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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
ADRA first to respond after typhoon Koppu
ADRA immediately responded to those in the north Luzon region affected by typhoon Koppu and its resulting heavy rains and landslides. As of October 22, 1,000 emergency shelter kits were distributed to families reported to have totally damaged houses due to typhoon Koppu after it made landfall in the Aurora province on October 18. Koppu packed maximum […]
ADRA responds to Typhoon Seniang victims
December 31, 2014 – As majority of Filipinos prepared for the coming new year celebration, Typhoon Seniang (Jangmi) battered Eastern Visayas and Northern Mindanao with winds of 65 kph near the center with gusts of 80 kph. Though relatively weaker than Typhoon Ruby, Typhoon Seniang caused more deaths than the former. Fifty-six were killed, eight […]
Ruby Response
Typhoon Hagupit, also locally known as Typhoon Ruby, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) late on 3 December as a Category 5 super typhoon. The Philippine government, through National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), alerted all affected Local Government Units (LGU) regarding the possible impact of the typhoon. Philippine media made available information […]