Empowering Mountain Communities to Be Resilient After Disasters
The EMPOWER project’s goal is to strengthen the resilience of the high-risk communities of Itogon and Pinukpuk during disasters by working with the local government units and the different sectors to improve the formulation and implementation of their DRR policies by making it more INCLUSIVE.
Empower Project Enhances BDRRM Plans
The Empower Project held a workshop to enhance the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Plans for Brgys Poblacion and Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet last September 21-23, 2021 at the covered court. This was attended by the LGU and CSO representatives and facilitated by MDRRMO of Itogon, Engineer Cyril Batcagan. The Empower Project is an 2-year EU funded […]
Building a Relationship with CSOs
When the Typhoon Ompong hit the Philippines in 2018, the Cordillera Administrative Region had already been experiencing several weeks of rain and the mountains were already water logged, causing landslides that claimed more than 100 lives in the mining town of Itogon, Benguet. The EMPOWER Project was developed following ADRA’s Typhoon Ompong Emergency Response. Its […]
Cavite Conducts Table Top Simulation Exercise
Trece Martires City — Cavite Planning and Development Head Jesus Barrera committed to “…ensure that budget will be allocated for Cavite’s Contingency Plan for Earthquake. We will review our Annual Investment Plan,” he said guaranteeing its implementation. This he pledged during the simulation exercise on July 24, 2018. Members of the Cavite Provincial Disaster Reduction […]
NO RISK Tree Planting at Pulangui River
During the rainy season the Pulangui River threatens to overflow and put at risk the communities that thrive near its banks. The river is one of the major tributaries of the Rio Grande de Mindanao, an extensive river system in Mindanao. As part of ADRA’s disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation program, the agency through […]
Never too old to make a difference
Many might still remember the time when Southern Philippines experienced paramount loss during the late course of December 2011 when Typhoon Sendong, (International name: Washi) hit the archipelago and caused major damage. It killed more than 1,200 people, destroyed 50,000 homes and displaced about 430,000 people. Eight-five year-old Dominador Barjel, or Lolo Domeng (Grandpa Domeng), witnessed this tragedy, and quite literally, […]
Rising Up
Romulo Dayaday, 68 years old and an amputee, crawled his way to survival towards the nearest evacuation center during Typhoon Yolanda last year. He made it through, but not his house, which was totally torn to pieces. ADRA helped Romulo and his family repair their house just few months after the super storm. But as […]
DRR SIMULATION EXERCISE
For the past few months, ADRA Philippines has not only been repairing houses but also been teaching communities the skills to be resilient and prepared for upcoming disasters. Through ADRA’s Disaster Risk Reduction program, four barangays in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo conducted a simulation exercise on November 25, 26 and 28. Each barangay, namely San Lucas, […]
ADRA DRR Program save lives
For the past seven months, ADRA Philippines has been actively involved in the rehabilitation of the municipalities of Ajuy & Barotac Viejo, Iloilo after the devastation of super typhoon Yolanda. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is one of the cornerstones of ADRA’s programs aimed at making these communities resilient and better prepared for natural and man-made […]
Contingency Planning and Early Warning System Training
The ADRA team in Iloilo has conducted a Contingency Planning and Early Warning System Training to the members of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) of the municipality of Ajuy. The training-workshops were held from September 15 to 19, 2014 aiming to help the municipal local government manage natural hazards present in their locality through an […]