Philippines: Families Terrorized by Two Earthquakes Receive Support from ADRA
On July 27 at 4:16 a.m., a magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted the Philippine island of Itbayat for what seemed like a few seconds. The aftermath of the quake left severe damages to buildings, injuring nearly a hundred people and killing five. “While people are still trying to recover, a stronger quake, recorded at magnitude 5.9 […]
Relief efforts for fire victims in Mandaue City
THE ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY AND CENTRAL VISAYAN CONFERENCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH responded to the needs of hundreds of families affected by a devastating fire that tore through Tipolo, Mandaue City early morning on June 27, 2019. The fire razed 500 homes and left over 1200 families homeless. The fire, which was […]
Shelter Kits and Food Packs for Mangkhut Victims
Typhoon Mangkhut (local name: Ompong) hit the Philippines last September 15, 2018, with maximum sustained winds of 205 kph near the center and gusts up to 285 kph. This typhoon caused landslides, damage to buildings and homes, and intermittent loss of power in northern Luzon. The areas affected were largely agricultural, and disruptions in agricultural […]
ADRA Deploys Relief Efforts After Super Typhoon Strikes
SILVER SPRING, MD (September 15, 2018) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in the Philippines has deployed an emergency response team to assess the situation and provide aid to some of the communities most affected by Super Typhoon Mangkhut, known locally as Ompong. The powerful typhoon, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, made […]
ADRA Aids Fire Victims of Catmon, Malabon
ADRA Philippines, in cooperation with Central Luzon Conference (CLC)- Adventist Community Services (ACS), distributed kitchen on June 3, 2018 to 600 families victimized by the fire in Sitio 6., Brgy. Catmon, Malabon City. The fire occurred the week before, on May 24, at around noon, and was finally put out by 6:21PM. According to the […]
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 […]
Life moves on for Epifania
My name is Epifania Parado, 60 years old, and an ADRA community partner from Brgy. Cambahanon, Alang-Alang, Leyte. I am a widow living on my own. Sometimes, I get support from my children. In 2013, we lost our home and our rice farm to the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. The aftermath of the typhoon was unimaginable — worse […]
Cozo’s Silver Linings
In the town of Casiguran, 358 kilometers north of Metro Manila, rain heralds transformation. After four days of relentless downpour, rice paddies turn into lakes, roads swirl into rivers, and unluckier residents find puddles in place of floors when they get home. But ask the Dumagat Agta who live in the sitios (outskirts) of Barangay […]
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 […]