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 ...
Typhoon Pablo’s agri damage reaches P11.57-B mark; HRC and Oxfam call on government to allot funds for food security and livelihoods recovery
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Posted in Climate Change, Emergencies, Food Crisis, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »New Bataan, Compostella Valley, Philippines (December 12, 2012) – “Government must allot funds for livelihoods recovery and food security of Typhoon Pablo’s affected communities.” This is based on results of the Humanitarian Response Consortium (HRC) and Oxfam’s assessment in the ...
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 ...
Oxfam and partners provide safe water in Typhoon Pablo affected areas; Livelihoods recovery urgently needed in the next couple of months
Monday, December 10th, 2012 Posted in Agriculture and Fisheries, Climate Change, Emergencies, Food Crisis, Resources | No Comments »Manila, Philippines (December 10, 2012) ---- “Safe water is an urgent need of affected families from the severely affected towns of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental but livelihood and shelter also pose as urgent issues which should be dealt with” ...
Three towns completely devastated in Southern Mindanao; Oxfam rolls out Typhoon Pablo emergency response
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 Posted in Emergencies, Women in Emergencies | No Comments »December 8, 2012 (Manila, Philippines) --- Typhoon Pablo (International name: Bopha) devastated the towns of Cateel and Boston of Davao Oriental and in New Bataan, Compostela Valley leaving more than 90 percent of their populations homeless and with no access ...
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 ...