Updates and field stories
June 3, 2012
Leonora Silawan, Noel Casungcad, Jose Molin, and Generoso Aguila from Barangay Balatasan have sold a lot of crabs during the recent fiesta of Calabanga municipality. A month before, they bought 103 pieces of crabs weighing about 200 grams each on…
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June 3, 2012
“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 municipality that is frequently battered by strong typhoons….
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June 3, 2012
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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June 3, 2012
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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June 3, 2012
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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June 3, 2012
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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June 3, 2012
First published for the Strengthening Assets and Capacities of Communities and Local Governments for Resilience in Disasters (ACCORD Project), this set of hazard informational flyers is republished for the N&N and WASHI Projects’ community DRR orientations and trainings.PDF Download: Tsunami SECURED_0
June 3, 2012
First published for the Strengthening Assets and Capacities of Communities and Local Governments for Resilience in Disasters (ACCORD Project), this set of hazard informational flyers is republished for the N&N and WASHI Projects’ community DRR orientations and trainings.PDF Download: Lindol SECURED
June 3, 2012
First published for the Strengthening Assets and Capacities of Communities and Local Governments for Resilience in Disasters (ACCORD Project), this set of hazard informational flyers is republished for the N&N and WASHI Projects’ community DRR orientations and trainings.PDF Download: Landslide SECURED
June 3, 2012
First published for the Strengthening Assets and Capacities of Communities and Local Governments for Resilience in Disasters (ACCORD Project), this set of hazard informational flyers is republished for the N&N and WASHI Projects’ community DRR orientations and trainings.PDF Download: Baha SECURED