After STS Yolanda (international name Haiyan) struck, #CDRC implemented two #shelter projects which gave 600 families new homes. In the following writing, some of the beneficiaries shared about their livelihoods before and after Yolanda, as well as their experiences during the super typhoon. Written by Ditte Baltersen Jessica Jessica, the first beneficiary I met, lives...
Category: Eastern Visayas
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TS #UrdujaPH Situation Report # 1
Samar and Leyte after TS Urduja Situation Report # 1 21 December 2017 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY On 12 December 2017, a low pressure area formed east of Mindanao into a tropical depression. Intensifying into a tropical storm, Urduja (International code name Kai-Tak) made landfall on 16 December over the province of San Policarpio, Eastern Samar. Because...
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CDRC Hands Over 300 Houses to Yolanda Survivors on Its 33rd Year
#JARO, #LEYTE – The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (#CDRC) handed over 300 permanent houses to families hardest hit by super typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) almost four years ago. The ceremony was held on Oct. 6, 2017 at 11 am at Brgy. Buenavista in Jaro, Leyte. Office of the Presidential Assistant for the...
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Letter to the Editor: On Pres. Duterte’s State of the Nation Address
We, in the Climate Change Network for Community-based Initiatives, are hoping that President Duterte translates his tough words against the plunderers of the environment in his SONA into tough actions. In his one year in office, we have been used to hearing the President issuing stern warnings to big local and foreign mining companies that...