Rosalie Alcabar, 38 years old, together with her husband and three children were among the 696 families of Brgy. Buso-Buso who evacuated during the Taal eruption on January 12, 2020. After staying in an evacuation center for a month, they were finally able to go back to their house after the permanent lockdown on their barangay was lifted. Their barangay...
Isabel’s Story
Just along the lakeshore surrounding the Taal Volcano, Sitio Bucal in Brgy. Gulod is home to 62 families whose main livelihood is cage fishing. One of them is Isabel Solis, 51 years old, and her other seven family members. During the Taal eruption, Isabel’s family took temporary shelter with host families and/or friends and not in designated evacuation centers. Their...
CDRC calls to junk Anti-Terror Law!
In the spirit of a just and humane society, Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc., along with its network of civil society organizations which constitutes humanitarian and development agencies, faith-based groups, academic institutions, and community-based organizations, stand united with the public’s appeal to the Supreme Court to uphold the constitution and to protect its citizens by invalidating the Anti-Terrorism Act...
Uphold the Right to Development of the Marginalized, Junk the Anti-Terror Bill
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. is united with the strong public call against the proposed enactment of the Anti-Terror Bill 2020 or Senate Bill 1083. We express grave concern on how the bill is not grounded on the realities of the underserved and unserved population who have been incessantly calling for immediate health and economic assistance since the...