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, […]
Transitional Shelters
ADRA Czech Republic and ADRA Philippines, with the additional support of ADRA Norway and ADRA United Kingdom, are building transitional shelters for more than 100 very poor families in the town of Makato, Aklan as a way of helping them rebuild their lives after Typhoon Yolanda. At least 30 houses have already been completed and […]
Typhoon Mario Relief Drive
On September 19, 2014, Typhoon Mario (international name: Fung-Wong) hit the island of Luzon with a maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour. It affected at least 1.1 million people in 1,126 barangays in 27 provinces in the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central and Southern Luzon, Bicol, Central Visayas, Cordillera, and Metro Manila, […]