Disaster Response Networks (DRN’s) coordinated and led by PBCI relief operations trainer Kriz Cruzado have been traveling around Eastern Samar distributing aid since December 19th. As the area was hit by Tropical Storm Seniang in late December, regional needs have ramped up from the already high level caused by Typoon Hagupit. This has not stopped …
Tag: typhoon hagupit
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/01/relief-operations-on-pace-in-eastern-samar/
FIELD TEAM RELIEVES BARANGAY SIHA; PBCI THANKS DONORS
- By Jonathan Cranston
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22.December.2014
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22.December.2014
The local volunteers belonging to the newly-trained and newly-organized Disaster Response Networks (DRNs) have finally managed to deliver relief goods to 278 families in hard-to-reach Barangay Siha, in the Municipality of Borongan, Eastern Samar. In order to transport their cargo of rice-cooking kettles and foodstuffs to the remote barangay, the team risked their lives by fording the Lo-om river, which was swollen by heavy …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2014/12/field-team-relieves-barangay-siha-pbci-thanks-donors/
NANAY LITA AND MANY MORE HAGUPIT SURVIVORS NEED YOUR HELP
- By PBCI InfoComm Team
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17.December.2014
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17.December.2014
Nanay Lita lives in Barangay Siha, Municipality of Borongan, Eastern Samar. As Typhoon Ruby was raging, and her home was beginning to flood, she placed her 2-month-old baby inside a washing machine, hoping the washer would serve as a makeshift boat. Thankfully, she and her baby survived. But their house and coconut/rice farm (their main source of livelihood) was in a …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2014/12/nanay-lita-and-many-more-hagupit-survivors-need-your-help/
IN WAKE OF HAGUPIT MANY FAMILIES LACK FOOD, WATER
- By Jonathan Cranston
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12.December.2014
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12.December.2014
As a result of Typhoon Hagupit’s destruction of homes and infrastructure in the Visayan Islands, many families are currently in dire need of immediate relief. Three of PeaceBuilders’ senior staff — Joji Felicitas Bautista Pantoja (Admin/Finance), Kriz Cruzado (FieldOps), and Bennette Grace Tenecio Mañulit (SupportOps) — are currently assessing the damage and coordinating relief efforts including nutritional …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2014/12/in-wake-of-hagupit-many-families-lack-food-water/
OPERATIONS CHANGE TONE AS STORM RECEDES
- By Arthur J. Block
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09.December.2014
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09.December.2014
Typhoon Hagupit has all but left the country into the South China Sea, as of Tuesday, December 9th. The storm hit Manila, but by that time had slowed to winds of less than 100 Km/h and rains had receded from their torrential caliber. Downgraded again from a tropical storm to a tropical “depression”, the destruction …
Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2014/12/operations-change-tone-as-storm-recedes/
SUPPORT AND FIELD OPERATIONS INTENSIFY AS HAGUPIT RAGES
- By Arthur J. Block
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07.December.2014
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07.December.2014
After making landfall in Dolores, Samar on Saturday night, Typhoon Hagupit has hit several more towns in the Samar region. It is expected to move through the central islands before touching the greater Manila area and exiting westward on Wednesday. Although no longer super-typhoon status, affected areas are seeing intense rain, flooding, landslides, and storm …
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