The number of casualties from Tropical Storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) has already reached 324. At least 277 were reported dead, 5 injured and 42 missing. In the National Capital Region alone, 123 people were killed, and in Region IV-A, 104. Over 100,000 of the 512,092 families affected by Ondoy are appealing for assistance from the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center....
30 Sep, 2009February 19, 2020
Photo Gallery: Relief Delivery Operation in Tondo, Manila
Displaced citizens of Del Pan, Tondo, Manila took refuge in a school gymnasium after Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) struck. CDRC, together with its regional center, the Community Response for Enlightenment, Service and Transformation (CREST), immediately gave relief packs to the affected families. This effort was supported by, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, the Social Service Agency of the German Protestant Church – one of...
30 Sep, 2009February 19, 2020
Update: 100,000 families affected by TS Ondoy appeal for help
Over 100,000 of the 373,675 families affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) is appealing from the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center for assistance. But because of very limited resources, CDRC cannot cater to all the these families. CDRC is now enjoining everyone to pitch in and extend whatever resources they could. Ondoy battered Metro Manila and parts of Luzon...
29 Sep, 2009February 19, 2020
Photo Gallery: Relief Delivery Operation in Floodway, Pasig
CDRC responded immediately to the families affected by Typhoon Ondoy in Brgy. Maybunga, Floodway, Pasig. Together with its regional center in Metro Manila, the Community Response for Enlightenment, Service and Transformation (CREST), and its long-time donor, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, CDRC gave relief goods to the affected families.