by ALKFI | Mar 24, 2020 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
As of this writing, the government imposed a Luzon-wide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), described by the World Health Organization as a pandemic after it killed nearly 8,000 and infected 197,000 worldwide. I response to this...
by ALKFI | Feb 7, 2020 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
“Bumagsak po iyong bahay namin. Buti nalang wala pong tao doon noong lumindol,” (Our house was destroyed. Fortunately, nobody was in there when the earthquake struck). Caren Joy looking at their dilapidated house. With tears in her eyes, Caren Joy Casupanan narrated...
by ALKFI | Feb 6, 2020 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
It takes two to three hours for Warik Pan, a twelve-year old student at Sapang Uwak Elementary School in Porac, Pampanga, to travel home from school on foot. With no access to electricity, she uses a portable battery-powered flashlight to do her homework at night....
by ALKFI | Sep 23, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
She endured years of attending to a stage-based class due to scarcity of conducive classrooms. Each class has over fifty students. Two classes are going on at the same time. Merlyn Cebuco, 15, is a senior high school student at White Kulaman Integrated School...
by ALKFI | Aug 14, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
In celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month, ABS-CBN Foundation- Sagip Kapamilya, an emergency humanitarian assistance program, recently signed an agreement with Manila Water Foundation. This partnership aims to help Filipinos who are vulnerable on...
