Nearly Washed Away
Both Monico and Raquel are recipients of the the ADRA Family Food Packs that were distributed on December 18, 2019 in Brgy. Imelda, Mondragon, Northern Samar. They are neighbors whose homes were washed away during Typhoon Tisoy.
Project Youmanity: Dinner for A Cause 2019
TAGAYTAY CITY, CAVITE– 10 December 2019 – ADRA Philippines held the “PROJECT YOUmanity: Dinner for a Cause” in Hotel Dominique, Tagaytay City on December 10, 2019. The event was attended by close to 150 supporters of the organization, and created awareness about the activities that ADRA achieved in the past year, as well as raised […]
Philippines Struck by Seven Weeks of Natural Disasters
Since October, the Philippines has been hit by natural disasters, including three earthquakes, and multiple aftershocks, in Mindanao, two fires in Boracay and Mandaluyong, flood in Cagayan, and a typhoon in the southern Luzon and northern Visayas area.
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).
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-6.3 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 that’s 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
“Nahadlok 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 tubig” (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 […]