Cavite Conducts Table Top Simulation Exercise
Trece Martires City — Cavite Planning and Development Head Jesus Barrera committed to “…ensure that budget will be allocated for Cavite’s Contingency Plan for Earthquake. We will review our Annual Investment Plan,” he said guaranteeing its implementation. This he pledged during the simulation exercise on July 24, 2018. Members of the Cavite Provincial Disaster Reduction […]
MOA Signing between the Province of Cavite, ADRA Philippines, and HLA Philippines
A ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the tripartite partnership between the Provincial Government of Cavite, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Philippines, and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) Philippines, was done on May 28, 2018, in the Office of the Governor in the Cavite Provincial Capitol, Trece Martirez City, Cavite. […]
ADRA Gives Hope for Schools in Iloilo
ADRA Philippines, with the support of Aktion Deutschland Hilft and in partnership with Department of Education (DepEd), trained selected students from Barotac Viejo National High School (BVNHS), Raul V. Causing Memorial Elementary School (RVCES), Barotac Viejo DepEd District Office, Alejo Posados Memorial Elementary School (APMES), Ajuy National High School (ANHS), and Culasi Elementary School (CES) […]
Cavite Orientation Contingency Plan Formulation
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) together with Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) Philippines through Project VIPER (Vulnerability and Impact Reduction for Earthquake), are proud sponsors of the “Orientation on the Cavite Provincial Contingency Plan Formulation for the 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake”. This event was organized last April 25, 2018, from 9:00AM to 3:00PM, by the […]
Project VIPER Consultation on the One Cavite Humanitarian Coordination Model (OCHO)
Project VIPER (Vulnerability and Impact Reduction to Earthquake), a consortium between Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA), and the Provincial Government of Cavite – Office of Public Safety (PG-COPS), organized a consultation workshop last March 12, 2018 at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Biga, Silang, Cavite to introduce the […]
ADRA Responds in CDO
ADRA Philippines, in partnership with the Adventist Community Services (ACS) arm of the North Central Mindanao Conference, distributed kitchenware kits to 600 families in the wake of massive flooding in Cagayan de Oro. Heavy rainfall left the city submerged last Monday, January 16. More than 2,000 families evacuated their homes, taking refuge in 22 emergency […]
Building Brighter Futures in Bantayan
When leaders embrace learning, the future of their communities look bright. This is how Melanie Nidamo, a community leader and health worker, sums up what she learned from attending the two-day training on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Management conducted by ADRA Philippines in partnership with the Adventist Community Services (ACS). Ms. Nidamo and sixty more […]
NO RISK Mushroom Harvesting in Nueva Ecija
When you sit and listen to the ladies of Barangay Calaanan and Pesa, all you hear is laughter and good spirits. Throughout their two-day on-the-job training, these women had smiles on their faces while they learned skills that could very well translate to an alternate livelihood that can bolster their family’s income. As they listened […]
NO RISK Tree Planting at Pulangui River
During the rainy season the Pulangui River threatens to overflow and put at risk the communities that thrive near its banks. The river is one of the major tributaries of the Rio Grande de Mindanao, an extensive river system in Mindanao. As part of ADRA’s disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation program, the agency through […]
“BIG ONE” Imminent in the West Valley Fault
There is no way to know when or where an earthquake will occur. Yet experts predict that a 7.2 magnitude earthquake is brewing in the West Valley Fault, which crosses most of Metro Manila. Historians and scientist believe the time is near for a strong earthquake to happen due to the periodic movements of that […]