Never Too Busy To Be A Better Mother
“It is really a challenge to be a mother”. 37-year-old Cristy Bucton starts her morning routine by waking up at 5AM and preparing her kids for school. She juggles her time doing household chores, bringing her children to school, going to the market, selling fruits in her fruit stand, among others. Cristy Bucton is a […]
ADRA Responds in CDO
ADRA Philippines, in partnership with the Adventist Community Services (ACS) arm of the North Central Mindanao Conference, distributed kitchenware kits to 600 families in the wake of massive flooding in Cagayan de Oro. Heavy rainfall left the city submerged last Monday, January 16. More than 2,000 families evacuated their homes, taking refuge in 22 emergency […]
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 […]
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 […]
Building Brighter Futures in Bantayan
When leaders embrace learning, the future of their communities look bright. This is how Melanie Nidamo, a community leader and health worker, sums up what she learned from attending the two-day training on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Management conducted by ADRA Philippines in partnership with the Adventist Community Services (ACS). Ms. Nidamo and sixty more […]
Relief Aid for Typhoon Egay
“Thank you very much ADRA PH for your help! The food packs that you gave us will sustain my family for at least two weeks and that’s a great relief for my children. May God continually bless your efforts as you continue to help people like us who are in great need. Your kindness will […]
ADRA brings relief packs to fire victims
A massive fire on New Year’s Day razed at least 200 homes, affecting 4,000 families in the informal settler community of Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City . Victims have been taking shelter in a number of evacuation centers in the city since the tragedy. ADRA Philippines distributed relief packs to at least 500 families today in one […]