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CDRN lauds Bicol for being a disaster resilience trailblazer

NAGA CITY, July 18–  Citizens’ Disaster Response Network (CDRN) Chairperson Jazmin A. Jerusalem expressed her warm congratulations to the men and women behind the launching of the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Preparedness (A-PAD) Bicol Regional Platform held Friday, July 13 at the Avenue Plaza Hotel, here. Jerusalem drove all the way from Tacloban City...

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CDRC 2017 Annual Report

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center concludes the last year of its five-year Strategic Plan (2013-2017). This Strategic Plan has the overall goal of “Building resilient communities to reduce impact of widespread and increasing magnitude of disasters.” This narrative report covering the period January-December 2017 shows the implemented activities as designed in the Strat Plan and...

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Yolanda Stories

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...