Aling Melba an old woman from Dumagat tribe told us; “We don’t want to evacuate sometimes, because we will only be blamed if something goes missing” The blazing midday sun shone relentlessly on the green meadows of Sitio Kumunoy, Brgy. Anibawan, one of the most remote communities one would ever think existed. Brgy. Anibawan is...
Anita, a young mother, shared the hardships they are going through following Super Typhoon Karding Super Typhoon Karding (international name Noru) made its first landfall as a Category 4 storm in Polillo Island in the evening of September 26, 2022. With sustained winds of 195 km/h and gustiness of 240 km/h, ST Karding is one...
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. has just concluded the third year of its Five-Year Strategic Plan (2018-2022). This narrative report covers the period January-December 2020, and shows the activities carried out as designed in its Five-Year Strategic Plan and the proposed 2020 Core Program. This report looks into the organization’s efforts to complete...
Months later after typhoon Odette, several communities in Southern Leyte are still reeling from the damages they sustained from the storm. Barangay Tigbao is one of the remote villages in Libagon City in Southern Leyte and also one of the hardest hit by the typhoon Odette when it struck the country in December last year....
