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 […]
Challenging stereotypes in Sumaoy
In early November the EMBRACE MNCH (maternal, newborn and child health) team travelled overland and sea to facilitate the last of the gender sensitive trainings for the barangays selected this year. Situated on the entrance to the Pacific Ocean, the far-flung island barangay of Sumaoy has the highest rates of underweight children out of all […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
ADRA Brings Food Packs to Fire Victims in Navotas
Over 200 families are currently being sheltered in a local school in Navotas City (north west of Manila) after a big fire razed hundreds of houses to the ground just before noon on April 17, 2016. Media reports estimate the number of affected families in the impoverished community of Tanza at no less than 1,000. No […]
Typhoon Nona/Melor Emergency Response
Twenty-four hours after Typhoon Nona devastated the Bicol and Southern Luzon regions of the Philippines ADRA responded to the immediate needs of the affected communities. As hundreds of families picked up the pieces of their damaged homes, ADRA provided assistance by distributing shelter kits to 500 vulnerable and affected households in the town of Bulan, […]