Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, an NGO under Diakonisches Werk of the EKD, the Social Service Agency of the German Protestant Church, has donated funds to CDRC to help assist 2,260 families affected by the monsoon rains. Thousands of families were forced to evacuate after the southwest monsoon rains caused severe floods and landslide in Metro Manila and...
Category: Southern Tagalog
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Japanese NGOs assist flood-affected families
Civic Force and Peace Winds Japan, two Japanese NGOs, are providing relief assistance to 8,364 flood-affected families in Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon. Funding for this project, amounting to P9.2 M, was sourced-out from Japan Platform. Last August 7, 2012, torrential rains caused by the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Storm Haikui,...
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Photo Gallery: Flooded areas in Rizal and Laguna
The Southern Tagalog People’s Response Center (STPRC), CDRC’s regional partner, conducted a Damage Needs and Capacities Assessment in Jala-jala, Rizal and Victoria, Laguna after the monsoon rains. Residential areas and farms were inundated by flood waters, which may take a while before waters subside (it took two months in the case of TS Ketsana in...
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Photo Gallery: Flood in Rizal
Hundreds of commuters were stranded in Rizal due to floods. These photos were taken on August 8, 2012.