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 its goal for this said...
Resilience through Art
Have you ever wondered how art could save lives? In today’s chaotic world, how can paper, colored pencils, and tiny hands save millions and spread hope? The question perhaps has something do to with how artworks can save you from impending disasters. At a time when various upheavals are being experienced, the tragedies brought by turbulent weather seem just normal....
Pagsaludo at Pagpupugay kay Lorena Rivera-Villareal
Ang CDRC ay sumasaludo at nagpupugay kay Lorena “Loren/Ren” Rivera-Villareal sa kanyang wagas, masigasig at walang pag-iimbot na paglilingkod sa bulnerableng sector ng ating lipunan. Si Loren ay naglingkod bilang Executive Director ng Alay Bayan Luson, Inc. (ABI) mula 2012 hanggang 2018 . Naging upisyal siya ng CDRN (Citizens’ Disaster Response Network) sa mga taong ito. Sa panahon ng matinding...
An opportunity for building Resilient Community
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. As it is surrounded by...