Shelter in the time of storm
In Leyte, ADRA provided shelter repair assistance to 1,000 families whose houses have been totally or partially damaged by supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda. But just we approach the culmination of the project, signal No. 3 Typhoon Ruby has put our shelter rehabilitation efforts to the test a week ago. How happy we are to see the houses […]
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 […]
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 […]
Still Standing
“I didn’t have doubts that our ADRA-built house is strong and can protect us. But just to make sure, I asked my brother to tie our shelter to a tree, just like what my neighbors are doing with their houses every time a storm comes.” Rosemarie Malate, 29, a mother of two in Brgy. Baybay, […]