Chaya Ocampo Go August 30, 2016 Disastrous #Disaster Politics There is no such thing as a #natural disaster (see Hartman & Squires 2006). The strongest storms and the fiercest wind speeds could be called cosmic forces of nature, yet intensifying weather conditions brought about by #climate change are linked directly to human activity. The...
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Planting Rice is Never Fun — NOT!
12 August 2016 – Members of the Samahan ng Magsasaka at Mangingisda ng Nicholas (Association of Farmers and Fishermen of Nicholas) in Magsaysay town, province of Occidental Mindoro are joined by the #Southern Tagalog People’s Response Center (#STPRC) and #action medeor project staff in manually transplanting different varieties of organic rice seedlings on a trial farm. To cope with #climate...
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Save Lives Through First Aid!
14 August 2016 – Members of Disaster Preparedness Committees (DPCs), Barangay Council, Barangay #Health Workers (BHWS), community health workers (CHWs) and other community members of at-risk/hazard-prone barangays of Rumbang and Adela in Rizal town, Occidental Mindoro province attend #First Aid Training facilitated by Occidental Mindoro State College (OMSC) Department of Midwifery Program Head Jezreel Sarabia. This...
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Graduation Ceremony for Community Health Workers in Negros
2 July 2016 – After a series of health trainings facilitated by the Negros Island Health Integrated Program (NIHIP), a total of 30 #community health workers receive their certificates of completion from the Center for People’s Resources and Services (#CPRS) and #CDRC in a ceremony held in Hacienda Ylanan, Brgy. Sta. Rosa, town of Murcia...