Northern Samar Shearline Response
Northern Samar has declared a STATE OF CALAMITY due to the calamity’s impact on 70% of the population, equivalent to 74,500 families or 370,000 individuals across 24 towns in the province. [Philippine News Agency on November 22, 2023.] ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ […]
Shocked, Shaken, but Still Standing
We are happy that donor representatives and funders of this START NETWORK from Ireland, England, Germany, and the Netherlands visited the target municipalities of Bucay, Tayum, and La Paz, dialogued with the local government units, chatted with the beneficiaries, and visited some of the earthquake shaken homes that had received aid from the consortium. Sara […]
VIDEO: ADRA’s Stand on COVID-19
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKaO1HYLIpc&feature=youtu.be” title=”ADRA’s Stand on COVID-19″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we face measures that will inevitably cause disruption, letโs remind ourselves of those very simple measures to protect us and our families from COVID-19.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Responding to Massive Flood in Northern Luzon
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2613″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Eleven (11) towns in Cagayan, whose primary produce is rice, were submerged in floodwater when the tail-end of a cold front caused continuous heavy rains in Northern Luzon. This cold front later developed into Severe Tropical Storm Quiel (International Name Nakri).ย
For Teacher Ella, the Trauma is Real
Teacher Ella is an Elementary School Teacher in the Municipality of Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, who is a single mom with 2 kids. She has not slept in her home since October 16 because she fears another earthquake may happen again (which it did). Teacher Ella is an Elementary School Teacher in the Municipality of […]
Series of Earthquakes Hits Mindanao
The Philippine’s southern island of Mindanao was hit by a series of strong earthquakes on the month of October. A magnitude-6.3ย on Oct 17, magnitude- 6.6 on Oct 29, and a magnitude-6.5 two days later on Oct 31 causing major infrastructural damage not only to the province of Cotabato were the epicenter was located, but […]
Fire in Paradise
When a people light their stoves to cook their food, a task thatโs been done so many times before, there is very little expectation that it would result in the destruction of a whole community. This is exactly what happened in Sitio Ambulong, in Barangay Manoc-Manoc, in the tourist destination of Boracay last October 24, […]
Shelter Kits for the Shaken Residents of Makilala, Cotabato
ADRA, together with the Adventist Community Services of the Southern Mindanao Mission distributed 300 shelter kits last Thursday, October 24, 2019 to the victims of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit in Makilala, Cotabato on in the previous week. This is part of the program of the National Emergency Management Plan that has been set […]
Protected by Angels
These are the remnants of the shattered home of the couple Rosalina (52) and Roberto Sojor (55). They live in Poblacion 2, in the municipality of Makilala South Cotabato, which was hit hard by the recent 6.3 Magnitude earthquake in South Philippines. When the earthquake struck at around 7pm last October 16, the couple were […]
Saved from the Flood
โNahadlok kayo ko, sukad-sukad first time ko nakakita sa kalalom ug kakusog sa tubig sa suba. Ang suba sa Pinoyak ug Butadon nag abot sa niawas na ang tubigโ (I was terrified because it was my first time to witness the river reaching that high, with the current so strong. Pinoyak river and Butadon River […]