Stronger Together in building a healthier post-pandemic Mindanao
When the Stronger Together Project began in 2020, it was a result of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Philippines partnering with ADRA to mitigate the pandemic’s negative impact by providing PPEs and disinfectants to health facilities, constructing and installing foot-operated handwashing facilities in public spaces, providing educational materials for children about COVID, and by providing psychosocial support for medical frontliners.
Partnerships Make Everything Better
A quote from Henry Ford says “Coming Together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Since 1983, ADRA has been serving the Philippines in a variety of ways, but it has never worked alone. As the global humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, partnering with the church is one of […]
Curbing the Rise of Teenage Pregnancy
From May 2021 to April 2022, ADRA took on the difficult challenge of trying curb the early (teenage) pregnancy rate that was on a continued rise in the province of Camarines Sur.
A Shelter After the Storm
Do you remember Typhoon Odette that ravaged its way through central and southern Philippines last December? ADRA was blessed to receive funding from the Japan Platform to implement a 4-month shelter assistance project for 200 families that lost their homes and loved ones in Sipalay City and Ilog, Negros Occidental. Since March, our ADRA Staff […]
Leyte, Capiz, and Iloilo receive 1,620 family food packs for TS Agaton
ADRA and ACS distributed family food packs to 1,620 families that whose homes were totally destroyed by Tropical Storm Agaton in Capiz, Iloilo, and Leyte last April 18-22, 2022. A low-pressure area entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on April 4, 2022 and developed into Tropical Depression (TD) “Agaton” on April 9, and made landfall […]
5,000 Families Receive Hygiene and Bed Kits in Dinagat and Surigao del Norte
While 2 teams were responding to the TS Agaton by distributing food packs to 1620 families in eastern and western Visayas, we had another team in the Mindanao that was distributed hygiene and bed kits to 2000 families in the Dinagat Islands and to 3000 families in Suriago del Norte. Logistics and the stormy weather […]
4,050 Families Receive Food and Hygiene Kits in Bohol
March 25 marks the 100th day since Typhoon Rai (local name: Odette) swept through 11 of the country’s 17 regions, bringing with it torrential rains, violent winds, floods and storm surges that affected almost 12 million people. More than two million houses were damaged or destroyed, with over 424,000 destroyed and over 1,694,000 partially damaged. In […]
Municipal-wide Simulation Exercise on rain-induced landslides held in Itogon, Benguet
A Municipal-wide simulation exercise on rain-induced landslides was conducted in Itogon, Benguet, on February 24, 2022. The activity simulated a rain-induced landslide scenario in Barangays Loacan and Poblacion and road accidents in Barangays Poblacion and Tuding. The simulation tested various DRRM areas, including (a) coordination among the MLGU, BLGUs, CSOs, and other agencies and volunteer […]
URGENT CALL FOR DONATIONS:
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1,025 Families Receive Cash Assistance in Benguet and Palawan
On October 7, a large low pressure area developed into Tropical Depression (TD) “Maring” as it made its erratic way towards Southern Luzon. By October 9, it intensified into a Tropical Storm (TS) and pulled another low-pressure area (Nando) towards itself. On October 10, Maring merged with Nando as it slowly made its way north-northwestwards […]