Mindanao region in the past days. But one community tells us a story about the indomitable spirit of the poor…
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November 13, 2012
“We are in Tacloban, and we’ve just driven along the coast. There are dead bodies along the coast, and the terrible smell of decay. There are bodies along the road. It’s pretty horrific. The whole team are shocked by what…
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November 13, 2012
“We are in Tacloban, and we’ve just driven along the coast. There are dead bodies along the coast, and the terrible smell of decay. There are bodies along the road. It’s pretty horrific. The whole team are shocked by what…
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November 7, 2012
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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October 4, 2012
4th Class Municipality Saint Bernard leads the Way in Disaster Preparedness The February 2006 landslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte claimed the lives of more than a thousand people, destroyed livelihoods and wiped out an entire village off the map….
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October 4, 2012
4th Class Municipality Saint Bernard leads the Way in Disaster Preparedness The February 2006 landslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte claimed the lives of more than a thousand people, destroyed livelihoods and wiped out an entire village off the map….
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October 4, 2012
Six years later, Saint Bernard, a fourth class municipality, has rebuilt itself as a model of resilience.They did so by building capacities in managing disasters through different risk reduction initiatives supported by different partners including ECHO, CARE Nederland, and ACCORD.
October 1, 2012
The Philippines is ahead of its Southeast Asian neighbors in disaster preparedness, according to the European Union. (Photo credit to Gregorio Dantes Jr.)
October 1, 2012
Ambassador Guy Ledoux commended the collaborative efforts of the local governments, NGOs, and the communities to help save lives and to lessen damages in times of disasters. (Photo credit to Gregorio Dantes Jr.)
October 1, 2012
When a 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Visayas and triggered a tsunami warning in the Pacific coast a month ago, some 7,000 residents from coastal barangays here evacuated to higher ground within 12 minutes. (Photo credit to Gregorio Dantes Jr.)