by ALKFI | Apr 29, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Yabon Elementary School is a modest little school in Brgy. Yabon Hinabangan, Samar. It currently has 92 students and four teachers. However, in 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda took their two (2) Marcos-type classrooms away, leaving the students and teachers to conduct...
by ALKFI | Apr 2, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
“The winds made the survivors feel like they were inside a washing machine. Guiuan was a place where the destruction and extreme anxiety did not make any sense.” These were the words of Agustina Opana, Guiuan National High School’s Supreme Student Government President...
by ALKFI | Mar 13, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Nelson Lasacar was sitting in front of his daughter-in-law Rachel del Lumiguid and his grandchildren as they waited for a program to start in Brgy. Cogon Sur, Loon, Bohol. It was about the turn-over of the Core Shelter Program organized by Operation Sagip and the...
by ALKFI | Mar 5, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
May 23, 2017 – It was Tuesday night when the city of Marawi was attacked. The Maute group started to occupy public places. It was a night to remember for Nashibah Gorigao. “Narinig ko po iyong mga bomba. Doon kami nagbakwit sa Iligan,” she said as she recalled her...
by ALKFI | Feb 19, 2019 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
(Taken from Facebook page Kaibigan Battalion, with edits)Mawab, Compostela Valley Province ? With the utmost desire to provide more classrooms for the learners and teachers, 71st Infantry (Kaibigan) Battalion in partnership with ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation...