The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center has once again extended the deadline of the ABKD poster-making contest to September 24, 2010 (Friday). Since 1996, ABKD (APOY, BAGYO, KALAMIDAD: DIBUHONG PAMBATA) has served as a venue for children to show their creativity and artistic talents, as well as express their views and concerns on disaster-related issues. This...
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German humanitarian organization funds 25.7M disaster preparedness project in the Philippines
Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), one of the biggest welfare institutions in Germany, is funding the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center’s Php 25.7 million project on disaster preparedness and mitigation in typhoon-prone Philippine regions. The project has been jointly supported by DKH and the German Federal Foreign Office during its first two years of implementation. Now, on its...
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CDRC highlights ‘bayanihan’ in Asian Symposium on disaster impact and assessment
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center presented a paper highlighting the role of damayan and bayanihan in disaster resiliency in the Asian Symposium on Disaster Impact and Assessment in Hue, Vietnam last August 25-27. The three-day conference was organized by MICRODIS, a European Commission-funded disaster policy consortium composed of experts from across Europe and Asia with...
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10 Ondoy-affected communities organized for child protection and disaster preparedness; 1,097 children now on their way towards psychosocial healing and recovery
Some 1,097 children and 502 adults in 10 communities in Quezon City, Muntinlupa, Manila and Marikina severely affected by TS Ondoy are now organized for child protection and disaster preparedness. This was made possible through the project “Rebuilding Lives After Ondoy and Pepeng: A Contribution to Children’s Recovery and Disaster Risk Reduction” funded by UNICEF...