Hoping For Home
“We were happy. We didn’t have a lot. We weren’t rich. But we were satisfied with our normal, peaceful lives.” This is how 54-year-old Nora (not her real name) reminisced about her family’s way of life in Marawi City before the conflict broke out two months ago. Now staying at a relative’s house in another […]
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 […]
On Her Own Two Feet
When fire struck the Market 3 compound in Navotas’ Fish Port Complex in the early hours of Tuesday, January 10, Teresita Gediela had to leap out of her burning house to stay alive. This was no mean feat: Aling Teresita is 64. But she’s spent three decades in the Market 3 shantytown, and if the […]
San Francisco’s Road to Recovery
First steps can often be the hardest, but that wasn’t the case for ADRA Philippines’ emergency response operations in the municipality of San Francisco, Quezon. Within three days of Typhoon Nock-Ten’s passage through the provinces south of Manila, ADRA had teams on the ground to distribute shelter repair kits to families whose homes had been […]
ADRA Responds to Typhoon Nina
For many Filipinos, Christmas is a time for celebrating family and home. For ADRA Philippines, however, this past holiday season has been dedicated to rebuilding homes and knitting families back together in the wake of Typhoon Nock-Ten, known locally as Nina. Sweeping into the country on Christmas Day, the typhoon made a total of eight […]
600 families receive ADRA Aid after Fire
Almost 1,500 families lost their homes and most of their possessions in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila due to a massive fire that broke out in one the slum areas of the city. The fire occurred on November 11th and lasted for more than 7 hours. More than 5000 people were evacuated to different shelters around […]
Typhoon Karen Response in Nueva Vizcaya
Atotal of 430 families from three vulnerable barangays in Nueva Vizcaya received food packs from ADRA after Typhoon Karen brought heavy rains and massive flooding in the province, posing threat to the residents food security amidst the monsoon season. The distribution took place on October 19, 2016 just as the entire North Philippines prepares for […]
ADRA Responds to Las Piñas City Fire
At least 2,000 families were left homeless when a four-hour fire struck a residential area in Las City, Metro Manila before dawn last November 2. ADRA assisted 600 families at the evacuation center of Baboo Setum by providing cooking wares and utensils so that the affected families can prepare food. The distribution was done in […]
Nothing Left but Hope
Already a week ago, the wrath of the great fire that razed Barangay Kalayaan in Pasay City is still evident. A whiff of smoke permeates the air, heaps of soot can still be found around, and scraps of yeroand bakal are scattered everywhere. Many of the affected residents have yet to find a place to stay, meanwhile a gymnasium […]
Fire-resistant lives
I wanted to see the site of the fire; I had never been to an emergency ground zero. Most Filipinos barely know what Navotas is, much less where it is; Manila is huge, it is nearly impossible to know all the different districts. In a city of over 11 million, the most unknown areas are […]