Building back resilient economy for Pablo hit areas remain a challenge
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 Posted in Bloggers, Climate Change, Disaster preparedness, Food Crisis, Mindanao | No Comments »by: Jed Alegado Davao City, Philippines (March 6, 2013) ---"My crops were all destroyed. It will take six years for the coconut plantations to be recovered," said 80-year-old Epifanio Apsay Sr., a farmer and native of New Bataan, Compostella Valley which ...
Christmas in Cateel
Thursday, December 27th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies | No Comments »Cateel, Davao Oriental (December 25, 2012) --- Amidst the festivities and celebratory Christmas mood in the country, the Humanitarian Response Consortium and Oxfam in the Philippines continued with its Typhoon Pablo emergency response in Comspotela Valley and Davao Oriental. On ...
HRC and Oxfam distribute hygiene kits and give cash grants to residents of Brgy. Kidawa in Laak
Monday, December 17th, 2012 Posted in Bloggers, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Reflections | No Comments »Written by: Rodilyn Bolo Photos: Rodilyn Bolo and Ipe Ramiro, Jr., Oxfam in the Philippines Mindanao Programme Coordinator Compostela Valley, Philippines (December 17, 2012) --- Susan Unuangay, 51 years old and a resident of Brgy. Kidawa in Laak, Compostela Valley looks pensively at the land ...
Oxfam Diaries: Typhoon Bopha Assessment Day 2 – Laak
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Posted in Bloggers, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Reflections | No Comments »December 8, 2012 Text: Abbi Luz Photos: Caroline Gluck We were given the option to go to New Bataan, which so far had the most dramatic issues facing Typhoon Pablo, with the landslide claiming a higher death toll every day. But when we ...
Oxfam Diaries: Typhoon Bopha Assessment Day 1
Monday, December 10th, 2012 Posted in Bloggers, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies | No Comments »Written by Abbi Luz December 7, 2012 Oxfam Humanitarian Press Officer Caroline Gluck and I arrived in Tagum City at 9:30pm. We checked in and I joined an impromptu coordination meeting with Albay's notable disaster team, APSEMO. Oxfam shared their assessments results ...
#icommittodrr on PTV 4!
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Disaster preparedness, Women in Emergencies, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »In celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, Oxfam in the Philippines and its partners under ECHO spearheaded a social media campaign #icommittodrr. Here is a glimpse of the event held last October 12, 2012 ...
Pinays committed to safer communities takes over Facebook and Twitter
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 Posted in Creative Solutions, Disaster preparedness, Emergencies, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2569" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Representatives of the #icommittoDRR social media campaign led by Oxfam show the press their individual commitments to DRR."][/caption] More than a thousand Pinays joined disaster risk reduction advocates and practitioners in committing individual actions to make their ...
Support the #icomittodrr social media campaign!
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Creative Solutions, Disaster preparedness, Women in Emergencies, Women's Empowerment | No Comments »Oxfam and its partners under the European Commission on Humanitarian Aid department celebrates the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day on October 12, Friday. We're calling all you to make your commitments to DRR! To find out please like: http://www.facebook.com/pages/icommittodrr/282765885168141?ref=hl and make your ...