NEWS RELEASE Nov. 7, 2016 3 years after Yolanda, beneficiaries of NGO shelter program still homeless Three years after #supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: #Haiyan) struck the country, a non-government organization lamented it has not completed its shelter program for 1,500 individuals in Jaro, Leyte due to government bureaucracy. The Citizens’ Disaster Response...
Category: Eastern Visayas
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On International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), Yolanda Survivors Still at Risk
October 13, 2016 News Release ATTENTION: Reporters/ News Desks Reference: Christie Suyin Ceres G. Jamoralin, #CDRC Executive Director Office number: 9299820/9299822: Mobile number: 09065861984 (globe) On International Day for Disaster Reduction (#IDDR), #Yolanda Survivors Still at Risk As the world celebrates the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), thousands of #Yolanda...
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Surviving Disastrous Disaster Politics
Chaya Ocampo Go August 30, 2016 Disastrous #Disaster Politics There is no such thing as a #natural disaster (see Hartman & Squires 2006). The strongest storms and the fiercest wind speeds could be called cosmic forces of nature, yet intensifying weather conditions brought about by #climate change are linked directly to human activity. The...
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An Open Letter to the Outgoing President
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (#CDRC) sent an open letter to Pres. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III. This is to request for tax exemption for the shipment of pinewood for the #Shelter Project which will benefit families affected by typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013. From December 2015 to May 2016, #Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) of...