Running with the Opportunities
Running through rice fields with her three month old daughter in her arms, getting away from the falling coconut trees as they succumbed to the ravaging winds of Typhoon Haiyan, Nelia Perez only worried about getting to safety. Yet once she was safe, her mind was already at work thinking how they would recover from […]
No More Holding On
Renelyn Cuevas remembers the fear she felt as she hid with her sons in a corner of her house while the violent winds of Yolanda battered her home, yet she also remembers what she thought during the storm “I just held on to my faith in God during that moment”. As she held on for […]
My land, my future
Joseph found this piece of land in Dagami, Leyte years ago and decided to start a family here. The river at the back of their home is a friendly reminder of mother nature’s beauty. But during storm season, it overflows and poses a threat to their lives. Typhoon Haiyan washed their house away. Through ADRA’s […]
Hope Channel features ADRA PH work in TV program
The road to recovery continues for the Typhoon Haiyan-Affected communities in the Visayas. Discover some of the stories of families whose lives are helped being rebuilt by ADRA! Watch “A Closer Walk” through live streaming via ;www.hopetv.org on these schedules: Saturday 8 am PH TimeMonday 3 am PH TimeMonday 10 am PH TimeTuesday 1 pm PH TimeSunday […]
A House from God
“Thank you! I now have a house.” Grateful words from Carmensita Beso of Brgy. Calapwan, Capiz. Carmensita lost her entire house during Typhoon Yolanda. With the shelter assistance given by ADRA, Carmensita now lives in her newly built home. Thank you ADRA Canada and Alberta Adventist News for this feature!
Thank you for being a light!
A new year is just around the corner and we at ADRA Philippines have been truly grateful for a blessed and productive 2014! Through international cooperation and the unceasing prayers of our friends here and around the globe, we have been able to support at least 200,000 individuals in five provinces (Leyte, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Crawling for safety
Romulo Dayaday, 68, resident of Brgy. Agbobolo, Ajuy, Iloilo stayed inside their house during the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. Before the landfall, he instructed his wife and three children to transfer to the nearest evacuation center while he remained in their hut to look after their belongings and farm animals. Few hours later, strong winds […]
Czech Republic partners with ADRA PH
ADRA Philippines is grateful for the presence of Czech Republic Ambassador Jan Vytopil in the country last week as he visited our ADRA projects in Makato, Aklan and Ajuy, Iloilo. The Czech Republic Humanitarian Aid is a major agency working with ADRA Philippines in building transitional shelters for the survivors of typhoon Haiyan in Makato […]